Hi,
I think that one of the great things about DVDWS is the ability to encode to AC-3 audio. I always convert to MPEG2 using Canopus Pro-Coder and have audio ready as PCM so that DVDWS can convert that to AC-3. I therefore never tick the "Convert to Disc template" box for video, but always do for audio.
Why then do I not have this choice for the First Play Video? There is only the one tick box for both video & audio so at present I am not converting anything and leaving the audio as PCM but this seems to have been causing problems with some laptop DVD ROM drives, even when the total bitrate does not exceed 7500.
Have I missed something or is it just not possible to do what you can do with all other video/audio files in a project?
Thanks
Andrew
First Play Video - Converting to Disc Template
Sportive,
This won't help you, but I've had the same problem... sometimes.
I don't know what the trick is, but sometimes it converts, and sometimes it doesn't. I think it usually converts the first-play audio from MPEG-2 to LPCM. In fact, I was almost convinced that it couldn't convert the first-play to AC3.
But, I just finished a project last night, and the first play and menu-audio... everything was converted to AC3.
This project used MPEG-2 video and LPCM audio source files (separate files) for the main program. The first-play and menu backgrounds were MPEG-2 audio and MPEG-2 video (multiplexed). Most of my projects used multiplexed MPEG-2 audio & video throughout.
This won't help you, but I've had the same problem... sometimes.
I don't know what the trick is, but sometimes it converts, and sometimes it doesn't. I think it usually converts the first-play audio from MPEG-2 to LPCM. In fact, I was almost convinced that it couldn't convert the first-play to AC3.
But, I just finished a project last night, and the first play and menu-audio... everything was converted to AC3.
This project used MPEG-2 video and LPCM audio source files (separate files) for the main program. The first-play and menu backgrounds were MPEG-2 audio and MPEG-2 video (multiplexed). Most of my projects used multiplexed MPEG-2 audio & video throughout.