Add PCM and AC3 to DVD

We are a DVD replicator in San Jose, CA. http://www.newcyberian.com. Lately we receive so many DVD masters from our clients that do not have PCM or AC3 audio stream. They play fine on most DVD players but we know that's a violation of the DVD spec. Is there a way to add either the PCM or AC3 to the DVD without re-authoring?
Thanks!

There are several ways to get Assets into En. These methods will be somewhat dependent on which version of En (and NLE's) one has.
Since CS3, Adobe Dynamic Linking (DL) has been included, and was embelished in CS4. One can also Export from their NLE in several formats, for Import into En. En handles most of these formats fine. However, it can have some issues with muxed AV files. It can also have some problems with Sequences that use DL from PrPro. It's definitely when these problems crop up, that the use of elemental streams is suggested, though their use can certainly be employed in lieu of the other methods. For SD material/Projects, there are basically two choices for elemental streams: Export as DV-AVI Type II (Video-only) and let En do all of the Transcoding, either on Automatic, or by user settings, or Export to a DVD-compliant MPEG-2 (Video-only) from the NLE, and Import into En. In the latter, all Transcoding setting must be done by the user (see discussions on bit-budgeting and also Export settings). For the Audio, you will need either a PCM/WAV 48KHz 16-bit (Audio-only) file, or a DVD-compliant AC3 (Audio-only) file.
Some people do have luck with muxed (a multiplexed file containing both Audio and Video) files. However, these can cause problems for En. If one encounters these problems, testing with the elemental streams is recommended. This usually gets the Project out the door, and can by-pass some common problems.
Good luck,
Hunt
PS if DL works fine from PrPro to En, using it will save time and effort. If it does not work for your Project, then think about elemental streams instead. You can troublehsoot the DL issues afterwards. The DL in CS4 seems to have some issues. Read the many threads in this forum on some of them. Some seem to be resolved with fixes, or workarounds, but some seem to defy attempts to pin-point the problem and come up with a direct cure.

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Sorry for the double post, just saw this audio section.
I'm having a difficulty with my burned dvds apparently coming out mpeg audio. I exported from pp 1.0 a final mpeg video with PCM audio for my final dvd project. I used Encore CS3 to burn the disc. I sent in the disc to a replication house and they warned me that the audio was mpeg and would not work in all players.
So I checked my original exported file audio in the properties and it said PCM. But, just in case, I put it back in Encore and transcoded it as Dolby Digital (AC3), and burned that disc. I also burned another disc that was PCM.
They just informed me that the two new discs I sent in were not PCM and AC3 but were again MPEG audio.
Am I doing something wrong?
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Thanks very much Ruud. I downloaded the MediaInfo and, if I'm reading the disc correctly, it appears that what I've been puzzled about was easily discovered.
I have a copyright warning as a first play. It was that copyright warning that had an silent audio track under it, and it was MPEG audio. My end action to that is the 88 minute documentary and it clearly says it's transcoded in AC-3.
I'm assuming that I need to reburn a disc and transcode that Copyright warning audio to AC-3 as well or just remove it? Or would you think it will not give anyone trouble since there is no real sound anyway.
I'd appreciate it if you'd look at the below MediaInfo over and see if I'm reading that right. Thanks so much. This is all new stuff to me.
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Open a file named: VIDEO_TS
D:\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO
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DVD Video (Menu): 12.0 KiB
1 Video streams: MPEG Video
1 text streams: RLE
First video stream
720*480 (4/3), at 29.70fps, MPEG video (NTSC) Version 2)
First text stream
RLE
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Container and general information
MPEG-PS: 8.00 KiB
1 video streams: MPEG Video
First video stream
9000 Kbps (9000 Kbps), 720*480 (4/3), at 29.970 fps, MPEG Video (NTSC) (Version 2) (Main@Main)
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Container and general information
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1 video streams: MPEG Video
1 text streams: RLE
First video stream
720*480 (4/3), at 29.970 fps, MPEG Video (NTSC) (Version 2)
First text stream
RLE
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Container and general information
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1 video streams: MPEG Video
1 audio streams: MPEG Audio
2 chapters stream:/
First video stream
720*480 (4/3), at 29.70fps, MPEG video (NTSC) Version 2)
First audio stream
English, 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, MPEG Audio (Version 1)
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1 video streams: MPEG Video
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9000 Kbps (9000 Kbps), 720*480 (4/3), at 29.970 fps, MPEG Video (NTSC) (Version 2) (Main@Main)
D:\VIDEO_TS\01-0.BUP
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1 video streams: MPEG Video
1 audio streams: MPEG Audio
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1 video streams: MPEG Video
1 audio streams: MPEG audio
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First audio stream
224 Kbps, 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, MPEG Audio (Version 1) (Layer 2)
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1 video streams: MPEG Video
1 audio streams: AC-3
2 chapters stream: /
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First audio stream
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1 video streams: MPEG Video
First video stream
9000 Kbps (9000 Kbps), 720*480 (4/3), at 29.970 fps, MPEG Video (NTSC) (Version 2) (Main@Main)
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1 video streams: MPEG video
1 audio streams: AC-3
2 chapters stream: /
First video stream
720*480 (4/3), at 29.70fps, MPEG video (NTSC) Version 2)
First audio stream
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VIDEO_TS_02_1.VOB
Container and general information
MPEG-PS: 1024 MiB, 30mn 37s
1 video streams: MPEG Video
1 audio streams: AC-3
First video stream
4159 Kbps (7200 kbps), 720*480 (4/3), at 29.970 fps, MPEG video (NTSC) (Version 2) (Main@Main)
First audio stream
192 kbps, 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, AC-3
VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_2.VOB
Container and General information
MPEG-PS: 1024 MiB, 33mn 27s
1 Video streams; MPEG Video
1 audio streams: AC-3
First video stream
3791 Kbps (7200 kbps), 720*480 (4/3), at 29.970 fps, MPEG video (NTSC) (Version 2) (Main@Main)
First audio stream
192 Kbps, 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, AC-3
VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_3.VOB
Container and general information
MPEG-PS: 710 MiB, 25h 26mn
1 video streams: MPEG Video
1 audio streams: AC-3
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720*480 (4/3), at 29.70fps, MPEG video (NTSC) Version 2)
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