No sound on MPEG2

[Guest]

I am using the video created with a Sony DCR-SR82. Media Player plays both
the video and the sound, but Movie Maker just plays the video.

What do I need to do to play the sound as well?

Thanks in advance

 

[Guest]

I have found other posts with a pointer to

http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Video-MPEG2.html

I did try the VDubMod but it creates an AVI with no sound. I have not played
with all the options yet, but if some one has any ideas, please let me know

 

[PapaJohn]

if the sound is Dolby AC-3 (check the file with GSpot to see)... then
ripping the audio from the file might need the process I use when converting
DVD files... see my website's Import Movie Source Files > Video > Discs
page.

 

[Guest]

Thank you. I will give that a try. I was hoping that this process was going
to be a lot easier. This is why I bought a HD camcorder, to simplify things.

Based on your web site (under Digital Cameras -> Sony), I need to use Sony's
software to convert the MPEG2 to AVI so I can use it with Movie Maker.

I will try that today and post an update.

 

[PapaJohn]

I have a support session with someone tonight to help him get his HD
camcorder files into Movie Maker, so I'd be very interested in a short clip
of such a file... less than 10 MB... more if one would want to use Windows
Messenger to transfer one to me. Be glad to do the conversion to verify the
process.

 

[Guest]

Absolutely. How would you like me to send it to you? E-Mail, Download, etc.

Thank you very much!

 

[PapaJohn]

How big is the file?

 

[Guest]

Here it is

http://www.yorkshire-landscaping.com/downloads/M2U00030.zip

Test video

 

[PapaJohn]

thanks... got it...

 

[PapaJohn]

The audio stream is Dolby AC-3.... which is why audio issues are often
encountered with a conversion utility. I usually convert it with BeSweet to
a WAV file and then put the audio file together with the video file in Movie
Maker.... and use VDubMod to convert the video stream.

You might have an option in the camcorder to record in uncompressed or MPEG
audio... with it defaulting to Dolby....

 

[PapaJohn]

I'll do the conversion tonight and give you the new file...

 

[PapaJohn]

Here's a DV-AVI clip from it.... made in Movie Maker

I extracted the audio and video streams to AC3 and m2v files using
TMPGEnc... then

- converted the m2v file to DV-AVI using TMPGEnc with the Panasonic DV codec
(no audio in it)
- converted the AC3 file to WAV using BeSweet
- combined the DV-AVI and WAV files in Movie Maker to a new DV-AVI file

the whole process was quicker to do than this post was to write....

you can download the file at http://www.papajohn.org/Temp/ConvertedClip.zip

Thanks again for the test file....

 

[Guest]

Thank you for all your help. I can't believe it is this difficult. I used to
have a Canon MiniDV an it generated AVI just fine. When it broke (a few
months ago) I decided (without knowing) that HD camcorder were going to be
the way to go. I was wrong.

I will give BeSweet a try.

DO you know of any other HD camcorder that produces AVI or MPEG2 100%
compatible with WinXP and Movie Maker?

Finally, why is it that Media Player can reproduce the video (and audio)
just fine but can't be imported with Movie Maker...

 

[Guest]

I have TMPGEnc and I cannot open the audio file. Only the video (which I
already have)

How can I convert the audio to WAV? BeSweet is a command line arg and
BeLight cannot even open the MPEG the Sony creates.

 

[PapaJohn]

Editing a video clip is a more challenging task than playing it, so ones
that play well often have issues in the editing environment.

HD and DVD camcorders are aimed at the shoot and play market, not those who
want to edit. So you need to go over extra hurdles to get to Movie Maker.

None of the HD or DVD camcorders save to DV-AVI files, and Movie Maker isn't
compatible with MPEG2 files. MM6 in Vista would probably work if you get the
Home Premium or Ultimate versions that include an MPEG2 codec.

PS... you're video file was easier to convert than many because it aligns
with the standard 720x480 pixel dimensions of DV-AVI files... if it didn't
I'd have taken it to VDubMod for resizing along with the rendering using the
Panasonic DV codec.

All of what I did for the conversion is covered on my website's Import Movie
Source Files > Video > Discs page.