SpruceUp Problem

I followed the guide read and re-read it afew times to make sure I was doing it right. Question: In the Simulate button you're suppose to hear the audio right? The video worked fine but I didn't have any audio... I followed the guide about converting to 48000 Hz and as an .mp2 (it gave me an error if i renamed it to .mpa) Outside of SpruceUp the audio works, so I don't know why it wasn't included in the preview.. When I burned a dvd project D:/SpruceUpWorking I got an empty AUDIO_TS but the VIDEO_TS was fine -- Is there anyway I can change the mp2 file to what it should look like if it had worked? BTW: Working directory > Tile Set > should be my DVD-RW drive right? Or I could just burn it to a directory on my hardrive then burn to a dvd? IF I had a friggin' burning software for this Pioneer DVR-103 drive. :angry: My main problem was the audio not being included. It was named the same as the video.

When encoding your audio to mp2, the sampling rate must be 48khz... Antonio S.

It was. And the video didn't even work.

try renaming it to m2a Enf...

Does the video clip show a blue speaker in the box? If not, then your audio never imported. What is the format of your audio? To get it to import, it must be the same name as the video file with the correct audio extention. .AC3 and .MPA always worked for me. What is the error that Spruceup is giving? I recommend creating a title set, then viewing the final product from your HD. It's a lot faster than burning a DVD-RW to test. Try NERO as your burning SW.

I tried to view it in DVD2AVI but it only gave me the initial DVD menu picture and thats it. It didn't play. When I renamed to .mpa it wouldn't take it. So I'll try as an .ac3 . If I followed the avi to mpeg conversion right and then split that file with TMPEG (both the audio and video working) that wouldn't be my problem right? - I think my problem started in the dvd authoring program.. Plus I'll probably have to get ANOTHER copy of NERO cause it wont work for both my writable drives. My computer should have came with some burning program when I bought it with a DVD-rw right??? :confused: -- SpruceUP gives no error.

There is some confusion here !!! mp2 = Mpeg audio layer 2 mpa = Mpeg audio (any type of mpeg audio. Layer 1,2, or 3) ac3 = Dolby digital (ac3 2.0, ac3 5.1, etc.) You can not rename an mp2 file as a ac3 file !!! These are 2 different kind of files (or different types of audio). For DVD authoring you can use ac3, LPCM, mp2, or dts. Any one encoded @ 48 khz. For encoding you can use BeSweet ( with it you can encode ac3, mp2, or LPCM @ 48khz). Also you can re-encode your audio with TMPGEnc. About your DVD-RW Drive, it should come with an DVD burning program ( as PrimoDVD, I do not recomend NERO for DVD burning ). If not you can download it in many sites... Read AUDIO GUIDES in this site, they may help you... Antonio S.

I didn't say I was going to rename the .mpa/.mp2 to an ac3 :) I would convert it. ~ I don't know if these are able to burn dvd's or not but this is what my Micron PC came with; InterVideo WinDVD and MyDVD. I havent used them at all, they don't seem too useful but I haven't played around with them alot.

Semmemon, slk001 asked the simple question :- Does the video clip show a blue speaker in the box? If the answer is "no" the the reason Spruce Up does not replay audio, is because audio has not been imported. Does the video clip show a blue speaker in the box? Yes or No ?? HomerJ :confused:

the working directory is NOT your dvd drive, it's a temp drive on your hd with enough space to build the vob and suport files from the mpeg sources for burning. likly the audio is still nto 48, you may want to laod the audio in winamp and verify the sample rate. The audtio_ts folder is ALWAYS empty unless you burn a dvd audio disc the audio is re-muxed into the vob streams.