AC3 .. Why? How?

[proctor]

Hi,
Why should I try to make my DVD2VCD with AC3 sound? What is AC3?

And if its "all that" ... how do I do it the easiest way (is there a guide for it in vcdhelp.com?)?

Thanks

[BJ_M]

u cant, except with a lot of problems (i can get it to work only 25% of the time or less) make a svcd with ac3

[proctor]

Oh don't be such a pessimist ... you sure there is no other way

[BJ_M]

i'm sure ....

ac3 btw is the name for a dolby digital compressed audio file ... around here know often as DD .. it can be anywhere from mono to 6 channels (in fact really 8 sortof) ..

it is not supported on svcd's and vcd's

[proctor]

Understood, question filled with an answer.

[Oracle]

BJ_M

How do you make SVCD with AC3??

some details please?

[BJ_M]

i managed to do by making a transport stream mpeg muxed with mpeg2 and ac3 file ... then using transport stream convertor from either an old version of pixel tools or vitec to convert to a program stream ..

i think i also sometimes used a program to fix stream header.. bitrate viewer can do this in the full version ...

but it only worked not often and only in very few players.. so i gave up working on it as i saw no real reason for the effort anyway ...

[Oracle]

What was the reason for using a transport stream?