DVD with null audio as default channel

[S4r0m]

Well, i have a dvd video region 1 (brought in usa, i'm mexican so my dvd player is region 4), the movie obviously is in english; I (have to admit) downloaded an spanish audio in ac3 format and created an mpeg2 file with the original video and the downloaded audio; Now, i used dvdlab and avstodvd to create an iso file several times; The problem is that whenever i play the disk, the default audio stream is muted and my audio stream appears as a 2nd stream. I can select it and plays fine, with sound and everything.

I separated the video and audio streams (mpv and mp3 respectively), and encoded the mpv with my ac3 to create an mpeg2 file which plays fine in any player; The problem comes once is converted to dvd. Once avstodvd of dvdlab create the dvd structure or image file, when i play it always appears 2 audio streams, the default one without sound. Even if i put only 1 audio stream. The same happens with the subtitles, regardless if i check the default option in dvdlab, they are always disabled by default.

How can i solve that or what i did wrong?

[MOVIEGEEK]

Download DVDShrink and open the VIDEO_TS folder, you can then select the audio track and subtitles that you want. Output as a DVD folder and burn with ImgBurn.

To set default streams scroll down to the bottom of this guide:
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/dvdshrink31-mmo.htm

[S4r0m]

Yes, i have dvd shrink, imgburn, vobtompeg, and dvd decrypter. I extracted the files several times with all of them; Anydvd didn't found any kind of protection (maybe because is a very old movie), so, no warnings in any program.

The weird thing is that, none of them detects a 2nd audio stream; I loaded the iso image in many programs, like dvd shrink, and only detects one audio stream. Then, i created a mpeg2 file, and the video_ts folder with all the vobs, ifo, bup, etc. that should be there. Mediainfo says it only has one audio source. Whenever i play with vlc the folder video_ts, it plays fine, as it should be (detects only 1 audio and subtitles are loaded by default). The same is for the mpeg2 file; But once i create the iso file or burn the video_ts folder, there appears 2 audio streams, the default one has no sound and the subtitles are disabled; I can enable them both using the dvd player or vlc player's menus, but my point is that i wanted the audio and subtitles being enabled by default and no program can do it! Even if i select the options to do it...

[El Heggunte]

Maybe there is a problem in the version of DVD-lab PRO you're using.

There are some glitches and issues that didn't happen in the older builds.

[_Al_]

I'd start a project from scratch - create new project and load only demuxed files into DVD Lab pro

[MOVIEGEEK]

Yes, i have dvd shrink, imgburn, vobtompeg, and dvd decrypter. I extracted the files several times with all of them; Anydvd didn't found any kind of protection (maybe because is a very old movie), so, no warnings in any program.

The weird thing is that, none of them detects a 2nd audio stream; I loaded the iso image in many programs, like dvd shrink, and only detects one audio stream. Then, i created a mpeg2 file, and the video_ts folder with all the vobs, ifo, bup, etc. that should be there. Mediainfo says it only has one audio source. Whenever i play with vlc the folder video_ts, it plays fine, as it should be (detects only 1 audio and subtitles are loaded by default). The same is for the mpeg2 file; But once i create the iso file or burn the video_ts folder, there appears 2 audio streams, the default one has no sound and the subtitles are disabled; I can enable them both using the dvd player or vlc player's menus, but my point is that i wanted the audio and subtitles being enabled by default and no program can do it! Even if i select the options to do it...

Did you try setting the default streams with DVDShrink or are you just here to vent your anger? I didn't recommend DVDShrink to decrypt the DVD, I recommended it because it can fix authoring errors. I agree with the previous poster to start your project over from scratch.

[S4r0m]

Well, i managed to solve this:

There wasn't more than 1 audio stream when i rebuilded the whole thing; I demuxed the video and audio, then, remuxed and encoded the video by separate, without audio, then finally in avstodvd i added the video and ONLY 1 audio stream + the subtitles in srt. Once avstodvd builds the iso, when i play it in vlc or after burning it, happens the same: The dvd player and vlc detects 2 audio streams, the first without sound and subtitles disabled... Where it came that 2nd audio stream? i don't know. And how the subtitles became disabled by default when i configured the project to have them enabled?

