No audio? Driving me BONKERS

[ddum]

Ok, so i started from scratch on a new computer, and i cant get this to work.

I have a few avi files that accodring to GSPOT are

Video; 4CC:xvid, Name XviD
[Codec is installed]


Audio: ac3 (0x2000) Dolby Laboratories
[2 compatible Codecs Installed]

Render
Video Path: (S) > AVI Splitter > ffdshow MPEG-4 Video Decoder -> (R)
Audio Path: (S) > AVI Splitter > AC3Filter -> (R)

The files plays just fine in PowerDVD, VLC, Media Player

Then i fire up TMPGEnc 2.5, Wizard

CHose DVD > NTSC > CBR 3000
Select my file
Go in to "Other settings" and set Advanced > Video Arrange > Full Screen Maintain Aspect Ratio 2
Select an output location and fire off The encode.

The resulting file has no audio what so ever when trying to play it in any of the above players. What component am i missing here?

[dysfl]

I'm a newbie myself, but try this as there has been no reply so far.

1. Some of encoded Mpeg files have audio tracks not recognized by Media Player or other players. Try Zoom Player, which is quite flexible. When burnt on DVD-R, it played fine in my standalone DVD players, but still no audio in several software players.

2. I usually use VdubMod to extract the audio to uncompressed PCM wave file and then add it back as audio source for TMPGEnc encoding. Making a uncompressed WAV file cures lots of other problems like sync.