Adjusting audio level of mpg2 file

I did a video production that is 1 hour long. After many months, I completed it. The video itself
was completely finished. Since I was using uncompressed video, it was about 60 GB. I used TMPEnc to
encode to mpeg2. Then I used Adobe Encore to create the DVD. Since then, I re-built my computer and
I thought I kept the original uncompressed files so I can archive them but they seem to be gone for
good.

Now that I play it in a DVD player, it sounds loud to me, like double the volume of a regular tv
show. In my editing program, I lowered the entire volume of the video to -12db (the DVD level). For
some reason, it still sounds too loud.

So, I have the mpg2 files. I want to lower the volume of the audio and re-render it. Will this cause
the video to re-render also? I am trying to avoid that because I want the highest quality possible.

Tony

 

You can use www.VideoReDo.com under "tools" select the
adjust audio option. Then you can lower or boost the audio.
You can see/hear the effect of the change using the preview
feature.

Luck;
Ken

 

You didn't mention which version of tmpgenc you used. Earlier verisions
contain tools which can demultiplex the mpg2 stream, separating the video
from the audio without any quality loss. You can do this and then pull in
the audio stream in any decent audio editor, tweak the sound to your hearts
content, and then re-author the DVD in Encore.

For what it's worth, I find the my DVDs frequently have a higher audio level
than commercial DVDs. I don't worry about it, but YMMV.