SUP, I TRIED TO ENCODE A VIDEO IN PAL (SVCD FORMAT 720X576, FPS 25) TO NTSC DVD FORMAT (720X480, FPS 29) AND THE RESULTING VIDEO HAD NO SOUND; THIS IS WHAT I DID: 1) OPENED UP DVD2AVI AND SAVED THE PROJECT AS .d2v FILE 2) USING TMPEGEnc I OPENED UP THE .d2v AND THE ASSOCIATED AUDIO FILE 3) WENT INTO THE SETTINGS OPTION AND CONFIGURED THE SOFTWARE TO OUTPUT A DVD FORMATTED VIDEO (NTSC) AT AN AVERAGE BITRATE OF 6000 (4.0GIG OUTPUT). WHEN IT WAS DONE, NO SOUND IN THE VIDEO.

IN STEP 1, I NAMED BOTH FILE 1 AND 2 OF THE VIDEO, LETS SAY, UTOPIA1 AND UTOPIA2-SO THAT WHEN I OPENED THE VIDEO FILE IN DVD2AVI, IT WOULD RECOGNIZE THE 1-2 SEQUENCE AND ENCODE BOTH FILES SIMUTANEOULY TO .d2v GIVING ME ONE WHOLE MOVIE; THIS WAS DONE INSTEAD OF ENCODING PART 1 THEN 2...THEN JOINING WITH TMPEG. HELP ME