soundless

[playndirty101]

Ok when i converted from avi -> mpeg using tmpgenc, theres no sound watching the mpeg file...

what am i doing wrong?? please advise

thanks

[abularkin]

well this is a problem that can probably be cured by a multipurpose solution.

--Extract the >wav file from the AVI w/ Vdub.
--Encode the .wav using audio only on TMPGEnc the the format you need (VCD/SVCD)
--Remux using Tools in TMPGEnc

If that doesn't work, then we need to know if there's no sound on your stand alone DVD player or on your system media player.

But if it does work, then the next time you encode, extract the >wav file first from the avi, then choose that as the sound source for your MPEG (in TMPGEnc).



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[playndirty101]

thanks,

but since the movie needed to be cut in half (wont fit on cd), would i need to extract 2 seperate times? 1 for the first half and the 2nd for next half?

Is Vdub able to let me cut it in half like tpgenc?

os. i haven't played in my dvd player yet...just on my pc, using windows media

[abularkin]

Virtualdub does let you extract a wav based on startframe and end frame, but you might have a problem syncing the sound to video on the second half of the movie. Which, incidentally is another problem fixed by the above solution when applied before the encoding is begun. Anyway, you might have to use a sound editing program like cooledit or soundforge to edit the mp2 to match the video.
It's a hassle, but it can be done. However, I recommend that you just reencode using original avi and extracted wav. But if you want to start learning some audio editing as well, give it a shot. If your impatient, do it before you go to sleep.

[playndirty101]

i just tried virtualdub lastnight, using the instruction given on this site..thanks to vcd4me

Hopefully it will be sync with the each other. I did do the start frame and end frame..

i do have a question however... I will ned to burn this to 2 cd's so i start it at 0 frame...and ended at 92172 end frame.. will i need to do the same when extracting the .wav file with the same end frame?

why cant tmpgenc just encode the sound with the video to mpeg that includes sound!!

[playndirty101]

anyone?

[abularkin]

Yes.

It can. There was just an error of some kind during the initial encoding.

[previn]

I had a similar problem, but when saving the wav file using vdub as suggested it was then out of sync until I did it again but without compressing the wav. This solved it when encoding the original avi as video source and uncompressed wave as audio.
The original avi when opened in vdub warned that it had an illegal vbr or something like that. I'm guessing that this in effect stretches or shrinks the sound to fit. When you use the uncompressed wav then it will automatically save it to the same timescale as the original avi instead of altering it according to the bitrate.

[banjazzer]

The foolproof way converting avi to mpg is (as has been stated) to first extract the uncompressed wav using Virtualdub. This works well until you come across your first ac3 or ogg audio Then in TMPGEnc use the source range in Mpeg setting >Advanced to encode half the avi. If you use the batch list feature, it will encode both halves automatically for you, each time specifying the wav file as audio input.