trapvector
21st February 2004, 22:10
Hi Everyone. This guide is for everyone who wants to take a 2.0 stereo song and reencode it to a Dolby Digital 5.1 track. I've wanted to do this for a couple of months now, and thanks to this site, and the expertise of various members (and the required programs of course), I've finally figured out how.
First, this would not be possible without the guide by Eye of Horus:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=60137
Second, you will need the six programs under section 04 of that link.
--Note--I use BeSweet version 1.5b22
You also need the HNM filter plugin for Plogue Bidule http://www.niederma.de/freeware/Audio/VST/HNM_Filter.zip
Next, use the guide by Eye of Horus to complete the installation of Plogue Bidule and its plugins.
Now, to get started, take a regular song from your computer--it has to be in WAV format--if it's in WMA format, you have to convert it to WAV format. A free program to do this with is CDEX http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=cdex&tg=dl-2001
Although, personally I use Acoustica because it's faster and I'd already purchased it.
Now for the other programs you need:
VirtualDubMod - Freeware
BeSweet - Freeware
--Get both of these from the Gordian Knot Rippack here:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gordianknot/Gordian.Knot.Rip.Pack.0.28.7.Setup.exe?download
AC3Machinev0.41 - Freeware
http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Audio/AC3Machinev0.41.zip
TMPGEnc - free 30 day trial after which you must purchase
http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_download.html
TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.5 and TMPGEnc Sound Plug-in AC3
-free trial on DVD Author but no trial on AC3 plugin-
http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/index.html
OK, here we go. Open r8brain. Load your song in the INPUT section.
Select 48000 under Resample to r8. Choose a save destination and click Perform r8brain. Now you have a 2 channel WAV resampled at 48000 khz which you need for Plogue Bidule.
Now, open Plogue Bidule. Follow section 05 of Eye of Horus' guide to the letter. When you are finished, make the following changes: link the first 5 outputs of Emigrator straight down into the first 5 inputs of Audio Recorder. Now open the palette and import 5 HNM filters which are under VST Plugins. Download this preset for the HNM filter: http://downloada.in-berlin.de/hnm_lowpass80.fxb
Open each HNM filter and load the preset. At the end, Plogue Bidule should look like this: http://downloada.in-berlin.de/hnmfilter.gif
Now, inside Plogue Bidule, open the Audio File Player and load the song that r8brain converted to 48000khz (Planet Earth_r8) for example. Now open Audio File Recorder and choose a Save destination and rename the file (Planet Earth_6ch) for example. Now click play in the Audio File Player. The song will play in real time, and at the end you will have a 6 channel wav of that song. Do not delete this file, as you will need it later!
Now, open AC3Machine. Tell it where BeSweet.exe is by selecting the BeSweet.exe section under Locations. Now under the Input section, load the multichannel wav you made with Plogue Bidule. Under Output, select Save Destination and give it a name like Planet EarthAC3 for example. Now click Give me AC3!
Now after all this, you have a Dolby Digital AC3 file of your song.
--Finally!--But you're only halfway finished...
You need to make a DVD compliant video stream which is the exact length of your song. I do this with pictures because to me, the video doesn't matter. Open VirtualDubMod. Click File, Open Video File, then open a bmp picture. --Note--The title of the picture must have a number sequence like "Black Screen 01" for example.
Now click File, Save As and give it a name. What you get is a 0 second AVI file of your picture which you need for:
TMPGEnc--Open this program and the project wizard will start. Click Next. On Project Wizard page 2/5 click Browse Video File. Select the 0 second avi you just made with VirtualDubMod. Under Browse Audio File, open the multichannel wav you made with Plogue Bidule. The one that's titled Planet Earth_6ch for example. This is the file you got right before you used AC3Machine. Click Next, click Ok.
You should be on page 4/5 of the wizard. There's a section called Makes File Size. Click the Arrow down button until it stops. Your bitrate should read 2000kbits/sec. --Note this looks terrible for moving pictures but it doesn't matter for still pictures. This way you can fit more 5.1 songs on a disc.
Finally click next and choose where to save. You'll get an M2V file and a WAV file about 8 minutes later. Delete the WAV file when it's finished.
Now the next program is TMPGEnc DVD Author. You MUST have the AC3 Sound plugin for this to work. Click Source Setup. Load your newly created M2V file under video. Under Audio settings select all files from the drop-down bar. Navigate to the AC3 file you made with AC3Machine. Your Audio Input format should read: Dolby Digital AC3
48000hz 6 channel. Now click Output, choose a save destination, and you'll get an Audio TS folder and a Video TS folder. Now, use your favourite burning program, and Voila! Regular music in 5.1
--Note when you add a second song, TMPGEnc DVD Author will give you an error message basically saying that the second track has different audio than the first. Just click Cancel, and load your AC3 file for the second song just like you did for the first one.
I know that this guide is convoluted as all hell, but if you make it through successfully, the results are well worth it, believe me.
I reencoded Duran Duran's first album, and the results are unbelievable! And, if you use 2000kbits/sec for all the video, then you can fit about 5 albums on one DVD.
Also, you can use this method to reencode the audio on a DVD that only comes with 2.0 channel to 5.1 I tried that out on a Star Trek TOS DVD and it sounds pretty good.
