Second Audio Track

[hitch]

Hi all, I've searched on the site and read all the FAQs and guides, but there is no answer to my problem.

I've ripped a multi-audio DVD with DVD2SVCD and checked the Audio 2 Priority tab, but the resulting BBmuxed MPEG files only have 1 track as far as I can determine.

Looking at the log file below I can't see where the second track is extracted so I'm lead to believe it wasn't. I also checked the DVD2SVD.ini file and it seems to have options included for the 2nd audio tracked so I'm not sure what happened.

If anyone can help me diagnose, I would appreciate. Here is the log and .ini file. Thanks in advance.

LOG

Key found: EE73433CAF
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- 7/10/2002 11:52:54 PM
- DVD to SVCD Conversion
- DVD2SVCD ver. 1.0.9 build 3
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Initializing
Initializing finished.

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- 7/10/2002 11:52:57 PM
- Free on drive F: 97436.31 mb
- vStrip
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Preparing vobfiles to be ripped:
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.vob
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.vob
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.vob
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.vob
- E:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_5.vob

Saving the vStrip filelist:
- F:\It Happened One Night\vStrip.lst

Executing vStrip. Commandline:
"C:\Multimedia\DVD2SVCD\vStrip\vStrip.exe" @"F:\It Happened One Night\vStrip.lst" -i"F:\It Happened One Night\VTS_01_0.IFO" -j1 -$1024 -p0 -o"F:\It Happened One Night\VTS_01.vob"
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- 7/11/2002 12:01:44 AM
- DVD2AVI
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Creating DVD2AVI INI file:
- C:\Multimedia\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.INI

Variable settings:
iDCT_Algorithm: 32-bit SSE MMX

Executing DVD2AVI.
Executing DVD2AVI. Commandline:
"C:\Multimedia\DVD2SVCD\DVD2AVI\DVD2AVI.exe" -CS=2 -YR=1 -EXIT -OF=[F:\It Happened One Night\DVD2AVI_Project_file] -IF=[F:\It Happened One Night\VTS_01_1.vob,F:\It Happened One Night\VTS_01_2.vob,F:\It Happened One Night\VTS_01_3.vob,F:\It Happened One Night\VTS_01_4.vob,F:\It Happened One Night\VTS_01_5.vob]
Analyzing DVD2AVI Project file
Force Film activated!
Framerate: 23976
DVD2AVI processing done.

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- 7/11/2002 12:03:50 AM
- Free on drive F: 93062.14 mb
- AUDIO Extraction
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Found AC3 stream id: 0x80
Filename: F:\It Happened One Night\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Audio1 delay: 0 ms
Audio extraction finished.

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- 7/11/2002 12:10:27 AM
- Free on drive F: 92869.66 mb
- AUDIO conversion
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Converting Audio to MP2. Filename: F:\It Happened One Night\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
Executing BeSweet. Commandline:
"C:\Multimedia\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "F:\It Happened One Night\Extracted_audio_1.ac3" -output "F:\ITHAPP~1\Encoded_audio_1.mp2" -logfile "F:\ITHAPP~1\Encoded_audio_1.log" ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -g max ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s )
Audio conversion of F:\It Happened One Night\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 finished.

Audio conversion finished.

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- 7/11/2002 12:22:28 AM
- Free on drive F: 92725.29 mb
- Video Encoding using Cinema Craft
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Executing Cinema Craft Encoder.
StreamSectors: 1647655576
AudioSectors: 153590836
VideoPAPO: 23143860
ScanOffsetBytes: 181466
SeqAligningBytes: 11533198
DVDBytes: 0
VideoEndHeader: 8
SubtitleSectors: 0
EmptySectors: 238.00
PictureSectors: 0.00
PureMPEGStream: 1459206207.73
Seconds: 6314.22
CalcMPEGStream: 1459206207.73
Frames: 151222
CDSize: 790.00
Cut point 786.00
Variable Settings:
Frames: 151222
Anti Noise Filter: 12
Passes: 4
Image Quality: 22
VAF file creation: On
Video Encoding Mode: Multipass VBR
Min. bitrate: 300
Max. bitrate: 2400
Avg. Bitrate: 1848
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 (No borders, encoded as 4:3)

---AVS Begin---
LoadPlugin("C:\MULTIM~1\DVD2SVCD\MPEG2Dec\mpeg2dec.dll")
mpeg2source("F:\ITHAPP~1\DVD2AV~1.D2V")
BilinearResize(352,480)
----AVS End----

Closing program
CCE Max Speed: 1.620
Video Encoding finished.

