BD Ripper (3D Plus) Sound not very Crisp

[GaryJ73167]

First off, I think this software is excellent, It has surpassed my expectations of quality by 150%. Great job to the developers.

I "WANT" to buy this, but, there is one thing that i can't get past, and it is unfortunately a deal breaker for me. I know that it must be a setting I'm overlooking, but, when ripping Blu Ray (whether it be for my PS3 or my Xbox360, it appears as if the sound isnt very crisp.

I should let you know that I am only playing my encodes through standard stereo speakers, but, they are good speakers and I would expect the sound to be a bit better than it is. The sound is almost as if it's encoding at 96Kbs. It has that muffled swirly sound (lol. I hope I'm explaining that the proper way). This happens with every Blu Ray I've tried. The blu ray disc (on my PC and on my Xbox and Ps3 plays crystal clear), but, once encoded from the disc, the sound is muffled no matter where I try to play it. Whether it be my PC, Laptop, PS3, Xbox,..etc..etc

My Pc is a:

2.60 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
Not hyper-threaded
3072 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
ATI Radeon HD 2400 Series
Running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit

When ripping the blu ray to PS3 or Xbox360 format, I am choosing DTS audio (it's the only one that i can actually say gives me the correct audio track for the movie (no commentary or anything). So, I am basically not changing any settings from the defaults.

I really hope I provided enough info for someone to shed some light on this, as I would really like to buy this software, but, because of this, I'm hesitant.

[AGJ]

How exactly are you playing the files on your Xbox and PS3 and other?

post log files as well they located in document-dvdfab-log

[GaryJ73167]

How exactly are you playing the files on your Xbox and PS3 and other?

post log files as well they located in document-dvdfab-log

Thank you for the quick reply. As far as how I'm playing the file9s). On the Xbox, I play it from an external hard drive. All videos play fine. never had an issue. Only the current issue

On the PS3, I play the file(s) from the internal hard drive. once again, never had an issue, only the current issue.

Other is my laptop, I used WMP, VLC, Quicktime, and even tried Divx and, all of these players are yielding the same result. As if someone turned the treble way down. I dunno. maybe I'm being too picky?

Below are both logs from my latest encode (Brown ups), and, once again, not too thrilled with the sound :


DVDFab 8.0.5.6 (2010/12/11 12:55:26)

0m 01.28s: option dvd2dvd 1 dvd2mobile 1 bluray2bluray 1 bd2mobile 1 bd23d 1 bd2dvd 1 file2mobile 1 filemover 1
1m 11.99s: detected blu-ray
1m 11.99s: drive E
1m 11.99s: blu-ray type 1
1m 12.01s: volume label GROWN_UPS
1m 13.86s: detected blu-ray
1m 13.86s: drive E
1m 13.86s: blu-ray type 1
1m 13.86s: volume label GROWN_UPS


DVDFab 8.0.5.6 (2010/12/11 13:03:56)

0m 00.59s: option dvd2dvd 1 dvd2mobile 1 bluray2bluray 1 bd2mobile 1 bd23d 1 bd2dvd 1 file2mobile 1 filemover 1


DVDFab 8.0.5.6 (2010/12/11 13:04:24)

0m 00.56s: option dvd2dvd 1 dvd2mobile 1 bluray2bluray 1 bd2mobile 1 bd23d 1 bd2dvd 1 file2mobile 1 filemover 1
0m 25.92s: detected blu-ray
0m 25.92s: drive E
0m 25.92s: blu-ray type 1
0m 25.92s: volume label GROWN_UPS
0m 27.83s: detected blu-ray
0m 27.83s: drive E
0m 27.83s: blu-ray type 1
0m 27.83s: volume label GROWN_UPS
0m 37.58s: root 8CD2C6CB7FB69235_VOLUME_SET_ID:GROWN_UPS:GROWN_UPS :GROWN_UPS
0m 39.98s: aacs 1 bd+ 0
0m 41.58s: got discinfo
0m 41.79s: got bdmv
0m 41.80s: got agid 0
0m 41.87s: sent host cert chal
0m 41.87s: got drive cert chal
0m 41.94s: got drive key
0m 41.94s: got host key signature
0m 41.94s: verified drive signature
0m 41.94s: verified host signature
0m 42.02s: sent host signature and key point
0m 42.02s: got bus key
0m 43.41s: got volume id
0m 43.41s: got volume id mac
0m 43.41s: volume id is correct
0m 43.41s: got vid
0m 43.55s: blu-ray 9F59E87A776F53458CC0DE0AC18871ABB0A83075
0m 44.07s: D 409216CA
0m 44.08s: got vuk
0m 44.11s: got unit key 4
0m 57.90s: got extended bdinfo
3m 43.84s:


------ begin mobile work(1/1) ------


3m 43.84s: create config(5)
3m 43.86s: convert profile(ps3.mp4.hd)
3m 43.86s: blu-ray playlist(3) angle(0) chapter(1->16)
3m 43.86s: stream(4113,AVC,1) stream(4352,DTS-HD MA,1)
3m 43.87s: not set correct fourcc for video(28)
3m 43.90s: processing source(00011.m2ts)
3m 43.92s: try to use gpu acceleration(2) for video decoding
3m 43.92s: DXVA GPU acceleration for video decoding enabled
3m 44.98s: h264_encode: encode param profile(2) level(41) bitrate(5498)
226m 39.32s:


