what audio for xvid avi file ?

[audyovydeo]

believe it or not I'm doing my first video in xvid.
I converted an avi file from a friends's camera (MJPEG + PCM audio) to an xvid+PCM avi, burned it on a CD, but the audio does not play back.
That's weird, because I assumed that all DVD desktop players supported uncompressed PCM audio.
What is the official audio format to use with ASP ? I would assume AC3, but I'm not so sure now.

anyone ?
thanks
a/v

[GodofaGap]

What's wrong with MP3?

[Jawor]

I guess AAC should be considered "official" as it is a part of MPEG-4 standard (it's not widely supported by standalones though). For standalone players, MP3 is the safest bet. Virtually all DivX/Xvid-capable standalone DVD players can also play AC3 in AVI. Some will also play "DivX Audio" (hacked WMA v2) and MP2 in AVI files.

[Midzuki]

I assumed that all DVD ¿desktop? players supported uncompressed PCM audio.

Only if the container is a .VOB --- and still, only stereo, no multichannel stuff.

[audyovydeo]

Thanks to all for your answers.

OK, I reencoded the audio file to mp3, and now find I don't even have a muxer for avi files (I dont do avi files generally, merely use them as source from camcorder).

Can anyone suggest a (preferably cmdline) avi muxer ?

thanks
a/v

[J_Darnley]

ffmpeg

[Taurus]

Good ol' Virtualdub Cli or Gui :p

[kypec]

Avi-MUX GUI is my favourite.

[audyovydeo]

Avi-MUX GUI is my favourite.

mh, thanks to all.
Avi-MUX actually refuses to open the mp3 file.
This is strange, because I made it with LAME.
Obviously something amiss here.
But thanks anyhow

cheers
a/v

[qyot27]

mencoder input.avi -audiofile input.mp3 -o output.avi -ovc copy -oac copy -ffourcc DX50