Good suggestions. I am going to create a subdirectory on the website to include additional examples, video, and screenshots rather than putting so much detailed stuff in the manual.
It is possible to Create DVD both with - and without "Use FFmpeg"
checked.
Once you check "Use FFmpeg" even though it allows you to change the Audio format, it errors out later with "virtual int FileSndFile::open_file(int,int); ... Error:minor format is 0". Not sure why.
On the batch render window: Enable the audiotrack,
select File format MPEG Audio: then the audio file becomes dvd.mp3
Even then changing the wrench from default Layer III to Layer II
it keeps dvd.mp3
This works the same
way as Using LPCM for DVD -- that is, once you switch from AC3 to Raw
PCM, or in this case to MPEG Audio and Layer II, the Output File
extension in the upper left hand corner is "highlighted" thus drawing
your attention to modifying it
to be mp2 instead. This is confusing because only MP2 (Audio Layer II) is supported
on DVD-video
Even though only MP2 is supported on DVD-video, MP3 works also on my LG and Samsung!
Many/most people know what "MP3 music" is, but don't know what
MPEG-1 Audio Layer III
I agree, that Layer II or Layer III rather than MP2 and MP3 is unknown these days, if you look at the last previous email for HDV is really 4 channel?, it uses the Layer II terminology all over the place!
IMO it would be more visible and understandable if the default
MPEG Audio file name had been
dvd.mp2 for DVD video rendering.
See above, it highlights the extension to draw your eye to change it.
Another suggestion is to differ between application format like
DVD-Video and BD-Video vs Data Disks (for MP3)
and differ between applications mandatory formats on optional
formats that may or may not work.
I don't know why, but this way to render DVD with CinGG, creates
only 6 items in the DVD structure, missing the muxed dvd.mpg file
(that is dvd.m2v+dvd.mp3).
Yes, you will have to
edit dvd.sh to change ac3 extension to mp3 (file
written as mp3 if you do not change it, but really mp2). Do not add -L
48000:2:16 as is not needed. And then execute dvd.sh after
like for lpcm.