------ finish mobile work ------

2010-12-11 16:52:29 ---- ******************** Log session stop 11-Dec 16:52:29.258 PID 6100********************
2010-12-11 13:04:44 Info Current Drive selected : 3:1:0 - ATAPI iHES208 2 8L0C [E] (Scsi)
2010-12-11 13:04:44 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
2010-12-11 13:04:44 Info System default language : English (United States)
2010-12-11 13:04:44 Info User default language : English (United States)
2010-12-11 13:04:44 Info DLL Version : 4.0.13.476
2010-12-11 13:04:44 Info DLL : C:\Program Files (x86)\DVDFab 8\vso_hwe.dll
2010-12-11 13:04:44 Info Version : 8, 0, 5, 6
2010-12-11 13:04:44 Info ExeName : C:\Program Files (x86)\DVDFab 8\DVDFab.exe
2010-12-11 13:04:44 Info OS : Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (Build 7600)
2010-12-11 13:04:44 ---- ******************** Log session start 11-Dec 13:04:44.624 PID 6100********************


2010-12-11 12:56:42 ---- ******************** Log session stop 11-Dec 12:56:42.136 PID 5132********************
2010-12-11 12:56:32 Info Current Drive selected : 3:1:0 - ATAPI iHES208 2 8L0C [E] (Scsi)
2010-12-11 12:56:32 Info Using Advanced SPTI interface
2010-12-11 12:56:32 Info System default language : English (United States)
2010-12-11 12:56:32 Info User default language : English (United States)
2010-12-11 12:56:32 Info DLL Version : 4.0.13.476
2010-12-11 12:56:32 Info DLL : C:\Program Files (x86)\DVDFab 8\vso_hwe.dll
2010-12-11 12:56:32 Info Version : 8, 0, 5, 6
2010-12-11 12:56:32 Info ExeName : C:\Program Files (x86)\DVDFab 8\DVDFab.exe
2010-12-11 12:56:32 Info OS : Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (Build 7600)
2010-12-11 12:56:32 ---- ******************** Log session start 11-Dec 12:56:32.238 PID 5132********************

[CBR929]

Hi GaryJ73167
Please Open Fab click the Click the Green √ at top right corner of the DVDFab screen, and open Common Settings > General >A/V Codec, set Video Decoder to Software and set Video Encoder to Software restart Fab and try again.
CBR929

[GaryJ73167]

Hi GaryJ73167
Please Open Fab click the Click the Green √ at top right corner of the DVDFab screen, and open Common Settings > General >A/V Codec, set Video Decoder to Software and set Video Encoder to Software restart Fab and try again.
CBR929

Thanks. I am in those setting now and have more options than what i expected. Here are the options and what they're currently set at:

Video Decoder
H264 - Currently Set to "DXVA"
VC1 - Currently set to "DXVA"
MPEG2 - Currently Set to "Software"

Audio Decoder
H.264 - Currently Set to "Software"

Do i want them "all" to be set to software?

[Guest]

"Do i want them "all" to be set to software?"

Yes.

[CBR929]

"Do i want them "all" to be set to software?"

Yes.

Gruñón your supposed to say Yes

[GaryJ73167]

You are the BEST !!! That did it. MUCH clearer audio now. Thanks SO much.

Now, out of curiosity, will that change my video quality being I messed with the video encoding, and, how did the video encoder change I just made change my audio quality?

or, am I more confused than i realize right now? Lol

Seriously though, thank you

[CBR929]

Hi GaryJ73167
Glad to help
Unless you have a high end graphics card that supports Cuda, you are better off leaving everything set to software and everything should run smooth.
CBR929

[GaryJ73167]

Wow. Thanks so much again. this made my day

So, will this effect my video quality due to the fact that i changed settings in the Video Encoder/Decoder?

[CBR929]

Wow. Thanks so much again. this made my day

So, will this effect my video quality due to the fact that i changed settings in the Video Encoder/Decoder?

No, as I said earlier, everything should run a lot smoother so enjoy
CBR929

[GaryJ73167]

No, as I said earlier, everything should run a lot smoother so enjoy
CBR929

Lol. Don't mind me. I'm all excited now that this is working and wasn't paying close enough attention.

Ok. thanks again. I bought the software. And, have a Happy Holiday

[AGJ]

Well I see others helped you out and that the problem is what I suspected it to be but was not entirely sure until the logs was posted

[GaryJ73167]

Ugh

Guys/Girls, I'm sorry. My 1st mistake was "NOT" comparing my results to the EXACT same DVD that I was noticing the audio issue with in the first place when I tried your suggestion about the ":Software" decoder/encoder

It appears that "ONLY" the Shrek movie is making it seem like the audio is more crisp. However, if I encode grown ups again, and, any movie (for that matter), the audio still has that muffled sound.

I double checked to make sure my settings stuck when I changed them for the encoding/Decoding.

Please dont misunderstand me though. I know not to expect super hi quality sound, but, some treble would be nice. I dont know why Shrek 3 "appeared" to be working and others NOT working. That is the weird part.

I suppose if I have to live with this, I can deal with it, but, i want to make sure I tried every possible solution before settling...

Any other suggestions? So sorry

[AGJ]

I will give Grown Ups a test later today and see how it sounds on my TV with Xbox