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Lost sound after editing video. Why?
by Dahlia132 - 9/1/09 5:56 AMI'm very new to video editing. Maybe I missed something...
Got some videos in avi format. Windows media player seems to work well with it, ie... I see and hear everything during playback.
Used the "VideoEditMaster", which was reviewed favorably here on Cnet, to cut off some extraneous part and attach the good parts together. Seems to work well, however, during playback (used Windows Media Player again), everything LOOKS good, but the sound is gone.
What did I do wrong? The editor seemed simple enough: cut apart the sequences, then splice the pieces that I want together and produce it into a "movie". Was there an additional step that I needed to take, specifically having to do with sound editing?
I should mention that I do have Divx codec, converter and player on my computer. Not sure if I'm supposed to DO anything with them. The Divx player can play the edited "movie", but won't play any sound on them either.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Nuthin' ?
by Dahlia132 - 9/4/09 1:07 PM In reply to: Lost sound after editing video. Why? by Dahlia132Awww... Common! NOBODY knows the answer? Or is everyone away before the holidays??
Or it was discussed many times.
by R. Proffitt
- 9/5/09 4:29 AM
In reply to: Nuthin' ? by Dahlia132
Here's the answer. The encoding was not done proper. Try again.
Sorry
by Dahlia132 - 9/5/09 7:11 AM In reply to: Or it was discussed many times. by R. Proffitt
I saw several similiar discussions, but none seem to be exactly what I was looking for. Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong places...
It does appear to be an encoding issue, however, I'm not sure what to do differently. The editing program steps were quite simple: cut, join, produce. No options to fiddle with sounds, codes or format. The original file has sound. The edited files don't. The problem is obviously in the editing process, but the editing program doesn't have too many options to fix it. Perhaps there's another (preferably free) application that I can use to fix the codes? Thanks!
Dahlia
Here's a test.
by R. Proffitt - 9/5/09 7:13 AM
In reply to: Sorry by Dahlia132
Go get VLC PLAYER. If it plays fine it's the encoding issue. And if as you say the editing software is that light then there's your issue. You'll have to get in touch with its support to fix it.
And also, go get GSPOT CODEC APPLIANCE to sniff out if there is a missing codec.
Good luck!
Bob
So...
by Dahlia132 - 9/5/09 7:41 AM In reply to: Here's a test. by R. Proffitt
Okay. I got the VLC player, and it plays there WITHOUT sound. You said that if it plays fine, then it's encoding issues. What does it mean if it plays without sound, like all the other players I've tried. If it's not encoding, what is it?
I opened it in GSPOT, and Gspot says that the codec is 0x0002 (ADPCM), and that "Codec(s) Installed". This is identical to what it says for the original video, which runs with sound on all players that I tried on.
Thanks for all the help!
Sorry. I didn't cover that.
by R. Proffitt - 9/5/09 8:06 AM
In reply to: So... by Dahlia132
If VLC Player had no sound and the original has sound then it's an gaffer in your use of the editor or a bug in that editor. Sorry but what I use is very simple. But that's not saying what I use is simple to use (entirely different English!)
I use Virtual Dub for snipping up video and "transcoding" when need be. Then I use DVD FLICK when I want a Video DVD.
Hope this helps.
Bob
Or maybe..
by jonasmikhail - 10/11/09 9:56 AM In reply to: Lost sound after editing video. Why? by Dahlia132You can also use other software in editing your videos. I'm not familiar with your video editor software but I always use Adobe Premiere Pro. It's also quite easy to use.
But if you really like your software did you see any comments about the products? What do others said about it?
You can also search for other alternatives (if you don't like Adobe). There are many out there, don't settle with something if it doesn't work. Just my suggestion.
AC3, DTS, etc
by lordsmurf - 11/6/09 10:21 AM In reply to: Lost sound after editing video. Why? by Dahlia132It's a simple issue of the editor not seeing the codec for the audio. VLC can play it because VLC has internal codecs. The editor does not, and if it does not rely on DirectShow codecs (or if you're missing the proper DirectShow codec for the audio), then you can't decode the audio in the editor, to re-encode it to the DVD.
GSpot the codec, install what is missing -- NOT A SILLY CODEC PACK (YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!)
If that doesn't work, try something else.
For basic AVI to DVD conversion, try ConvertXToDVD instead. Easy to use, much better for AVI to DVD conversion.
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