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Hello again- just wondering if any of you know of a bit of freeware that could convert an mpg with AC3 into an mpg with .wav audio- without actually changing any of the video (direct stream copy). I know I could do it separately using more steps, but does anyone know how one might do that?

Thanks!

Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side

Emperor Jar-Jar
“Back when we made Star Wars, we just couldn’t make Palpatine as evil as we intended. Now, thanks to the miracles of technology, it is finally possible. Finally, I’ve created the movies that I originally imagined.” -George Lucas on the 2007 Extra Extra Special HD-DVD Edition

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I don't know of a program that will create a new VOB with the video and PCM, but after splitting up the audio and video, there is a program I use that will convert the AC3 to PCM (I can't recall the name, I'll let you know when I get home.)

That being said, I seem to recall the sound may be off by a few milleseconds, but since I usually create a new MPEG with the new audio anyways, this isn't a problem for me.

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Thanks. The reason I would need a program to replace AC3 with PCM in one shot (while keeping video intact) is because for some reason, Vegas Movie Studio is automatically doing a pulldown from 29.97 to 24 fps. Only problem is that the time ruler doesn't realize that, and it shows the video as running shorter than it actually does. So when I try to add a .wav file, the wav (which shows up at the correct length of time) is too long, and I can't edit video and sound together (Movie Studio doesn't recognize AC3). I don't want to export yet, because when I do, it'll be uncompressed AVI (which I can compress to MPEG-2 with a better program than the one built into Vegas.

Thanks for the help

Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side

Emperor Jar-Jar
“Back when we made Star Wars, we just couldn’t make Palpatine as evil as we intended. Now, thanks to the miracles of technology, it is finally possible. Finally, I’ve created the movies that I originally imagined.” -George Lucas on the 2007 Extra Extra Special HD-DVD Edition

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You can't change the Ruler? I know Vegas will let you do that.

I have a technical book on Vegas, with supplementary information for Movie Studio. I'll see what that says.

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>