Hi, I used to have a desktop with xp and used that to put dvd clips from live tv and video tape the clips are 2 or 3 mins long I made them on a dvd recorder and of course I always finalise the disc In the desktop I used to get up.... any video converter..... put the files in there and convert to mpeg 2 40 mins later I had 20 or so clips that I could save on my comp Sadly the desk top conked out and now Im trying to do the same work on my laptop windows 7 I installed.... any video converter ..... put some files in there from a dvd disc... hit convert to mpeg 2 .... I was surprised at how fast the files were done but the result was files that were about 5 seconds long I installed Freemake video converter only to get the same result Why am I having these probs with this laptop it was smooth sailing on my old xp desktop
What's wrong is like asking how long a piece of string is,it could be anything however you are ripping i really mean(drag & drop) the dvd to a folder on the hard drive then converting as that isn't clear.If your converting direct from dvd do the former & see what happens. It does kinda sound like the software doesn't see any data to convert,i assume the dvd's play ok with not pauses & disc thrashing as tho it's trying to read i'm not sure if mediainfo could tell us anything install klite full that will at least install codecs
I notice that all the clips that have sound.... when played in my computor from the dvd .... are the clips I recorded from live TV the ones that have no audio are the clips I recorded from video tape but as I say.... the disc was finalized in the dvd recorder ..... the audio is there when played in any dvd player why should I be having these audio problems when played in a laptop computor ?
Wouldn't have a clue however if you use mediainfo on the video file (assuming it's a single large file or multiple smaller ones) then the audio will show up near the bottom when you use the scroll bar,unless you have this folder structure below & if so then i assume both folders need to be selected as both streams are separate.For instance selecting video will only play video with no sound audio_ts video_ts live from tv recordings would play as the video & audio streams are combined
I cant see that there is anything I can do if the audio wont play in the laptop directly from the disc.... Ive tried with BS Playeer.... media player .... VLC Etc all with same result .... no sound on the files recorded from vid tapes its a mystery !
open the dvd in explorer & use mediainfo (it's part of klite or is standalone) on the vhs rips. What is it saying on the video files when you right click & select mediainfo or you open the file with mediainfo if using the standalone version,copy & paste here. what is the structure of the vhs content on the dvd is it just one file the only person round here i think could help would be attar,however i'm not sure if he's done vhs ripping to dvd which only leaves videohelp.com as your best chance,either way i want to know what the solution is if you get it working edit: you do have codec pack installed either windows codec pack or klite ? yeah i know vlc won't play the audio however vlc ain't that great & it won't play numerous dvd's & vid files i have,it plays most however it stumbles every so often more so than klite or cyberlink
thanks for all that info, the structure on the disc is 20 or so separate files I can click on the latest codecs might be a good idea.... not got a package for a while any chance of a link to a good codec package ? Here is the info for one of those files taken from vhs tape...... General Complete name : D:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_1.VOB Format : MPEG-PS File size : 90.6 MiB Duration : 14s 423ms Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 52.7 Mbps Video ID : 224 (0xE0) Format : MPEG Video Format version : Version 2 Format profile : Main@Main Format settings, BVOP : Yes Format settings, Matrix : Custom Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12 Duration : 14s 311ms Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 51.2 Mbps Maximum bit rate : 9 282 Kbps Width : 720 pixels Height : 576 pixels Display aspect ratio : 4:3 Frame rate : 25.000 fps Standard : PAL Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Interlaced Scan order : Top Field First Compression mode : Lossy Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 4.942 Time code of first frame : 00:00:00:00 Time code source : Group of pictures header Stream size : 87.5 MiB (97%) Color primaries : BT.601 PAL Transfer characteristics : BT.470 System B, BT.470 System G Matrix coefficients : BT.601 Audio ID : 189 (0xBD)-128 (0x80) Format : AC-3 Format/Info : Audio Coding 3 Mode extension : CM (complete main) Format settings, Endianness : Big Muxing mode : DVD-Video Duration : 14s 423ms Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 384 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Bit depth : 16 bits Compression mode : Lossy Delay relative to video : -80ms Stream size : 676 KiB (1%)
Dam ! that video should have sound automatically play as the movie starts.. wtf ! well that's about all i can do,assuming video player has sound enabled & sound settings on the laptop are set up i'm f'kd if i know ..lol klite full aka media player classic.it will install the codecs you need including for wmp.if this player doesn't work your going to need more specialized help & the only place there is for that is videohelp.com.klite will install mediainfo so you can delete whatever version you have if it's installed as a standalone.once klite is installed aka mpc,try playing one or more of those movies http://www.codecguide.com/download_k-lite_codec_pack_full.htm You'll need to provide make & model of laptop & the specs of amount of ram,graphic card & cpu type if you copy & paste any reply's you've made over at vid help.
thanks for comments and link to codec pack you d think that with the dvd being finalized the vid clips would all be sorted for video and audio it seems strange that the media players on my desktop are playing the audio on some files and not playing the audio on other files ..... you d think everything would be uniform Anyway ... I ll go and install those codecs.... its my last hope !
installed the new codec pack ..... but no joy .... still no sound after trying with 4 media players ...... looks like Im stuffed !
Open one that has no audio with PgcDemux (select the ifo associated with the vob of the example you posted e.g VTS_01_0.IFO) Although MediaInfo is showing a trivial delay, click the A/V delay button to see if there is an unusual reading. If the reading agrees with MediaInfo, select an output location and demux the audio ('Process' button). Try playing the audio with VLC etc. http://www.videohelp.com/software/PgcDemux
got the demux but its not seeing the file.... not the basic vob from the dvd nor when I convert the vob to MPG file using DVD VOB 2MPG TRIED to drag an drop but a small window came up IFO FILE required TRIED putting .IFO on the end of the file but still no joy !
Ive put one of the vob files from the dvd .... with no sound...... up on media fire go here http://www.mediafire.com/file/se49cw8k3bqeac7/VTS_06_1.VOB
Downloaded and played OK using VLC and MPC. The audio is stereo with one empty channel, but plays back without problems. PgcDemux is asking for the ifo file associated with the vob file. In this case for VTS_06_1.VOB it would be VTS_060.IFO.
thats great ... you can play it but I cant ! I dont use speakers with my lap top I feed the audi into the back of a small music centre and have only one speaker plugged into that when you said one sterio stream on the file ....... I thought that could be it I plugged the speaker into the other sterio outlet.......... but still no luck could my media players be at fault ?
You said that recordings made OTA play ok so it's unlikely to be the player. Here is your audio (with the left channel duplicated to the previously empty right) plus an audio clip sample with the same bitrate (AC3 stereo). See if you can here them both. https://www.mediafire.com/?rf5a1jdj647tz6m
I can't see anything special about the source audio. Try these two files, I just switched the left and right channels - see if either is audible. Recall I said that one of the channels has no audio. https://www.mediafire.com/?hzch971jom6u7b7