Only Media Player plays a DVD well?

[juventus]

I have this DVD on my Hard Drive. The weird thing is, only Windows Media Player is able to play it with its audio. Every other player I used (POWER DVD, Nero Showtime etc.) plays the movie with no sound.

I also tried burning it several time to a DVD media and of course, the DVD player at my home cinema system played the movie with no sound.

I'm busting my ball over this problem for more than a week now, and still can't come up with a solution.

Help... Please... :eek:

[setarip_old]

Hi!

1) What Title and Region is your original, purchased DVD?

2) What software and procedures did you use to rip it to your hard drive?

3) What software, procedures and media did you use to burn the failed copies?

[juventus]

Hi!

1) What Title and Region is your original, purchased DVD?

2) What software and procedures did you use to rip it to your hard drive?

3) What software, procedures and media did you use to burn the failed copies?


1) It is a DVD filming my brother's end-of-course-ceremony at the army. It won't help you to know the title - it's in Hebrew. He sent me the files threw SKYPE

2) I have no idea how did he rip the DVD to the hard drive, and I will be able to ask him only when he returns (in about a week).

3) Burning jas nothing to do with it. The movie won't play sound on the hard drive also, except for when playing with Media Player. But I did use Nero and Also tried TMPGenc.

[kis2005]

If your using WinXp, right click on the file>click properties>click summary and see what the audio format is in.

[juventus]

If your using WinXp, right click on the file>click properties>click summary and see what the audio format is in.

There are 5 video files and like 7 or 8 small DVD info files.

[Hard Core Rikki]

Perhaps you could give DGIndex a try.

Open those files in it and in AUDIO, select DEMUX ALL TRACKS.

If DGIndex detects audio tracks, it can save these as separate AC3 / DTS / MP2 files (with SAVE PROJECT).

Hope this helps.

[setarip_old]

@juventus

When playing under PowerDVD, make certain you're playing "As DVD", not simply individual .VOBs - and try selecting a different audiostream (either through the DVD's own onscreen menu, if any, or through PowerDVD's menu)...

When playing the burned DVD on a standlone DVD player, use the remote to select a different audiostream by pressing the "Audio" (or "Language" on some remotes) button...

[juventus]

Perhaps you could give DGIndex a try.

Open those files in it and in AUDIO, select DEMUX ALL TRACKS.

If DGIndex detects audio tracks, it can save these as separate AC3 / DTS / MP2 files (with SAVE PROJECT).

Hope this helps.

Yeah, DGIndex saved the DTS file, which plays the soundtrack well. But now what?

[setarip_old]

@juventusIt is a DVD filming my brother's end-of-course-ceremony at the army.Yeah, DGIndex saved the DTS fileIf I'm interpreting your postings correctly, you're stating that this homebrewn DVD was made using DTS audio - Unusual, to say the least ;>}
When playing this DVD under PowerDVD, or any other program that you say plays it without audio, have you as yet tried selecting a different audiostream?

[juventus]

@juventusIf I'm interpreting your postings correctly, you're stating that this homebrewn DVD was made using DTS audio - Unusual, to say the least ;>}
When playing this DVD under PowerDVD, or any other program that you say plays it without audio, have you as yet tried selecting a different audiostream?

Smartass, It's not a homebrewn DVD. The ceremony was filmed by a proffessional filming crew, and the DVD itself costed money, but it's not like you can buy it in stores.

Yes, I have tried changing the Audio Stream in PowerDVD, and also in my homecinema DVD.

[setarip_old]

but it's not like you can buy it in stores.That's the point I was trying to make. Since it's not a commercial movie DVD, it's highly unusual that the producer of the DVD would apply DTS audio to it...

[Hard Core Rikki]

DTS, huh? I think PowerDVD 5 can decode that. Media Player Classic as well.

If it causes you THAT much trouble to play it on your multimedia systems, I HIGHLY suggest that you convert it to a friendlier format, like AC3 (not MP2, cuz I assume that it was 5.1).

If you want an easy way to do so, you can use BeSweet, accompagnied by the BeLight GUI. You'd find this combination surprinsingly easy to deal with for quality audio conversion. Both can be found in Doom9.

Just load your DTS audio there, and go to presets (AC3).

1 - If your DTS is simple stereo (2.0), select 2.0 (448 kbps).

OR

2 - If your DTS is surround (5.1), select 5.1 (448 kbps).

Better choose high bitrates. That's a valuable video you got there, 'n you wouldn't really want it spoilt, do you?

ONce you have a Hi-Quality AC3 ready, you can reburn your DVD with it. But try to keep the DTS track on it (do not remove it).

[Boulder]

PowerDVD can play it only if you have the specific DTS package - which costs money.

[juventus]

DTS, huh? I think PowerDVD 5 can decode that. Media Player Classic as well.

If it causes you THAT much trouble to play it on your multimedia systems, I HIGHLY suggest that you convert it to a friendlier format, like AC3 (not MP2, cuz I assume that it was 5.1).

If you want an easy way to do so, you can use BeSweet, accompagnied by the BeLight GUI. You'd find this combination surprinsingly easy to deal with for quality audio conversion. Both can be found in Doom9.

Just load your DTS audio there, and go to presets (AC3).

1 - If your DTS is simple stereo (2.0), select 2.0 (448 kbps).

OR

2 - If your DTS is surround (5.1), select 5.1 (448 kbps).

Better choose high bitrates. That's a valuable video you got there, 'n you wouldn't really want it spoilt, do you?

ONce you have a Hi-Quality AC3 ready, you can reburn your DVD with it. But try to keep the DTS track on it (do not remove it).

Thanks man, I'll give it a try.

[setarip_old]

Or just install the "AC3 Filter v.1.08a", which will automatically downmix .DTS to either .AC3 5.1 or Stereo (you choose)...