Peculiar language audio problem on Japanese anime DVD

Hi- I'm not real sure what you're saying. You do know that the language that plays when you just play the vobs means nothing, right? If the vob plays in Japanese, that doesn't mean only Japanese is on the DVD or in the vob. Unless you already pulled out one language, the languages are still in the vobs. You didn't say how you decrypted the vobs. If you rip using Smart Ripper you'll get an INFO file that will tell you what languages are inside the vobs. As for why you got a mute SVCD, I have no idea, unless you had already demuxed that particular audio stream, or screwed up something when setting up DVD2SVCD. I've done Lain before with no problem-both languages are available for all episodes. You can click on and prove it to yourself.

if i rip the VOB file from the Lain DVD and it plays in English on my hard disk, are you saying that i can still convert it to an SVCD in Japanese? when i rip the DVD with DVD2SVCD (selecting Japanese audio), all the VOB files play in Japanese on my hard drive, except for the last VOB file which plays in English. same thing on the DVD itself, all VOB files play in Japanese except the last one plays in English. i know this doesn't matter when i play the DVD itself as i can always switch the audio track, but when opening the VOB files on their own there is only one default audio track and i can't change the audio language. thanks for responding btw, i could definitely use the help. p/s my Lain DVD is Region 4.

I had something like this happen to me when I was converting Cowboy Bebop. When I ripped the vob files to my HD and I played them they would play in Japanese. When I converted them though they were in English. If you try to convert the episodes and they still come out in Japanese then you can try to rip each episode with Smartripper. With Smartripper you can select what language that you want to rip from the DVD. Then when you play the vob files they will only have that language. Just so you know you might end up with some synch issues if you use Smartripper. If that does happen then you can use the internal routines to rip the vob files that Smartripper has already ripped. I hope this helps you out. If you have any questions just ask. :)

If your rip the VOBs with smartripper, select under streamprocessing only the language you want to have, and only the VOB 1-3. Notice to what stream# your languages are maped to. After this rip the last VOB seperatly and be sure your language is maped to the same stream number. If not, change the stream# manualy. (with your problem I think the last VOB has different steams for the same language.) Rip the resulting files again with DVD2SVCD.

Hi- if i rip the VOB file from the Lain DVD and it plays in English on my hard disk, are you saying that i can still convert it to an SVCD in Japanese? Yep-that's exactly what I'm saying. In the same post you say: i know this doesn't matter when i play the DVD itself as i can always switch the audio track, The fact that you can play both languages when playing the DVD is proof that both languages are in the vobs and can be ripped. There's a chance that Labersack is right in saying that either the same language is on both streams (never heard of that, though-would indicate a huge mastering error), or perhaps they switched the stream names for your 4th episode (also never heard of that happening). Did you try playing either the AC3 or the .mp2 and confirm that the whole thing is in Japanese? If the AC3 and the .mp2 are OK, I think it would indicate a muxing problem. You didn't rename the .mp2 did you?

manono, when i play the .mp2 file created by DVD2SVCD from the chapter, it is mute. i didn't modify/rename the file in any way. i also played the section of the VOB file which contains the chapter. it plays in Japanese and the audio is fine throughout. any ideas?

Does the log of BeSweet have ant errors in it? Post that as well please. :)

man, this is consuming my entire Saturday. :scared: ok, i've narrowed it down even further now. the chapter converts fine if i choose English audio. it's only mute if i convert with Japanese audio selected. also, i discovered that although the .mp2 file created is mute, the .ac3 file that is extracted plays fine. your guess is right Jason, looks like the problem comes from the audio conversion, resulting in a mute .mp2 file. here's the BeSweet log; BeSweet v1.3b12 logfile. -------------------------- Logging start : 08/03/02 , 14:28:03. C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\BeSweet\BeSweet.exe -core( -input C:\Program Files\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Disc1\Extracted_audio_1.ac3 -output C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Disc1\Encoded_audio_1.mp2 -logfile C:\PROGRA~1\DVD2SVCD\Movie\Disc1\Encoded_audio_1.log ) -azid( -L -3db -c normal -g max ) -ota( -d -264 ) -2lame( -e -b 192 -m s ) [00:00:00:000] +------- BeSweet ----- [00:00:00:000]

Hi- I think your good detective work is closing in on the answer. But I don't know why BeSweet couldn't handle it. But if BeSweet couldn't, maybe HeadAC3he can. My suggestion is to get HeadAC3he from Doom9's download page and use it (real easy). If it can manage to convert to a playable .mp2 (by no means guaranteed-there may be errors in the Audio Stream), then make the full one for the whole DVD and rename it Encoded_audio_1.mp2 and replace the funky one, and use the Recover mode in DVD2SVCD to remux.

DSPguru, you nailed it! the problem is the "Autodetect Azid gain" option. if i deselect it in the Audio tab, the audio is no longer mute! so it must be the "-g max" parameters you asked me to remove from the command line. i haven't tried it yet, but is there a way to incorporate BeSweet v1.4RC5 into DVD2SVCD? i'm using DVD2SVCD ver. 1.0.9 build 2 which has BeSweet v1.3b12 bundled into it. or does the latest version of DVD2SVCD have the new BeSweet version? manono, you mentioned Recover mode. if i select Recover "Video Encoding" and continue, does that mean that DVD2SVCD would asusume that it had just finished the audio conversion process (which i have corrected by replacing the .mp2 file), and resume from the "Video Encoding" step all the way till the end? I LOVE YOU GUYS!! THIS FORUM ROCKS! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! :D