Topfield audio transfer to DVD - MPEG

[pjcools]

I have transferred several .REC files from my Topfield 5000 and have used MPEG audio settings as detailed in several posts. Does this actually record in Dolby Digital ? or is it purely 2 channel stereo? I just notice a large difference in the audio quality of the menu (that I create with Nero) as opposed to the general TV show audio quality..the menu audio is normally alot louder than each episode volume.

any info would be appreciated

[phd]

You can check the properties of the file in VideoReDo. Ctrl+L

Does Nero have an option to adjust menu volume?

[pjcools]

I'll check the properties of the file.

No, I don't know of any way in Nero where audio volume can be adjusted? Possibly can do it by downgrading the audio quality of the menu music??

[ddave]

To adjust the volume in Nero(Vision) 6, choose 'edit movie'. If in timeline mode, right click on the blue strip and select 'properties'. If in storyboard mode, right click on a scene and select 'properties'. In either case you can adjust the audio level, which defaults to 33% of the original and thus causes the difference you've been hearing. Changes in audio level only affect the curently selected segment/scene.

Why it defaults to this value is beyond me, since apart from the problem you've found it means the audio is always re-encoded, adding needlessly to processing time or at best adding a needless step when you import the file. To avoid re-encoding put the volume to 100%.

If you have Nero 7 it sounds like the same thing is happening, but I can't help with figuring out how to track it down.