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I had recently download an avi file, i tried encoding it into mpg. Everything works fine except there is no audio. I had browse through the BBS so i tried using Virtual Dub to save audio into wav file. Then i tried opening the wav file there is nothing but silence. And i checked my other typical avi's file information, the video decompressor is Divx; Mpeg4 Low Motion, and the audio compression is Divx; Audio Compressor. While the video information of that avi file is the same as other typical avis but the audio is kind of strange.
The audio information is as the following:
Channels: 2(Stereo)
Sample Precison : 0 bit
Compression: Unknown (tag 2000)
So i sort of suspect is the audio problem but i am still unable to solve the problem. Hope there might be some solution here.
The audio is "AC3 Dolby Digital" that is what the "Tag2000" means in the File information in Virtual dub..There are No Mpeg encoders that I know of that can Properly handle AC3 audio and extracting the AC3 is going to be a Bit of a chore..What you will need is "Virtual dub" "AC3_Fix-GUI" and an AC3 decoder Like "Headac3he"..First Load your AVI into Virtual Dub, then set the Audio to "Direct stream Copy" then go to "File" to "Save Wav" then it will Extract a File with a Wav extention, then Rename the Wav file to AC3, Now Start up "AC3 Fix_GUI" and Load the "AC3" file into it and Proscess it, it will Fix the AC3 file so it is a Real AC3 Audio file, Now you can Use "Headac3he" to encode the AC3 to either WAV that you can use as the Audio source in Tmpgenc Or you can encode it to "Mp2" Audio which is the Format For VCD/SVCD and some DVD"s, after you have the MP2 audio file then Open "Tmpgenc" go to "File" to "Mpeg Tools" to "Simple Multiplex" and Load the Mpeg Video file that you encoded Before and the MP2 audio file, then Choose the Right setting From the DropDown Menu(Video_CD or Super-VCD or Mpeg1/2) and Click "Run", this will Join the Audio and Video together to a Valid Mpeg file with Audio...I guess you got this File from Downloading it off of the Net?? Downloaded Movies aren"t the Best Files to Make VCD/SVCD/DVD"s out of Because they have AC3 or VBR MP3 Audio and they Have a Habbit of haveing Errors in the Files From the Downloading Proscess...Good Luck....
Thanks alot, Minion. But searching for the softwares was ever more tedious than processing the audio file. I had only managed to find ac3 fix but heardache was un available. Tried downloading a few but all gave a notepad file. Is there any other ac3 encoder you can recommend? And i think the ac3 decoder from mediatwins is supreme but too bad its only a trial version.
Hi, You can Find "Headac3he" here: http://darkav.de.vu/ , You might have to Download the Various DLL Files with it But if you do they are at the same Site, As For AC3 Fix it is a Command line Program which are a Bitch to use if you have never used a Command line Program, That is Why I sugested the GUI(Grafic User Interface) so you can run it like a Regular Program,I couldn"t Find the AC3 Fix Gui But there is another Gui that works with AC3Fix called "AVGui" you can get it here: http://www.digital-digest.net/downloads/files/gui/avgui09.zip .. you will Need AC3 Fix with it..There are Other AC3 Decoders Becides Headac3he But it is one of the Best Quality Decoders and it can encode to Many Formats Includeing Mpeg audio...Anyways Good Luck.....
For an eaier solution download AVImux. I guess the reason why minion hasn't suggested it is because there are so many simpletons out there that just don't know how to work out how to use a simple program.
Follow the instructions below.
