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Spot|DSE wrote on 2/5/2005, 9:21 AM
You can't, unfortunately. Vegas doesn't have an AC3 decoder built in, and there isn't a plugin that will enable AC3 audio being brought to the Vegas timeline.
John_Cline wrote on 2/5/2005, 9:26 AM
Sorry, can't be done. Vegas can encode Dolby Digital AC-3, but will not read it. You can use a program called "Xmuxer" to extract the MPEG video and AC-3 audio into separate streams and then use a program called "AzidLame" to convert the AC-3 into a standard wave file, which Vegas will read. Place the original MPEG video on the timeline along with the converted wave file. Yes, there are a lot of steps in the process, but it works.

Both of the programs I mentioned are freeware and can be found on the net.

John
zooey wrote on 2/5/2005, 9:31 AM
Many thanks for all that. Much appreciated. Luckily this DVD Camcorder isn't mine, just having a play with it from work. The way it works slightly limits its applications. Should be something people bear in mind if they ever thought about going down that road.

Thanks again.

James