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- 7/11/2002 5:49:35 AM
- Free on drive F: 91298.95 mb
- Video Pulldown
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Executing Pulldown. Commandline:
"C:\Multimedia\DVD2SVCD\pulldown\pulldown.exe" "F:\It Happened One Night\Encoded_Video_CCE_NTSC.mpv" "F:\It Happened One Night\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv"
Video pulldown finished.

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- 7/11/2002 5:53:21 AM
- Free on drive F: 89909.56 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Multimedia\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 7/11/2002 5:53:24 AM
- Free on drive F: 89909.56 mb
- Converting Pictures from ES to PS
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Multimedia\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
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- 7/11/2002 5:53:27 AM
- Free on drive F: 89909.56 mb
- Multiplexing and cutting
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Saving bbMPEG settings: C:\Multimedia\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\default.ini
Offset in Seconds: 2
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 786 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Multimedia\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "F:\It Happened One Night\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Length of F:\It Happened One Night\bbMPEG_Muxed_File00.mpg
3147 Seconds
Offset in Seconds: 3149
Executing bbMPEG.
Variable Settings:
Movie offset: 2 seconds
Cut point: 786 mb

Executing RunbbMPEG. Commandline:
"C:\Multimedia\DVD2SVCD\bbMPEG\RunbbMPEG.exe" "F:\It Happened One Night\bbMPEG_Muxed_File.mpg"
Multiplexing and cutting finished.

CD-Image creation finished.

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- 7/11/2002 6:00:09 AM
- Free on drive F: 88340.24 mb
- SVCD Creation finished!
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DVD2SVCD.INI FILE:

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bbMPEG Folder=F:\It Happened One Night\
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[gerti67]

Hi hitch,

you also have to choose a language from the pulldown next to it. The "Audio 1 Priority 2" is only used if the language specified for the "Audio 1 Priority 1" isn't found on the DVD - it has nothing to do with the second audio track.

Hope this helps,
Gerti

[hitch]

Gerti,

thanks for replying. I'm not sure I followed you. I don't want the second language under Audio 1, I am having a problem that even with Audio 2 selected (English) it does not get encoded (or even ripped apparently).

Would selecting a backup (Audio 1 Priority 2) language such as Spanish make a difference to how the program encodes the Second Audio track?
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I looked closer at the .d2s recovery file and it's confusing since it shows Audio 2 extraction step but obviously doesn't save it as AC3 file. Here it is if it helps someone diagnose.

