No audio when uploading DVD

Wolfmans55 · Post by **Wolfmans55** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:39 pm

I have this DVD I made with my friends and I want to make four parts and upload them. Unfortunately, when I click Capture -> Import from DVD/DVD-VR (select E: drive) the video is fine but the audio doesn't play. The file when played before uploading has the audio but when I save the file and then play it, it's only video. I heard that Video Studio 9 doesn't support AC-3 audio or something? A solution was to download the trial of VideoStudio 10 but that shouldn't be necessary.

Any help is appreciated.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 11:43 pm

If your version of VS9 has the letters SE after it, then it does not support AC-3. SE versions are usually bundled free of charge with hardware, and for licensing reasons, do not have Dolby AC-3. Dolby charges a fee for each use of its product, and it therefore does not make sense to the other software manufacturers to pay Dolby a fee on a free product.

Wolfmans55 · Post by **Wolfmans55** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:38 am

That's dissapointing...maybe they could've stated that somewhere. Thanks a lot.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:52 am

You could try downloading this free AC-3 filter from here:
http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=AC3_Filter

Previous versions of it at least allowed you to import and decode a Dolby signal, but not to encode out in Dolby. However, I think the current version may even allow encoding in Dolby. I haven't tried it with either VS9 or 10. However, I used to use it with success on VS8.