Which Audio is the Director's Talk?

[TomBrooklyn]

I ripped a movie in File mode for encoding with DVD RB Pro. It has three English audio tracks: AC3 5.1, AC3 2ch, and DTS 5channel.

I'd like to keep the smaller movie soundtrack and the directors talk, and ditch one soundtrack, but I don't know which is which.

I imported it into DVD Shrink but that won't play it. (Why not?)

How can I see/hear which audio track is which so I can know which one to delete?

The movie, in case anyone knows offhand--is Lord of War.

[unskinnyboy]

The 1st and 3rd tracks might be the movie audio (in AC3 and DTS formats respectively) and the 2nd , the 2Ch one, might be the director's commentary. If you have all the tracks decrypted onto your hard disk, play them using VLC Player to know which is which.

[TomBrooklyn]

Hi unskinnyboy,

Perhaps your guess is right. It's my semi-uneducated understanding though that 2ch stereo sounds better when played through a 2ch stereo system than 5.1 does, so this is what was throwing me off.

Anyway, I'll check it out. I don't know what VLC is however, or where to get it. A search on these forums for VLC came up empty.

[unskinnyboy]

I don't know what VLC is however, or where to get it. A search on these forums for VLC came up empty.
That's the part in the story where you should have asked your friend Google about it.

http://www.videolan.org/mirror.php?file=vlc/0.8.5/win32/vlc-0.8.5-win32.exe

[ilovejedd]

To preview audio in DVD Shrink:
In the preview window in the bottom left corner, right click on the video. It will give you an option to change which audio track to play.

[TomBrooklyn]

To preview audio in DVD Shrink:
In the preview window in the bottom left corner, right click on the video. It will give you an option to change which audio track to play.

Hi ILJ,
Right. The problem is that for some reason unknown to me, Shrink is not offering the option to preview anything. Do you know why that might be?
Regards,
Tom

[setarip_old]

It might be that you've got "Preview" turned off in "Preferences"...

[TomBrooklyn]

It might be that you've got "Preview" turned off in "Preferences"...

Hmmm........duh. :o :)

The AC-2 is the Director's audio.

[setarip_old]

Hmmm........duh.Does that mean "problem solved"?

[TomBrooklyn]

Yes, that was the problem. Cheers.

[setarip_old]

Yes, that was the problem. Cheers.Congratulations! I love it when simple problems are solved with simple solutions ;>}