[General]
Version=DVD2SVCD ver. 1.0.9 build 3
[Filenames]
DVDAudioFileName0=F:\It Happened One Night\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
DVDAudioFileName1=F:\It Happened One Night\Extracted_audio_2 MP2FileName0=F:\It Happened One Night\Encoded_audio_1.mp2
MP2FileName1=F:\It Happened One Night\Encoded_audio_2.mp2
IFOFilename=F:\It Happened One Night\VTS_01_0.IFO
MPVFileName=F:\It Happened One Night\Encoded_Video_CCE_NTSC.mpv
FinalMPVName=F:\It Happened One Night\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv
TitlePictureFileName=F:\It Happened One Night\TitlePicture.bmp
ChangeCDPictureFileName=F:\It Happened One Night\ChangeCDPicture.bmp
TargetFolder=F:\It Happened One Night\
FinalbbMPEGFileName=F:\It Happened One Night\bbMPEG_Muxed_File
DVD2SVCD INI File=F:\It Happened One Night\DVD2SVCD.INI
[Settings]
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AudioPTS0=41
Delay0=0
AudioSource0=0
AudioLangCode0=en
AudioLanguage0=English
AudioStream0=0
AudioChannels0=2
AudioBitrate0=192
wFormatTag0=0
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Delay1=0
AudioSource1=0
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AudioStream1=-1
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AudioBitrate1=0
wFormatTag1=0
nSamplesPerSec1=0
NumOfAudioStreams=1
[VOBFiles]
VobName_0=F:\It Happened One Night\VTS_01_1.vob
VobName_1=F:\It Happened One Night\VTS_01_2.vob
VobName_2=F:\It Happened One Night\VTS_01_3.vob
VobName_3=F:\It Happened One Night\VTS_01_4.vob
VobName_4=F:\It Happened One Night\VTS_01_5.vob
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VideoFormat=NTSC
Length=01:45:07
Images=
RealMovieTitle=
UserRating=
DirectedBy=
WritingCredits=
Genre=
Tagline=
PlotOutline=
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FloatingPointDCT=
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Deinterlace=None
Pulldown=Yes
Width=352
Height=480
Audiostreams=1
AudioLanguage0=English
AudioBitrate0=192
AudioSampleFrequency0=48000
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AudioLanguage1=
AudioBitrate1=
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AudioMode1=
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Type=
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SubtitleInfo1=
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Authoring=
UseEntrysvd=

[Labersack]

Pri1Audio1=28
Pri1Audio2=28


Is it possible that you have selected english for Audio1 AND audio2?

[hitch]

labersack:

That's exactly right. The second english track is an overlay of director's comments. Do you think DVD2SVCd is having troubel with both tracks being english?

[Labersack]

Yes, in this case it thinks you selected the same track and it encodes it only onces.
To select a second audio track of the same language you have to check it by hand in the conversion-tab, at the bottom of this box are all available tracks listed, just check the two you need and hit go.

[hitch]

Labersack:

Thanks for explanation. But I could swear did check it manually in the conversion dilog box. I also checked the 2nd audio box under audio tab.

To confirm, I will redo a chapter again and see if maybe I restarted DVD2SVCD or something and forgot to select both tracks in the conversion tab. That's all I can imagine.

The reason I'm doubting this is so, is because in the .d2s recovery file for DVD2SVCD it shows that the program tried to extract the 2nd audio file, but the .ac3 extension is missing and thus DVD2SVCd will ignore that from then. I'll post it later when I get a chance.

I had a similar thing happen a while back ripping a DVD with just 1 audio track (in fact first time I used Buil 3!) and I had to manually extract the AC3 track and encode to MP2. Then I restarted DVD2SVCd from muxing stage and it worked. I haven't tried this approach yet for this DVD as I want to get to the root source of this particular problem so I don't repeat it in the future.

One other thought that occured to me is that for both the cases I used vstrip, but I haven't heard of any problems like this previously.

[ramutan]

You may want to use Vstrip if internal routines fails, I haven't used Vstrip yet and most of the people recomend to use internal routines and only Vstrip in hard situations or when you got no other choice.
you doing the right thing by testing one chapter and selecting the stream you want, why don't you try Internal routines for one chapter as well?
:D

[UltimateDBZ]

You should really ONLY use vStrip if you have to, as Internal Routines will give you the most compatibility if for some reason IRs don't work. If vStrip even fails though, nothing will work, and for the sake of all that is good, don't use SmartRipper with DVD2SVCD ;)

[hitch]

Well it worked and the file says it's encoded with 2 audio streams.

However when I run it through VCDEasy and load the .bin into Daemon tools and play with Win DVD, the second audio stream is the default and I can't switch between them.

short of burnign the file and checknig whether it plays fine on the standalone, is there a way to switch between the audio streams in some other software player?

Thanks in advance.

