DVD with LPCM AUDIO Track Wont Convert To DiVX??

[rickestrada]

ok i am newbie to this and just had a couple of questions... i tried to Convert a DVD over to Divx using using Dr DivX and it crashed at the same point everytime.. I ripped the DVD with DVD Decrypter in IFO mode then loaded them into Dr DivX. My questions is the Audio is LPCM format and i dont know if this is why i having trouble.. as the gordian knot does not see the audio track neither.. is it possible to rip the audio out and re-encode it to mp3 then mux back together. Is there a solution or guide on how to do this as i been searching i could not find anything on it..

Any help appreciated about the LPCM audio track DVD and how to convert to Divx or Xvid... any method or best method??

thanks
rick

[jggimi]

If you're using Gknot, you can use DVD2AVI to demux the soundtrack. With the latest releases of Gknot, that's DVD2AVI 1.77.3dg, and one selects Audio...Output Method...Decode to WAV. Since Linear PCM is WAV, you're really demuxing rather than decoding. (In older Gknots with DVD2AVI 1.76, you select a slightly different set of options in the Audio menu to demux LPCM soundtracks.)

Once in WAV format, you can transcode to MP3 with BeSweet, then "just mux" the resulting file on the Audio 1 tab as your getting ready to encode the video.

[rickestrada]

thanks for the help and info but i have one more question... i understand everything you explained until you get to the mux part..

should i use the dvd2avi to mux the newly encode audio track and the video??? then either select the divx or xvid codec and create my divx movie?

thanks

[SeeMoreDigital]

You could try using MPEGmediator 1.5! (http://MPEGmediator.com)

It has a GUI similar to DVD2AVI. Just load your VOB(s) complete with LPCM audio. Choose your DivX video and Mp3 audio bitrates. Choose where you want to store your file. And it will generate an encode for you!

There are other options you can use too, like adusting, cropping and resizing the AR of your encodes.

And if you want to generate 2pass VBR encodes you will have to do it manually but you soon get used to this!

Cheers

[jggimi]

R4R, that you've been using, automates a couple of boring jobs. It automates the rip from DVD to hard drive (DVD Decrypter), and automates setting up the .d2v project and demuxing the audio (DVD2AVI). It's the audio component of DVD2AVI where R4R automation isn't meeting your needs.

After R4R has finished, you have a .d2v project, but not the soundtrack file, correct? From within Gknot, select the Ripping tab and press the DVD2AVI button, or you could press Start...Programs....Gordian Knot...Apps...DVD2AVIdg. Open the .d2v project. Audio...Output Method...Decode to WAV (AC3,PCM). Audio...Track Number...(select track). Save a new project. (File...Save Project (F4)).You can keep the old .d2v file, or use the new one, as they'll be equivalent, but the "Save Project" activity will also create a .WAV file of the appropriate track.

To convert the WAV file to .mp3, you used to have to run BeSweet manually. This latest release of Gknot, I notice, can convert .wav files automatically.

So start Gknot, open the .d2v (new or old), proceed as you normally would. Select the .wav file for transcoding when you get to that point after pressing "Save & Encode," where you would usually select the .ac3 soundtrack, and select .mp3 options as you normally would.