Re: No audio from DVD rips using WMEncoder64.exe on Vista

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On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:26:02 -0800, Kurt Swanson
<direct@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am attempting to convert some content from DVD into WMV using the
recently released WMEncoder64.exe on Vista Ultimate. It seems I can
properly transcode non-DVD MPEG2 files without a problem, but every
time I attempt to transcode a DVD-ripped MPEG2 file, no audio is read
from the file (green audio bars during pass #1 show nothing), and no
audio is written to the WMV. The input files all playback fine in
WMP. Also, I can use the exact same settings successfully on WME
32-bit, albeit much more slowly.

Has anyone experienced this and/or found a work-around?


Vista has built in MPEG2 decoders for use with moviemaker capture -
but I'm pretty sure they're not generic ones which are applicable to
DVD decoding. Do you have a proper DVD decoder package installed on
that box, i.e. can you play back DVDs in media player ? Even then,
those decoders may not be registerable as WME64 decoders (hence the
green source filter effect)
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