2. You will should see 2 streams the Video and Audio stream. Uncheck the video stream.
3. Highlight the Audio stream then right click it, choose 'select compression' then select PCM. In the next box choose - 44.100khz, 16bit, stereo 172kb/s
4. Set the audio preroll and interleave to 100.
5. Click the Output AVI button and select where you want to save the audio. Make sure you give the file a .WAV extension and not .AVI
6. Now click go. If you did everything right the result should be a wav file.
Thats Exactly why I didn"t sugest AVI-Mux ,I have sugested it over V-Dub Many Times then Had Poeple complianing that They couldn"t get any audio out of it even after explaining how to do it..I think next time I"ll just direct them to this Post...ThanX
WOW a 6 foot screen, Are you use some sort of Projection TV Set?? I used to have one of those Projection TV"s Back in the Late 70"s and they were great But I"m sure the New Ones are better....Well It"s Good to see your Back It"s Been Lonely here as It seems that without you I"m the only one answering Questions and you are Definately Better than Me in some areas...Cheers and welcome back...
Yes it's a front projector. Just shelled out a s**t load of money for it. Once you've watched a movie on one of these things a TV just doesn't compare.
Anyway good to be back for now...
I have a divx file i tried to convert to mpg1 (vcd) with TMPGEnc 2.5. It is actually about 5 minutes long but when i've selected it in TMPGEnc the programm tells me that it's length is about 17 mins. Wenn i select the start and ending frame and cut of the rest it gets back to 5 minutes, the true size. But when i try to convert it without doing this it just converts the first 5 minutes normally and adds the rest of the time with just a white screen.
What's more (don't know if this is related to this problem) is that i don't get any sound.
here the file informations i got with "gspot":
file length correct.
The Problem with Tmpgenc reporting the Wrong Length is actually a problem with the Information in the header of the AVI file, the Avi file is Telling Tmpgenc that it"s Lenght is to long, But it seemd that you have figured out the Work around..The Problem with the Audio is Common You have to extract the audio from the AVI file to Wav format and use the Wav file as the Audio source, You can do this with Virtual Dub.....
I installed windows XP on my system, now any time I DL the new tsunami it immediately states that the evaluation period has expired. Does tsunami not work under XP? Or are you only ollowed to ever try one version of tsunami?
>You have Posted the Same Question Like 3 times and it was answered Just after you posted the First time...Please do not Double/Triple Post...
I have no idea how that happened, I only posted once, other entries must have been cause by a browser refresh. My opologies nonetheless.
My problem is that Tsunami does not even work once.
And installing a NEW demo, with a new version number, when it comes out a few months later, still doesn't work.
This means I have not seen it run on XP at all.
It is my understanding that you could use at least 1 version of the demo for about 30 days? Isn't that correct?
>You have Posted the Same Question Like 3 times and it was answered Just after you posted the First time...Please do not Double/Triple Post...
I have no idea how that happened, I only posted once, other entries must have been cause by a browser refresh. My opologies nonetheless.
My problem is that Tsunami does not even work once.
And installing a NEW demo, with a new version number, when it comes out a few months later, still doesn't work.
This means I have not seen it run on XP at all.
It is my understanding that you could use at least 1 version of the demo for about 30 days? Isn't that correct?
>You have Posted the Same Question Like 3 times and it was answered Just after you posted the First time...Please do not Double/Triple Post...
I have no idea how that happened, I only posted once, other entries must have been cause by a browser refresh. My opologies nonetheless.
My problem is that Tsunami does not even work once.
And installing a NEW demo, with a new version number, when it comes out a few months later, still doesn't work.
This means I have not seen it run on XP at all.
It is my understanding that you could use at least 1 version of the demo for about 30 days? Isn't that correct?
Sorry for the double post...I got confused with the "title" option :o)
I've downloaded an avi file (700MB approx.) and have used TMPGEnc to encode it to mpeg format. Only one problem - the file size is 3.3Gb. Is there any way to reduce this file size so that it will fit onto 2 VCD's?
Thank you for taking the time to answer this newbie :o)
I've downloaded an avi file (700MB approx.) and have used TMPGEnc to encode it to mpeg format. Only one problem - the file size is 3.3Gb. Is there any way to reduce this file size so that it will fit onto 2 VCD's?
