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**ChickenMan** · 18-08-2003

The small utility GSPOT will tell you exactly what the audio (and video) codec and type is in the avi. Get it from http://www.headbands.com/gspot/

Also, if you just right click the avi and select Summary (in Win2000 & XP), if the bit rate is 384 or above and no type given, its 5.1 AC3, if 190 or 224 its 2ch AC3. If its MP3 it will say so.

BeSweet is also probably your problem with AC3 audio, a few others have reported the problem also. There is a program called Soft Encode that does AC3 very well but a bit slow. It was made by Ulead I think and is no longer available or updated I understand. There is also an AC3 converter that comes with Scenarist thats reported to be good as well. I have done more than 40 avi's and all as per the Tute and all play on my DVD Player and have tested them on at least a dozens mates DVD Players. They all play fine. Another option is to encode to only 4000 size and put both AC3 and MP2 audio on, then you cant go wrong. If no sound, click to audio track 2.

18-08-2003	#8 (permalink)
ChickenMan Senior Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oz Posts: 2,645	The small utility GSPOT will tell you exactly what the audio (and video) codec and type is in the avi. Get it from http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ Also, if you just right click the avi and select Summary (in Win2000 & XP), if the bit rate is 384 or above and no type given, its 5.1 AC3, if 190 or 224 its 2ch AC3. If its MP3 it will say so. BeSweet is also probably your problem with AC3 audio, a few others have reported the problem also. There is a program called Soft Encode that does AC3 very well but a bit slow. It was made by Ulead I think and is no longer available or updated I understand. There is also an AC3 converter that comes with Scenarist thats reported to be good as well. I have done more than 40 avi's and all as per the Tute and all play on my DVD Player and have tested them on at least a dozens mates DVD Players. They all play fine. Another option is to encode to only 4000 size and put both AC3 and MP2 audio on, then you cant go wrong. If no sound, click to audio track 2. __________________ Cheers, CM Please don't PM me with technical questions, use the Forum, that's what it's here for. Last edited by ChickenMan; 18-08-2003 at 14:52.