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Question

DVD-R...no audio

Mar 12, 2013 7:14AM PDT

i just bought a dvd-r movie burned. the audio is not audible on my sony dvd player.

this player has played ALL other dvd-r's of old shows that i've bought or burned myself. the audio also doesn't play on one computer - power dvd. however, this dvd-r audio DOES plays on the computer's vlc,,,sony portable dvd player,,,my other computer,,,and when i encoded it to divx. one problem though is that the audio plays on the right side only.

on the sony dvd player that doesn't play the audio, when i hit the "audio" button it says "others" where it normally should say "english".

**computers are homexp/vlc/power dvd. sony dvd player, sony portable dvd player.

any suggestions? thx

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DivX?
Mar 12, 2013 7:27AM PDT

Video DVD is a standard carved in stone and does not include DivX. So that's a very good reason for it to fail.

VLC Player plays most "things" so you've shown again how good that is.

-> Try to make a standard Video DVD next time.
Bob

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you misunderstood
Mar 12, 2013 8:11AM PDT

i encoded to divx only to see if it would, ie that the audio encode as well.

my problem lies with the dvd-r movie i purchased, since IT'S audio plays on 3 things(vlc, my computer, portable dvd player, as an encoded divx file) and NOT on 2(sony dvd player, wife's power dvd software). i checked all the settings i can think of on the sony dvd player and it also plays everything else(dvd-r) at it's current setting.

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Then what's more to write?
Mar 12, 2013 8:36AM PDT

The DVD is not encoded as a "Video DVD." As what that is, is widely discussed I can't write more about that.
Bob

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geez bob
Mar 12, 2013 11:24AM PDT

i think you understand my problem, and yet the only answers you offer are correcting my use technical terms. you offer no worthwhile opinions, so don't waste my time OR yours.

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I'd like to help but.
Mar 12, 2013 3:29PM PDT

The issue is pretty clear here as well as the solution. It's up to you to reveal more. That is, I don't know what tools you have and I also don't know why you would encode in ways the players won't play.

Tell more. That way I can see where you are and if the tools you have can make a "Video DVD".
Bob