hi everyone,

I\'m backing up my dvd\'s.
I have made a compilation of titles that i would like to have on 1 single dvd.
After ripping my dvds with dvd shrink, i ended up with a folder with dvd files.
now, i open TMEPGenc dvd author and i click on \'add dvd video\' to import these files wich are:
title1   822Mb
title2   986Mb
title3   622Mb
title4   820Mb
title5   720Mb
title6   490Mb

my question:
how i start to make a menu step by step with all these files please.
also when i clicked on the first title...it shows there is no sound available. (i checked it out with another software..and it did play the sound.) Therefore i\'m kinda afraid to burn a dvd with a bad result...
my question sounds very newbie i know....but i am a real newbie
thanks for answering,

i just finished burning my first dvd authoring it with TMPEGenc DVD authoring.
I have no sound...(
very disappointing. Also it starts showing 1 track instead of the menu.
regarding the track, i think i can fix the prb...
but the sound..i have no idea what to do...
any idea?
(none of them play sound)

i tried again this time with moviefactory 3.
here what warning popup message i got:

[c\\dvd movie factory 3\\import_dvd\\dmf040603-001.MPG] contains Dolby Digital audio tracks.
DVD movie factory does not support this audio format. Do you still want to insert this video clip?

i canceled it as i know i will end up again with a movie with no sound..
i can\'t wait to read your comments!
thx for answering,

here what i have done more:

i updated my TMEGenc author from vers. 15.13.44 to 15.20.62.
but still same prb.
i then did something else interresting...
i went to open files from dvds files i have ripped with DVD Decrypter.
I tried again to use TMPEGenc author by opening files from several dvds (ripped by dvd decrypter) and i could see the audio.
apparently it can read audio1 Linear PCM, 48000HZ, 3ch
but it cant read audio1 dolbydigital (AC-3), 48000HZ, 3ch

i compared the 2 folders.
a movie ripped with dvd decrypter, contains just video_ts (wich tmpegenc author will read the audio later)
a movie ripped with dvd shrink (the one i want to author) contains audio_TS and video_TS

that is the prb...
I tried somehow to use dvd decrypter to ripp the movie with audio_TS and video_TS...but this program go automatically search my dvd player.
Is it possible to decrypt a folder with video+audio files? instead of a dvd in the dvd player...
if yes, how? if no, any idea how i could change the audio_TS in the correct format. (in linea PCM)
and how i will embed the final audio (PCM) in the video_TS folder in order to use it properly with tmpegenc author...

I hope you could understand what i have explained...
thx for ur time;)

google for dvd2avi and ac3 delay corrector.

load vobs into dvd2avi then save project. this takes 3-5 mins per movie. You now have a ac3 file that will load into tmpgenc author and gives you a soundtrack.

however the sound track will be out of sync on most dvds because of the way the ac3 is muxed on original dvd. so load this ac3 into the delay corrector program and save a new ac3 file. this takes 30 seconds.

load this file into tmpgenc author audio field and you will have perfect synced audio on your menu dvd.

if you have several episodes per dvd, do it for each episode/vob set and load the ac3 audio for each menu item.

installing AC3 Delay corrector didnt work for me:

\"this applicationhas failed to start because GFaWin23.Ocx was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.\"

that\'s the pop up message i got...:/

i tried several times to install it but still same message..
did you encounter the same prb?

yes, just google for the file and put it in same folder as the ac3 corrector exe.

hi there, the guide is fine, you put the audio in the audio field of the clip info screen, not the project video screen.

for video you put the vobs from dvd shrink or decryptor as normal. Tmpgenc will show an audio from the vobs but will not produce an audio track if it can\'t decode ac3. This is why people get a dvd with no soundtrack. When this happens you need to provide an ac3 audio track.

This is done with with dvd2avi project save, and your file is
VTS_01_1 AC3 T01 2_0ch 256Kbps DELAY -211ms.ac3
the rest of the dvd2avi stuff, the text and d2v etc you can delete. This file will provide the audio of the dvd in tmpgenc, but the audio will be out by 211mS and lip sync will be wrong.

so you put this file through the ac3 delay corrector which removes 211ms from the beginning of the audio so sync is now perfect. Load this audio file *.ac3 into the audio field below the video field in tmpgenc.

create project

add dvd video - load your vobs etc

next, it counts the chapters etc.

then you get the add clip/clip information screen with the video filled in but the audio unspecified or grayed. Click browse on the audio and load the final *.ac3 file. Now carry on to make menu and you get a perfect soundtrack in sync.