Problems with virtualdub \ TMPGEnc method

[CubzfanBudman]

I tried using virtualdub to rip the audio file from my Avi and save it as a .Wav with no luck. It kept telling me something about input sampling rate and channels dont match output. I then used TMPEnc to encode the Avi to MPG format this worked great with the exception that the audio was missing. I tried burning with Nero on a high quality CDRW and the burn worked with no problems. The result was great...it worked on my pioneer DV525 in PCB mode (without audio of course). Two questions..how can I get the audio to work and why does my DVD player go into PCB mode instead of VCD mode?

PS: The AVI was a movie downloaded from a peer to peer server (255MB)

[banjazzer]

Possibly an avi with ac3 audio. Was there an nfo with the file? Did you read it? If it is, look at the guides on this site which tell you how to convert.

[BushyTailedTreeRat]

I'm a newbie at this, but I think I have the answer for you. The first .avi file I tried to convert gave me the same error message. It turns out that I didn't have the proper audio codec installed. When you open the file in VirtualDub to strip the audio track, look at the file info and see if it says "Unknown" for the compression method used (sorry, but I don't remeber exactly how to pull this up and I'm at a different computer right now ). If it does, then you're missing the audio codec that will allow VirtualDub to process the audio. Download the Nimo codec pack and try again (It's in the "tools" section of this site.)

Hope that helps!