Audio problem

Lucius_Snow wrote on 11/28/2003, 8:41 AM

Hello all,

When i import a MPG video with an audio track in MPEG 1 Layer 2 (whatever the bitrate is) and then i want to make the rendering, DVD architect says it'll be recompressed. Why isn't it accepted directly ? MPEG 1 Layer 2 is also supported into the DVD norm, like PCM, DTS and Dolby digital.

Thanks.

Comments

vonhosen wrote on 11/28/2003, 9:20 AM

I'm not using DVD-A, but whilst it is true that certianly PAL DVD players will cope with MPEG-1 layer II audio there are a hell of a lot of NTSC players out there that do not.

For me personally MPEG-1 layer II offers nothing over Dolby & Dolby is compatible with more players. It would seem the way to go if you want compressed audio.

(Also some other authoring programs will not allow output of MPEG-1 layer II audio because of these reasons).

Lucius_Snow wrote on 11/29/2003, 5:25 AM

MPEG 1 Layer 2 is compatible with every PAL DVD player that follows the DVD norm. So i don't see why DVD architect would not allow it in PAL projects. Many other authoring programs such as DVDlab supports it.

My goal is to make DVD from videos captured on satellite TV. And the sound is encoded in MPEG 1 Layer 2. So i have two possibilties : 1/ Re-encode the sound and so get a loss of quality 2/ Decode to PCM but make the size grows up a lot. If DVD architect supported MPEG 1 Layer 2 like the DVD norm says, my file would be ready for authoring.