hi i would like to know whether it is possible to encode mp2 audio (in divx movies) to dvd compliant ac3 audio stream. Thanks;)

corretc me if i wrong but audio tracks in divx movies are mostly MP3 not MP2. they sometimes are AC3 too. mp3 has 2 channels. ac3 has 5 channels. so i dont think there is much point in reencoding it to ac3. do you have a special reason for that? like re encoding the whole thing to a dvd for example? nethertheless, there are software that will do this : Digigram.Multichanel.Dolby.Encoder.Decoder or sonic softencode. erwan

There is a perfectly valid reason for encoding your audio as AC-3. Even though it is very unlikely that you will ever run into a DVD player that cannot play MPEG-2 audio, this is what the DVD Video specification says: Dolby AC-3 used mandatory for 525/60 (NTSC) players and MPEG-2 is mandatory for 625/50 (PAL) players, but optional on discs themselves. and A 525/60 disc must contain either Dolby AC-3 or LPCM. A 625/50 disc must contain either MPEG-2 audio or LPCM. Due to bandwidth efficiency, most titles will use the more compact Dolby AC-3 or MPEG-2 audio. Since I'm in NTSC land, I *always* encode my audio as AC-3 to ensure it is playable in every (NTSC) player. Personally I use Soft Encode to encode my AC-3 tracks. Just because your audio is AC-3 encoded it doesnt necessarily mean it has to have 5.1 channels, 2 channel AC-3 audio is not unheard of. I think it is obvious that the original poster is talking about DVD's, since he is posting in the DVD Encoding forum - and - mentioned "dvd compliant ac3 audio stream".

oki this was a pretty clear explanation you gave ! :) i was unfamiliar with ntsc (i live in a pal country) and did not realise one could have only 2 channels in an ac3 audio track. at least, we both came to quote the same software so badri got his answer ! well once again, this forum taught me something, thx !

softencode 

I tried to find sonic foundry softencode but i could get only a demo version and sonic foundry has stopped selling this version. pls tell me where i can get a full version. thx:p

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found it on kazaa 

thanks i found it on kazaa