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[smasty]

Hi Everyone, Before I ask my question I'd just like to commend Roxio on EMC9.  I do a lot of editing on high end equipment using Final Cut Pro...and I'm really impressed with everything I can do with this little program.

My question:  I've added an audio track (mp3) and it shows in the editor timeline, but won't play and there's no wave form.  Does it need to be rendered?  I don't see much on rendering in the manual.  

Sue

[sknis]

smasty, on Dec 11 2006, 09:29 AM, said:

Hi Everyone, Before I ask my question I'd just like to commend Roxio on EMC9. I do a lot of editing on high end equipment using Final Cut Pro...and I'm really impressed with everything I can do with this little program.
My question: I've added an audio track (mp3) and it shows in the editor timeline, but won't play and there's no wave form. Does it need to be rendered? I don't see much on rendering in the manual.
Sue

I assume that you are using VideoWave to edit your production.  Add the audio, select the audio track by clicking on it and then on the icon that looks like a right angle just to the right of the microphone icon.  It is "Edit Volume....."  Give it a second and you should see the waveform.  

Sometimes VideoWave gets a little particular with music files.  If it is not an on-line purchase, open Sound Editor, add that mp3 and then extract it as a wav file.  Use that wav file in the production.

Also sometimes ghost music shows up if you remove and then add a file of the same name.  In VideoWave, go to tools>options> and clear proxy files.  They will almost immediately be rebuilt with the files that are in the production now.

[smasty]

Steve,
Converting to wav worked great (I had a feeling that's probably what I needed to do)!  Thanks, and thanks for the "ghost" tip.