2 Audio tracks of different types

[The Belgain]

I am trying to create an avi with the first audio track being a 128 kbps VBR Mp3 and the second track being a 96 kbps ac3. At the moment I have a video file with no audio, and the two audio tracks seperately. When I try to do this in Nandub, it doesn't let me select the second track. Is this because I can't put two different types of audio tracks in one video file?

How else can i do this other than in Nandub?

[DJ Bobo]

It is no problem to multiplex any type of audio in NanDub

You must be doing something wrong, I tested that and it works flawlessly.

May I ask how come you have a 96kbps AC3!?

[The Belgain]

The ac3 is the original DVD audio for the director's commentery (i was also quite surprised at it being 96 kbps).

I've tried using Nandub again: if i try to have the first stream as the mp3 and the second stream as the ac3, i get a file with only the mp3.

If u try to have the first stream being the ac3 and the second stream being the mp3 i get a file with both streams, but which crashes wmp6.4 on loading and crashes Power DivX 3.12 if i try to change to the second track.

Any ideas?

[DJ Bobo]

Hmm... may be because of the AC3 being Mono
Then convert your AC3 to mp3 and you won't have problems any more

[The Belgain]

The ac3 is stereo.

I know i can always fall back on encoding it to mp3, but that seems a bit pointless and will result in quality loss (and i'm not looking to reducec the filesize since it's already at 96 kbps).

[DJ Bobo]

Well, you may use BSPlayer to switch the audio streams, if that also doesn't work, you don't have another solution I think: go for mp3, the quality loss will be unnoticable, especially with a cheap director commentary stream!

[The Belgain]

I tried using BS Player and it works fine now without me needing to re-encoded the audio, thanks!

It seems like quite a nice player too.

[DJ Bobo]

oh yeah, that's right, I like that player very much, I only use this one. And I put a Pioneer DVD Skin on it, it looks pretty cool! :D