Dual audio muxing problem (avimux/vdubmod/bsplayer)

[pecus]

I've been muxing dual language AVIs of tv series for a while with no problem, until a few days ago. I have a xvid rip from DVD with original AC3 audio and the same xvid rip with mp3 audio in a foreign language.

Upon opening the foreign one in VirtualDubMod to extract the audio, VDub complains about incorrect VBR headers, so I decompress the mp3 audio to an uncompressed wav and recompress it to CBR mp3 via lame. So far so good.

When I mux the new CBR mp3 to the original xvid+AC3 with VDubMod, I get the following:

* No matter the track order, the default track plays fine (whether AC3 or mp3)
* The alternate track either crashes Bsplayer (my reference player) upon switching to it, or stays mute.

If I mux via AviMux I get a sure crash of Bsplayer on opening if the alt track is VBR, and the same behaviour as above if it is a CBR mp3.

So far if Bsplayer liked a file, my standalone divx player did too. VLC is too smart a player to use as a test (it plays all muxed files without a problem). I tried and burned one of the problematic files, and the hw player chocked on them.

What should I check for in order to get a playable dual language avi? I'm stomped. What should I do?

Tx

[yaz]

i know it wont help but ... i've found that latest bsplayer refuses to open my clips containig 2 aac audio tracks. msg: file error (???). these files played fine in earlier bsplayer. so ... imho ... sg's really messed up in this new 'restructured' version.

(i found some others bugs but that would lead far from this topic)

the bests
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[pecus]

I suspected it could be BSplayer fault, but it plays flawlessly all of the other dual audio AVIs I've done in the past. I'll test the problematic files on a couple of different players to see if they work.

My standalone hw player is my target player (it's a certified divx device). I'll burn a few more tests and report. Hopefully someone will chime in with good advice
:thanks:

[pecus]

Progress!
I reinstalled all codecs and I am able once again to play dual audio avis. If the hw player doesn't complain, I've learned my lesson.