DVD Import 5.0 is much improved as far as keeping the audio in sync with the video on imported media. However, there are some cases that still cause DVD Import to get the audio out of sync. Never fear, there is a new Audio Processing option that lets you override the Sync.

I’ve been working a little more on my little utility for fixing files to play on the SX servers from Tightrope Media Systems. I’ve added the ability to process files other than MPEG files (such as WMV or most AVI files). It will convert audio in these files as well as fix problems with the video by scaling to 720x480 and converting frame rate to 29.97. When fixing the video, it will transcode the files to the ubiquitous MPEG2 format to play on the server (so don’t process files you don’t want to have re-encoded). [ Read More… ]

One of the things I’ve been hearing from our support guys at Tightrope Media Systems is a lot of people have legacy content that is 44.1kHz audio that they would like to play back on their SX Server. The server, however, requires the standard DVD sample rate of 48kHz. This leaves everyone sad.