[Encode2mpeg-users] DVP642 A/V sync problem with ac3 5.1 audio

[JohnG <4p...@gm...>]

I would like to archive my DVDs for playback on a DVP642 hardware 
player.  I have had no success in preserving ac3 5.1 audio. 

This command I found in profile.html produces an avi file that plays 
back without any A/V sync problem on the DVP642.  Unfortunately,  it 
encodes the audio into mp3 format:

encode2mpeg -o movie dvd://1 -avionly -aid 128 -encode 3:2:2 -profile divxht

I have a multichannel sound system and mp3 is not going to satisfy the 
concept of archiving. 

I was hoping to preserve the ac3 5.1 audio.

Every attempt so far to preserve the 5.1 audio has resulted in an A/V 
sync problem where the video is delayed by about 2 seconds.  The 
playback starts out ok, but after about a minute the video delay is there.

After much trial and error, I extracted a chapter from the DVD that had 
much dialog.  The object was to be able to observe the A/V sync. 

mplayer dvd://1 -chapter 10-10 -v -dumpstream -dumpfile in.mpg

Then the following commands were tried and the results burned to a 
Verbatim DVD+RW and played back on the DVP642.  All experienced the 
video delay.  All of the files played ok with mplayer.

nice -n 9 encode2mpeg -o as621448 in.mpg -avionly -aid 128 -channels 6 
-encode 6:2:1,448 -profile aspl5

nice -n 9 encode2mpeg -o as631384 in.mpg -avionly -aid 128 -channels 6 
-encode 6:3:1,384 -profile aspl5

nice -n 9 encode2mpeg -o ht621448 in.mpg -avionly -aid 128 -channels 6 
-encode 6:2:1,448 -profile divxht

nice -n 9 encode2mpeg -o ht631384 in.mpg -avionly -aid 128 -channels 6 
-encode 6:3:1,384 -profile divxht

nice -n 9 encode2mpeg -o as021 in.mpg -avionly -aid 128 -encode 0:2:1 
-profile aspl5

nice -n 9 encode2mpeg -o as031 in.mpg -avionly -aid 128 -encode 0:3:1 
-profile aspl5

nice -n 9 encode2mpeg -o as022 in.mpg -avionly -aid 128 -encode 0:2:2 
-profile aspl5

nice -n 9 encode2mpeg -o as032 in.mpg -avionly -aid 128 -encode 0:3:2 
-profile aspl5

nice -n 9 encode2mpeg -o ht021 in.mpg -avionly -aid 128 -encode 0:2:1 
-profile divxht

nice -n 9 encode2mpeg -o ht031 in.mpg -avionly -aid 128 -encode 0:3:1 
-profile divxht

nice -n 9 encode2mpeg -o ht022 in.mpg -avionly -aid 128 -encode 0:2:2 
-profile divxht

nice -n 9 encode2mpeg -o ht032 in.mpg -avionly -aid 128 -encode 0:3:2 
-profile divxht

So, am I wasting my time on the DVP642(I can return it for a refund)? 

Is there a workable DVD player, a fix for encode2mpeg, or am I making a 
mistake of my own?


John