Thank you for taking the time to answer this newbie :o)
You can only fit a Max of about 80 minutes on a 700MB CD-R in VCD format, so either this Movie is Like 4 hours long or you have used a Non-Standard High Bitrate to encode it to VCD...The Size of the AVI file has Absolutly No effect on how big the Mpeg file will be, what matters is How Long the Movie is..For Standard VCD you will Need about 10 MB per Minute of VCD...
PS: you can Fit 800mb on a 700mb CD-R in VCD format...
I installed windows XP on my system, now any time I DL the new tsunami it immediately states that the evaluation period has expired. Does tsunami not work under XP? Or are you only ollowed to ever try one version of tsunami?
I have an already encoded 1 hour mpeg1 file and need to replace the audio only, the video is fine and took a long time to encode.
Is it possible to directly copy (NOT recompress) the mpeg1 video stream and let TMPGEnc 2.57 encode and mux in a new audio stream from a wav file?
I installed windows XP on my system, now any time I DL the new tsunami it immediately states that the evaluation period has expired. Does tsunami not work under XP? Or are you only ollowed to ever try one version of tsunami?
I installed windows XP on my system, now any time I DL the new tsunami it immediately states that the evaluation period has expired. Does tsunami not work under XP? Or are you only ollowed to ever try one version of tsunami?
Yes you are Only allowed to use the Demo one time, Once you have used the Demo once then that is it..They wouldn"t sell many Copies of Tmpgenc if once the demo ran out you could just download another copy of the demo...You can still use it for Mpeg1 VCD....
Hi i have windows xp home and im using TMPGEnc Plus Version 2.59.47.155 i want to convert avi to mpeg so i can make a vcd out of it..well i get the audio just no video shows up at all..any help please!!!
Go to "Options" to Enviromental settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and Raise the "Direct show" to "2".. this should make it to there is an image in the file after encodeing..And remember that if there is No picture in the Tmpgenc window while encodeing then there will not be an image in the File....
Well if you are Useing a "Direct Show DV codec" Like Microsoft DV codec then Try raiseing the "Direct show File reader" in the "Vfapi Plugins" to say "2", if the Codec is a VFW DV Codec Like MainConcept DV Codec then try raiseing the "VFW File reader"....
Yes, There are Many Programs that will Add Chapter Points to a VCD or SVCD, Like a Bunch of "Ulead" Programs can do it Like "DVD Workshop 1.2/1.3" and "DVD Movie Factory" and "Video Studio 7", they all will add Chapters to a VCD or SVCD and Of cource DVD"s, they can also add Menu"s and Titles..But if you are Looking for a Freeware Program that will add chapters then "VCDEasy" can do it, It"s Burning engine does not work with all Burners But if that happens just use it to make a Bin/Cue Image File and use something like Nero to Burn the Image to Disk....
What do you mean??? You just download it and Use it, there is nothing special you have to do Just download it and extract the Files to a Folder and Run the Program..And what kind of Patch are you talking about????
I have already installed v2.512 when I try to convert the file (which is XviD) I get a message that says "the file type is not supported". How do I convert the XviD file??? Is it not an MPEG-4 file in actuality? v2.512 says it only supports MPEG-2 files... do I need another codec?
Xvid Files are Mpeg-4 Files in the AVI container Format,The Xvid Codec causes a Lot of Problems with a Lot of Programs so it would be best to install the "FFDShow Mpeg4 Decoder" and configure it to decode Xvid and DivX files, and go to "Options" to "Enviromental settings" to "Vfapi Plugins" and Raise the "Direct Show" to "2"..This should get the File loaded But the "FFDShow Decoder" will help Make it so you do not get Errors while encodeing, you can download it here : http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ffdshow/ffdshow-20030424.exe ..Tmpgenc does Not Natively support Mpeg2 files, it supports AVI/Mpeg1/ASF files, it will Only accept Mpeg2 files as the video source if you have a Specific Mpeg2 decoder installed or a VFAPI Plugin But you don"t need to be concerned about that as you are encodeing AVI files...