DVD audio tracks

[krtxmrtz]

I was trying to create a DVD from a movie in avi format. The movie had 2 audio tracks, English and Spanish. I wanted to keep them both but the application I used allowed me to choose only one of them. Is there any program that allows to preserve both audio tracks?

[krtxmrtz]

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[penagate]

You can't have two tracks in an AVI. You need to either choose, or make a 1:1 copy of the DVD using a program like DVD-Shrink.

[krtxmrtz]

You can't have two tracks in an AVI. You need to either choose, or make a 1:1 copy of the DVD using a program like DVD-Shrink.

But it's the other way round, it's a file with 2 audio tracks from which I want to burn the DVD. I don't know, maybe the file is not "pure" avi type, but the extension is avi.

[penagate]

Ah, shoot, misread.

What codec does the file use?

[krtxmrtz]

Ah, shoot, misread.

What codec does the file use?

Not sure, I think it's something like DivX502.

[litlewiki]

AVI is just a container format .It's simply a recognizable format with which audio/video and other features are packaged.Matroska and ogg media are similar formats.

In order to rip dvd's with multiple audio tracks .You need to use these ripping softwares:

DVD Decrypter: Here .
First Go to Mode|MEnu and then select your .VOB files,then click decrypt to dump it to your Hdd.This is required if your dvd is region locked.

Xvid: Here
Required for encoding Video.Better than Divx.

AC3: Here
Required for encoding Audio.

AutoGK: Here.
This is a very simple yet fully featured ripping software.
1.All you need to do is select your dumped dvd from step 1 and then select your input and output files .
2.Next, choose your audio streams and the subtitles.You can also specify the size of the output avi file.
3.Once this is done, you can set up advanced options like the desired audio quality.
4.Click the preview button to get a quick preview of your output.Click add job and then start to start encoding.

Guardian Knot: Here

Gordian Knot has far more advanced options than AutoGK but it requires a lot of time and patience to work with.A quick Google search will fetch you nice tutorials on how to use it.

AVI-MUX : Here
Another nifty tool to rip dvd's with multiple audio streams.I'm too lazy write one .But it's quite easy to use.

[krtxmrtz]

In order to rip dvd's with multiple audio tracks .You need to use these ripping softwares:
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But I don't want to rip DVDs, I want to burn them with avi files.

[litlewiki]

So you have an avi file and you want to convert it back to a dvd ??

[krtxmrtz]

So you have an avi file and you want to convert it back to a dvd ??

Right, it's an avi I've downloaded.

[Gameunreal]

search on avi to xvid(or divx) converter

[litlewiki]

Its not easy to just convert them back to dvd.Here is a guide for that:
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/avi2dvdr.htm

psoom9 is the best site on earth as far as dvd's are concerned .Try their forums if you get stuck.

[szlamany]

But I don't want to rip DVDs, I want to burn them with avi files.

I keep seeing you post questions about AVI and video and burning DVD's and codecs...

Why not just buy a product to do this?

We have a full video-editing suite using Sony Vegas + DVD Production Suite - it's expensive but truly a beautiful product.

They have a home version for $70 USD - Vegas Movie Studio + DVD 6...

Here's a link:

http://www.provantage.com/~55DVDATHSOSO.htm

I'm sure you could google around for more - this was just the first I look at...

Seems you are doing this more than infrequently - so splurge and stop with downloaded free-ware, share-ware and no-ware!

This is the google search:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...oring+software

[krtxmrtz]

Its not easy to just convert them back to dvd.Here is a guide for that:
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/avi2dvdr.htm

psoom9 is the best site on earth as far as dvd's are concerned .Try their forums if you get stuck.

I know there are quality and compression issues but I've been using Xilisoft avi to dvd converter with fairly good results. Only it allowed me to save but one audio track. Do I really need to go through all that trouble and use all those proggies in order to just include one more audio track?

[krtxmrtz]

I keep seeing you post questions about AVI and video and burning DVD's and codecs...

Well, not that I'm really interested, but I'd like to learn a little bit about it. I'm only going through the first steps and trying to learn on my own. I know I'm probably going to screw up a few dvds so I'm using a RW DVD that can be erased and re-used. My first attempt worked fine when I tried out the dvd on a stand-alone player but I'm sort of confused with the compression issues, codecs and whatnot. A tutorial starting from scratch would certainly help, but I mean, really, a guide for dummies.

[litlewiki]

Well, DVD authoring softwares are useful only if you are trying to make a DVD from scratch or editing the content.Converting an avi back to a DVD is not a big deal but your case is a bit different .If you go through that tutorial,its clearly mentioned that you need a professional DVD authoring tool for multiple audio tracks.

A far as the learning curve is concerned,they are pretty steep for any professional software (Ulead,Pinnacle,Roxio,Sony,Adobe Premiere).If you are looking for some easy dvd creation software ,then go for avi2dvdr.It's free and easy to use and supports multiple audio streams.

Here's the link to the download page:
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Avi2Dvd.htm

Here's an online tutorial to work with:
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/arch...vd_avi2dvd.cfm

[litlewiki]

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Seems you are doing this more than infrequently - so splurge and stop with downloaded free-ware, share-ware and no-ware!...

Agreed that there are a lot of free-ware, share-ware and no-ware on the web but the ones i have mentioned are completely free/open source and ad ware safe applications.DVD authoring softwares(Considering the price and learning curve) are useful only if you are trying to create a brand new DVD movie or edit existing movies which is not the case here.I would rather buy an original DVD than download an avi and convert it back to a DVD.

Also when it comes to DVD authoring softwares ,i would suggest either Pinnacle home studio or Adobe Premiere Elements than Sony considering the ease to use,features and my privacy(the recent sony drm-root kit issue ).

[szlamany]

Through discussions on DV editing forums this was how we arrived at Sony:

We've had a home-made setup - Fast DV capture card - Speed Razor for editing. Nice thing about Fast DV card was 1/4" audio plugs - which went nice with the mixing board we have.

At any rate - Speed Razor appears to be gone (Fast DV and Windows NT seem to be dead as well!).

We are looking to re-do the editing desk - we have several XP Prof PC's in the office. Seems that Matrox 100 + Full Adobe Suite is a big option being pushed (costs nearly $2000). AVID seems over the top professional (and costs it as well).

I'm curious to get some opinions on options and other things that might matter. It's been 6 years since we looked into this type of hardware and software and things have greatly changed in those 6 years.

Thanks in advance!

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The hardware acceleration cards for Premiere Pro may not necessarily work in the future. i.e. When premiere moved to premiere pro from premiere 6.5, I believe none of the hardware acceleration cards really worked with the new version.

Nonetheless, computers get obsolete anyways so nothing really lasts. And some format like HDV or affordable DVCPRO100 is going to pop up and force you to move to newer hardware + software.

2- I'd check out Sony Vegas+DVD, which is really good value.
Will run on virtually any PC (no tricky hardware requirements, like Matrox RTX100 + Premiere Pro), all you need is a firewire card for $25.

Big software $$ decisions are not made lightly...

I've used Ulead, Speedrazor and some other minor editing software...

The Sony editing tool is truly great.

Plus it uses MS SQL as a backend DB - maybe that's why I'm hooked