How do I improve audio quality using TMPGenc and Virtual Dub

[nille]

I used DVD2avi just as Danib666 suggested and there is a great difference in the quality of the sound now. The metallic sound has disappeared and I´m very pleased with the result

[banjazzer]

So how does it differ to the way I suggested earlier?

[DanW]

I never downsample to 44.1 khz as my player can read a 48 khz stream just fine on my SVCD's..you may want to see if your player can handle non compliant SVCD's and just skip the downsampling step altogether.

Gotta love those cheapo apex players

[danib666]

it is possible that one of the many codecs you have installed is causing you this problem
i only have divx3 divx4 divx5 ogg and the mpeg2 codec from powerdvd installed

[danib666]

yay! nille
glad someone has benifited from my advice

DanW - the main reason i downsample my audio is so that i can lend the finished svcd to my friends and family in fact the main reason i do most of my movies is for friends and family. since i probably only watch 1 in 10 of the ones i get! but if the only reason that you wanna get the movie is so that you can watch it then yes you are best off checking that your dvd player can handle non compliant vcd/svcd's

[King-Of-DK]

Danib666,apparently the problem is only on my PC,when i play the SVCD/VCD on my standalone the audio is fine.So the DVD2AVI solution works,as i never use my pc to watch movies anyway.

[danib666]

ah so just a case of crossed wires then

[bcmagog]

Should using toolame in TMPGenc solve this problem?

[danib666]

nope using external audio encoders like toolame thru tmpegenc doesn't sort this problem, the only way i found was thru dvd2avi.
although there may be other external programs that do it, dvd2avi was the only one i got to work