magnoliafan
7th November 2003, 05:44
Hi gang,
I tried playing an AVI file that had "DVL" and "VeN" in the naming. Of course, it played with no sound, so I downloaded and added the ac3filter_0_70b codec and now I can hear sound.
I wanted to convert these files over to DVD, but I couldn't get virtualdub or tmpegenc to work with these files. So, I had to experiment:
1. Virtualdub could save the audio from them as WAV files.
2. The resulting WAV files are not recognized as WAVs by any of the
software I tried.
3. I was able to use BeSweet to convert them from whatever format
they really are to actual WAVs, through trial and error. I think
I wound up using AC3 -> Wav in the GUI.
4. I could add these new WAVs to the video in vdub and make my final
AVIs.
That gave me files I can do whatever I want with - run through vdub again to "letterbox", run through tmpegenc, etc.
All this jumping through hoops made me wonder - what do DVL and VeN mean? Are these "tags" of who did the rip, or do they signify something on the audio format.
As far as the audio format on these files - is this really AC3? If so, is there some way I can convert it and use it (retaining any Surround Sound features) in tmpegenc? That would save a lot of time and effort, plus it would be better than a plain old stereo WAV file, right?
Thanks for your help!
I tried playing an AVI file that had "DVL" and "VeN" in the naming. Of course, it played with no sound, so I downloaded and added the ac3filter_0_70b codec and now I can hear sound.
I wanted to convert these files over to DVD, but I couldn't get virtualdub or tmpegenc to work with these files. So, I had to experiment:
1. Virtualdub could save the audio from them as WAV files.
2. The resulting WAV files are not recognized as WAVs by any of the
software I tried.
3. I was able to use BeSweet to convert them from whatever format
they really are to actual WAVs, through trial and error. I think
I wound up using AC3 -> Wav in the GUI.
4. I could add these new WAVs to the video in vdub and make my final
AVIs.
That gave me files I can do whatever I want with - run through vdub again to "letterbox", run through tmpegenc, etc.
All this jumping through hoops made me wonder - what do DVL and VeN mean? Are these "tags" of who did the rip, or do they signify something on the audio format.
As far as the audio format on these files - is this really AC3? If so, is there some way I can convert it and use it (retaining any Surround Sound features) in tmpegenc? That would save a lot of time and effort, plus it would be better than a plain old stereo WAV file, right?
Thanks for your help!