.avi audio question... (Very n00b question)

Myth0logy · Nov 18, 2005

Hi, I am new to trying to convert .avi to DVD, but I found a guide on this forum here that I found very useful:

Actually, it's not all that difficult. Use TMPGEnc. Use the "wizard" and select "DVD"/"NTSC" (if you'e in the US or Japan).
Click on "Next" and select the .AVI video file in the upper box.

If the .AVI file was recorded properly, it will use the .AVI audio file also automatically.

Click "Next" a couple times, to the bitrate setting window. Here you will see how much room your AVI will consume. Reduce the filesize (in the lower box) to about 3.9 gigs if its over that.

Click "Next" and choose where you want to save the m2+wav files it will produce.

OK, you're halfway there...

Now use TMPGEncDVD Author. Use the "wizard" here also to start a "new project".

In the "Source Setup" window, use the "Add file window" to enter the .m2 file that was created earlier.

Then click on the "Create Menu" box at the top.

As a begginer, make it easy: Click on the "Display Menu", then "General", select "Only Main Menu". Then click on the "Chapter Display" tab and uncheck the box there.

Then click on the "Output" box at the top.

Then "Begin Output" button in the middle of the page.

After it makes the .VOB, .IFO, and .BUP files necessary, it will ask you if you want to burn the DVD. EIther say yes - or use Nero to burn.

If your .AVI was of good quality, you'll wind up with an excellent playing DVD.

The above sounds much more complicated than it actually is. My 11 year old daughter captures movies off the cable, compresses them with DivX, then uses TMPGEnc's to make excellent DVD's. She captures at very high bit rates, and encodes them also at high bit rates for best quality.

It's almost a "no-brainer".........

Mark7
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I followed this guide all the way.

After clicking output, I have a folder and within this folder I have "VIDEO_TS" and "AUDIO_TS" folders. Woo!

Now if I play the largest file (with Nero showtime) in teh "VIDEO_TS" folder it plays fine & with sound.

However the "AUDIO_TS" folder is totally empty - is it supposed to be like this? It seems slightly strange that it's empty...

If I burn just the files in the Video TS folder to DVD will it play with sound?

If not what do I have to do?

I know this is a very very n00b question, I just don't want to waste a DVD. I have never burnt anything to DVD before

PS. I searched on the forum, found a lot of very confusing jargen only...

scf_au · Nov 18, 2005

The Audio_ts folder is almost always empty. As a matter of fact, you only need to burn the contents of the video_ts folder to dvd.

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