AC3 Audio

George

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Mar 28, 2010 15:30

Does anyone know if PowerDirector 8 really supports HD video with AC3 sound? When I import these videos and start to edit, the sound disappears. PD reports unrecognized audio format. The same happens with SD videos and AC3 as well.

TheShadowman

Member Location: St Albans, Herts, United Kingdom Joined: Dec 31, 2009 12:05 Messages: 57 Offline

Mar 28, 2010 18:08

Hi George

PD8 claims to handle the following Audio formats Audio: MP3, WAV, WMA, M4A. It appears AC3 is not supported.

Robert

George

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Mar 28, 2010 19:39

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the response. This posting (from PowerDirector FAQs is why I thought it supported AC3:

Why can't I get any audio when I import a .vob file?

The reason why you don't get audio in your .vob files after you have imported them into PowerDirector is because you have the OEM version which does not support AC3 decoding.

Only our retail version supports the playback of .vob files with AC3 decoding.

If it does work, I certainly can't figure out how. I do get audio with MP3.

James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Mar 28, 2010 21:09

I have a recent video that I just finished working on and GSpot tells me it is AC3 audio. I didn't do anything special. It just worked. __________________________________
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JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Mar 28, 2010 21:54

George

What version of PD8 do you have? Not all support Dolby 2 or 5.1 channel. See attached summary of PD8 versions.

Jeff

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George

Newbie Joined: Mar 27, 2010 19:49 Messages: 3 Offline

Mar 29, 2010 13:46

I have PD8 Deluxe retail which is supposed to support everything but Blue Ray burning, I think.