[MacDV] MPEG-2 Question

[Mark M. Florida]

While this *does* seem like something pretty basic to do, Apple's
implementation loses the audio -- it's done this since QuickTime supported
MPEG-1 playback as well.  I don't know why, but that's the way it is, and
yes it *does* suck.  If you're running Mac OS X, there are some shareware
and freeware utilities that will handle the audio conversion for you...

I would do a search on macupdate.com (MUCH better than VersionTracker, IMO)
for various strings:

"MPEG2"
"MPEG-2"
"MPEG audio"

I think MissingMpegEdit should do it:

http://homepage.mac.com/rnc/

If the audio is in AC3 format (no, not AAC -- AC3 is the standard audio
codec for DVD MPEG-2) you can use Mac3dec (search on macupdate.com again):

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mac3dec/

Give that a go.


> I just upgraded to Quicktime 6 and bought the Pro license and bought and
> downloaded the MPEG2 component for playback of these files. I have a MPEG-2
> file that was sent which I can play fine but when I try to export it into
> another format (have tried a regular Quicktime Mov and a DV file) the audio is
> missing. What gives? I'm trying to convert it into a format that my friend can
> view. He doesn't have MPEG-2 capabilities.
> 
> -Dave
>