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bStro wrote on 8/14/2004, 8:18 AM
I wouldn't even attempt bringing a Divx or xvid file into DVDA. Too many hassles.

First make sure you have any necessary codecs on your system. Drag your file onto a VEGAS timeline. If you can view and hear your file there, then you have the correct codecs installed and ready. If you can't view or hear your file there, you don't. Get them.

When you can view and hear the file in Vegas, render the video from Vegas to an MPEG2 file (DVDA NTSC Video Stream template). Then render the audio to an Dolby Digital AC3 file.

Bring your MPEG2 and AC3 files into DVDA.

Rob
bStro wrote on 8/14/2004, 9:23 AM
Just had a thought... I'm not entirely sure what audio formats are supported by xvid. But if it's something other than PCM (WAV) or MPEG, you probably stil won't be able to get Vegas to read it. Especially if it's AC3 (I've no clue if an xvid file can include AC3 audio -- anyone?). In such a case, even having the right codecs won't help you. Vegas+DVD has an AC3 ENcoder, but it does not have an AC3 DEcoder.

You'd have to use something like Virtualdub or FlaskMPEG to demux the xvid to a separate video and audio streams. And then convert the audio to WAV (better) or MPEG (not so good). Then bring both files into Vegas and follow my previous instructions.

Rob
rontvs wrote on 8/14/2004, 8:33 PM
It may be that the audio is muxed AC-3, DVDA won't load the audio if the video file has the AC-3 multiplexed within the file. It will load only if the AC-3 is a seperate file. There seems to be more and more users needing to load AC-3 on the DVDA timeline from a multiplexed MPEG-2 or VOB or other DVD compliant video file. You can probably find some 3rd party software that will demux the audio or use TMPGEnc DVD author for those occasions.

Ron