[Amit]

I'm having the same problem. I used the IR's to rip a sample chapter with Audio 1 as English 224 downsample to 44.1 Khz and the 2nd Audio track as "Director's Commentory" also in enlish but as 128 downsample to 44.1 Khz. When the operation was over there was no audio on the 2nd track. When I looked up in the folder ( i choose not to delete intermediate files), I didn't see any "Extracted_audio_2.ac3". Here's the .D2S file :

[General]
Version=DVD2SVCD ver. 1.0.9 build 3
[Filenames]
DVDAudioFileName0=G:\The sweetest thing\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
MP2FileName0=G:\The sweetest thing\Encoded_audio_1.mp2
DVDAudioFileName1=G:\The sweetest thing\Extracted_audio_2
MP2FileName1=G:\The sweetest thing\Encoded_audio_2.mp2
IFOFilename=G:\The sweetest thing\VTS_06_0.IFO
MPVFileName=G:\The sweetest thing\Encoded_Video_CCE_NTSC.mpv
FinalMPVName=G:\The sweetest thing\Pulldown_Encoded_Video_NTSC.mpv
TitlePictureFileName=G:\The sweetest thing\TitlePicture.bmp
ChangeCDPictureFileName=G:\The sweetest thing\ChangeCDPicture.bmp
TargetFolder=G:\The sweetest thing\
FinalbbMPEGFileName=G:\The sweetest thing\bbMPEG_Muxed_File-subbed
DVD2SVCD INI File=G:\The sweetest thing\DVD2SVCD.INI
[Settings]
Project Position=62
ForceFilm=0
FileSource=0
PGCISelect=0
bbMPEGCDSize=794
Frames=1495
VideoPTS=2944082
PAL=0
NTSC2PAL=0
TitlePictureFormat=4
ChangeCDPictureFormat=1
viHorizontalSize=720
viVerticalSize=480
viAspectRatio=3
viFrameRate=4
vifps=0
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Can someone tell me what else needs to be done. I choose 2tracks in the comversion tab also.

Thanks
-Amit

[Labersack]

A workaround could be to rip the DVD with SmartRipper to your disk. Select im SmartRipper 'StreamProcessing' and rip only the two audio streams you need. But map one of them to another language, e.g. spanish. After ripping done you can rerip the VOBs on your HDD with DVD2SVCD internal routines again and select your second language (in this case spanish). I never tried this, but it should work. Please post if you have success with it.

[Amit]

The second language is none other but ENGLISH here as I want to record the Director's Commentory as the 2nd track along with the movie. I will try you suggestion and will post my reply when I am done.

Thanks,
-Amit

[Labersack]

I understand that both tracks are english, but in this case you may get some problems. So if you map the second track to another language, DVD2SVCD 'thinks' it's another language and you can select each audio stream seperatly. Maybe this works, just give it a try.

[hitch]

Internal Routines worked for me and solved the problem. I have since figured out how to switch the different audio in WinDVD (old version had bad drivers). Should not need extra effort to map, as DVD2SVCD has no problem with both streams being English in most cases.

@amit: Look closely at your D2S recovery log and you'll see

DVDAudioFileName0=G:\The sweetest thing\Extracted_audio_1.ac3
MP2FileName0=G:\The sweetest thing\Encoded_audio_1.mp2
DVDAudioFileName1=G:\The sweetest thing\Extracted_audio_2<===
MP2FileName1=G:\The sweetest thing\Encoded_audio_2.mp2

The .ac3 extension is missing, so it looks like the audio is not exctracted. Make sure the Audio stream is selected in the Coversion dialog and also select Audio 2 in the Audio dialog.

It would help to see the DVD2SVCD log, so please post.

[Amit]

@HITCH : I did see the D2S log before posting and noticed the point you mentioned. And, I also selected Audio2 as English and also in conversion tab I selected 2 audio too. So, does that mean that D2S has some bug? Can you also try and confirm this thing?

I will also try again and will post my result (success/failure) here.

Thanks
-Amit

[hitch]

I've done many encodes since then and it works for me.

Try uninstallnig and reinstalling DVD2SVCD bundle.