The mysterious solution: I renamed the iso file and everything began to work... The 2nd audio stream disappears magically and the subtitles are now enabled by default in the same file which was giving me problems... Really! i rename the iso file to whatever.iso and the 2nd stream appears and disappears from playback and even when you burn it! If i burn the iso with a certain name the dvd player detects 2 audio streams (the first without sound). And if i burn the same file with another name it plays just fine...

[jman98]

I was not part of the original discussion. I'm not trying to be critical of people who tried to help you, but you were not really given the best responses at the time of the thread. The best advice to you would have been to follow this guide:
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/277950-How-to-add-new-subtitles-to-an-existing-DVD
You can just skip the section about adding new subtitles and simply replace the audio file with the new audio under the "Author to a new DVD" section. This would have been MUCH easier than anything that was suggested.

[_Al_]

jman98 - What is wrong with demux everything and load it into DVDLab to make a DVD?

[jman98]

jman98 - What is wrong with demux everything and load it into DVDLab to make a DVD?

Must you get pissed off about EVERYTHING I say if you are in the thread? You and I have tangled before. It gets old.

There's nothing "wrong" with it. However my method allows him to keep the original menus. The DVDLab method does not. Seems like keeping the menus might be nice, but if he doesn't care then that's OK too.

My comments were NOT a personal attack on you or anyone else. So please spare me the enraged PM you are going to be compelled to send me because I promise you that I will NOT read it.

[_Al_]

Mister right
In 5 years I send about 2 negative pm's, any forum, all just for you. You call me douchebag, like you did, I will respond. What would you expect.

[mrcoolekin]

I was not part of the original discussion. I'm not trying to be critical of people who tried to help you, but you were not really given the best responses at the time of the thread. The best advice to you would have been to follow this guide:
https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/277950-How-to-add-new-subtitles-to-an-existing-DVD
You can just skip the section about adding new subtitles and simply replace the audio file with the new audio under the "Author to a new DVD" section. This would have been MUCH easier than anything that was suggested.

I would have to agree with you. It's extremely easy and doesn't take much time with that guide.

[S4r0m]

Well, that's ok guys, but the problem was that mysterious 2nd audio stream: DVD i was intended to do was just one video with one audio track and subtitles (not hardcoded). No menus, no multiple video streams... Just one mpeg2 file with one audio file and one subtitles file. The problem was that once the dvd was burnt and i played it in a dvd player, there was no sound at all, and when i checked the audio options in the player, it appeared to be 2 audio tracks; The second audio track was my audio track, but where it came from that other audio track and why it was the default audio? And the subtitles? Why they were disabled even if i configured the built to being enabled by default?...

The solution: I renamed the .iso file, burned it again and worked... What was that?

[aedipuss]

Well, that's ok guys, but the problem was that mysterious 2nd audio stream: DVD i was intended to do was just one video with one audio track and subtitles (not hardcoded). No menus, no multiple video streams... Just one mpeg2 file with one audio file and one subtitles file. The problem was that once the dvd was burnt and i played it in a dvd player, there was no sound at all, and when i checked the audio options in the player, it appeared to be 2 audio tracks; The second audio track was my audio track, but where it came from that other audio track and why it was the default audio? And the subtitles? Why they were disabled even if i configured the built to being enabled by default?...

The solution: I renamed the .iso file, burned it again and worked... What was that?

bull. can't happen. an iso is an image of a disc. you can name it anything you want and it will be the same image every time it is burned. must have been some type of behind the keyboard goof.

[Cornucopia]

In all those authoring & re-authoring scenarios, one of the things assumed but not mentioned is the fact that each audio stream used and each subtitle stream used should have (and should be expected to have) an (appropriate) "language" setting affixed to it.

I'm spitballing here, but maybe just maybe you added your spanish audio but used an "ENG" language, or maybe actually did use a "SPA" language marker, but your overal project was defaulting to "ENG". So maybe the player is LOOKING for language audio stream that doesn't exist, which might be why it mutes and then need to be selected (and shows a "2nd stream).

However, that "renaming and it works" bullshit is just that. Only way to do this kind of authoring job wrong is to not be careful & particular about each setting or step. And the only way to correct it is go back and do it right.

I would also say that putting 1 video stream & 1 audio stream and maybe 1 subtitle stream into a usable DVD is just about as simple as it can get, so if you're having trouble with that, maybe you should be using an app that does a little more "hand-holding" than DVD Lab does..

Scott