Again, Thanks to Eye of Horus and DSPGuru and everyone else who wrote all the guides i studied and the programs I used. And Doom9 of course.:)
First, this would not be possible without the guide by Eye of Horus:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=60137
Second, you will need the six programs under section 04 of that link.
--Note--I use BeSweet version 1.5b22
You also need the HNM filter plugin for Plogue Bidule http://www.niederma.de/freeware/Audio/VST/HNM_Filter.zip
Next, use the guide by Eye of Horus to complete the installation of Plogue Bidule and its plugins.
Now, to get started, take a regular song from your computer--it has to be in WAV format--if it's in WMA format, you have to convert it to WAV format. A free program to do this with is CDEX http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=cdex&tg=dl-2001
Although, personally I use Acoustica because it's faster and I'd already purchased it.
Now for the other programs you need:
VirtualDubMod - Freeware
BeSweet - Freeware
--Get both of these from the Gordian Knot Rippack here:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gordianknot/Gordian.Knot.Rip.Pack.0.28.7.Setup.exe?download
AC3Machinev0.41 - Freeware
http://www.doom9.org/Soft21/Audio/AC3Machinev0.41.zip
TMPGEnc - free 30 day trial after which you must purchase
http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_download.html
TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.5 and TMPGEnc Sound Plug-in AC3
-free trial on DVD Author but no trial on AC3 plugin-
http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/index.html
OK, here we go. Open r8brain. Load your song in the INPUT section.
Select 48000 under Resample to r8. Choose a save destination and click Perform r8brain. Now you have a 2 channel WAV resampled at 48000 khz which you need for Plogue Bidule.
Now, open Plogue Bidule. Follow section 05 of Eye of Horus' guide to the letter. When you are finished, make the following changes: link the first 5 outputs of Emigrator straight down into the first 5 inputs of Audio Recorder. Now open the palette and import 5 HNM filters which are under VST Plugins. Download this preset for the HNM filter: http://downloada.in-berlin.de/hnm_lowpass80.fxb
Open each HNM filter and load the preset. At the end, Plogue Bidule should look like this: http://downloada.in-berlin.de/hnmfilter.gif
Now, inside Plogue Bidule, open the Audio File Player and load the song that r8brain converted to 48000khz (Planet Earth_r8) for example. Now open Audio File Recorder and choose a Save destination and rename the file (Planet Earth_6ch) for example. Now click play in the Audio File Player. The song will play in real time, and at the end you will have a 6 channel wav of that song. Do not delete this file, as you will need it later!
Now, open AC3Machine. Tell it where BeSweet.exe is by selecting the BeSweet.exe section under Locations. Now under the Input section, load the multichannel wav you made with Plogue Bidule. Under Output, select Save Destination and give it a name like Planet EarthAC3 for example. Now click Give me AC3!
Now after all this, you have a Dolby Digital AC3 file of your song.
--Finally!--But you're only halfway finished...
You need to make a DVD compliant video stream which is the exact length of your song. I do this with pictures because to me, the video doesn't matter. Open VirtualDubMod. Click File, Open Video File, then open a bmp picture. --Note--The title of the picture must have a number sequence like "Black Screen 01" for example.
Now click File, Save As and give it a name. What you get is a 0 second AVI file of your picture which you need for:
TMPGEnc--Open this program and the project wizard will start. Click Next. On Project Wizard page 2/5 click Browse Video File. Select the 0 second avi you just made with VirtualDubMod. Under Browse Audio File, open the multichannel wav you made with Plogue Bidule. The one that's titled Planet Earth_6ch for example. This is the file you got right before you used AC3Machine. Click Next, click Ok.
You should be on page 4/5 of the wizard. There's a section called Makes File Size. Click the Arrow down button until it stops. Your bitrate should read 2000kbits/sec. --Note this looks terrible for moving pictures but it doesn't matter for still pictures. This way you can fit more 5.1 songs on a disc.
Finally click next and choose where to save. You'll get an M2V file and a WAV file about 8 minutes later. Delete the WAV file when it's finished.
Now the next program is TMPGEnc DVD Author. You MUST have the AC3 Sound plugin for this to work. Click Source Setup. Load your newly created M2V file under video. Under Audio settings select all files from the drop-down bar. Navigate to the AC3 file you made with AC3Machine. Your Audio Input format should read: Dolby Digital AC3
48000hz 6 channel. Now click Output, choose a save destination, and you'll get an Audio TS folder and a Video TS folder. Now, use your favourite burning program, and Voila! Regular music in 5.1
--Note when you add a second song, TMPGEnc DVD Author will give you an error message basically saying that the second track has different audio than the first. Just click Cancel, and load your AC3 file for the second song just like you did for the first one.
I know that this guide is convoluted as all hell, but if you make it through successfully, the results are well worth it, believe me.
I reencoded Duran Duran's first album, and the results are unbelievable! And, if you use 2000kbits/sec for all the video, then you can fit about 5 albums on one DVD.
Also, you can use this method to reencode the audio on a DVD that only comes with 2.0 channel to 5.1 I tried that out on a Star Trek TOS DVD and it sounds pretty good.
Again, Thanks to Eye of Horus and DSPGuru and everyone else who wrote all the guides i studied and the programs I used. And Doom9 of course.:)