dvd audio

kevpc · Mar 11, 2003

hi. can someone tell me if it is possible to normalise the audio when making a dvd back-up of a movie? if so, what prog do i use?

thanks in advance,
kevpc

ChickenMan · Mar 12, 2003

A lot depends on how your actually making your backup. Can youe explaing the basic steps you use and the software your using as well?

kevpc · Mar 15, 2003

hi chicken man.
to perform dvd backup i use dvd decrypter to rip original, dvd2one to shrink files to 1 disk, if necessary, then imgtools 089 to produce an image file which i burn to disk with dvd decrypter. disks are perfect but audio is obviously the same on backup disk as on original, i.e. up and down like a yo-yo! would like to normalise if possible. your help would be appreciated

thanks in advance

ChickenMan · Mar 16, 2003

Thanks for that, but unfortunately your simple method of backing up does not allow normalizing the audio.

Your using DVD2ONE to re-encode the movie to fit to a DVDR, but DVD2ONE does NOT change the audio at all, it transcodes the Video stream only. It uses the direct Audio stream from the original DVD that you ripped to your HD. So what you finally get is exactly what was on the original DVD.

Playback of a 5.1 AC3 audio track on a 2 channel/stereo system will always be low volume.

kevpc · Mar 17, 2003

thanks forreply,chicken man. could you suggest a reasonbly quick and simple way to allow normaliseing audio please? what progs needed and what settings to use?
regards, kevpc

ChickenMan · Mar 17, 2003

I tend to use BeSweet with its GUI to do all my Normalizing. Works with MP3, MP2, Wav & AC3. I use it for converting from one form to another, very versitile program. Get it from www.doom9.net download section

banzibaby · Mar 17, 2003

Yet more good advice FromChickenMan.Kepp it up Bro

BaNzI

kevpc · Mar 18, 2003

thanks for help chickenman. will give it a try

regards, kevpc