I\'ve followed the guides step by step yet the finished mpg still has no sound. Tried various settings, my vers of TMPg looks a bit different than the screenshots, its vers 2.5. Virtual dub says I\'ve got mp3 audio. The divx files play great by themselves.

I really dont want to make sep audio and video streams if I can help it. It takes long enough to encode this stuff and its a low priority job. Its for somebody who refuses to play divx files in native format. But I\'d still like to deliver a dvd if possible but not if its gonna tie up my box for 2 hrs per file (there are 26) PLUS more render time for other processes all to find out the sound is outa sync. Is there a quick & dirty way that works....even if its not the absolute best quality?

Gspot give me this*:

0x0055(MP3)ID\'d as MPEG-1 Layer 3

which I take to mean its mp3. Am I right?

This is the same advise I got from the various guides I read. I\'m sure it would work but....as I said in the OP....I really dont want to get into using multiple programs since this is not a job requiring the highest quality, if it was, I\'d just keep the original files. PLUS...there is a lot of extra time involved ( I have many files to process) and no assurance there will be sync sound at the end.

But my real question is this: why are the programs that are recommended all the time so incapable of doing a simple job on their own? TMPG touts itself (and sells itself) as a stand-alone app that can deliver a finished file. Obviously, it doesnt. So what app will do it?  Maybe, there aren\'t any.
Maybe its some kinda justice: They have announced the subjects I\'m working with will be released as real dvds on 6/1, making my little project moot. But I\'d still like to find out how to do it, for future projects.