Added audio sounds like static

[cadman33619]

After creating my production with VideoWave, one of the music files i added plays back with a static/popping sound...but sounds great when previewing with VideoWave before burning to DVD. The production is video and pictures with transitions and music tracks added. The audio that sounds bad is audio that i've adjusted using the audio adjusted so that the music level will be toned down during certain parts of the video so that i can hear people on the video talking. But after burning to DVD, the audio portion that is adjusted sounds bad...like static/popping, while portions of the same song before and after the adjustment sound fine.

Any Idea what i'm doing wrong here?

 

using VideoWave for production and MyDVD to burn.

 

Thanks cadman33619

[cadman33619]

The article briefly mentions Vista (and how to run DxDiag).

 

IMHO, I do not think that DirectX is the culprit (nor Windows 7).

 

Let's perhaps focus on that one Audio file:

my hunch is that that file was created with variable bandwidth, and that had caused problems in earlier versions of Roxio; just a thought.

 

 

how exactly do i check to see if thats the case, jmhoraze?

the audio file is an mp3 (downloaded) and sounds great when played alone. And the video file i'm adding it to sounds fine alom\ne also. But when i play back the production with both added it sounds like static.

 

thanks

cadman33619

[jmhoraze]

how exactly do i check to see if thats the case, jmhoraze?

the audio file is an mp3 (downloaded) and sounds great when played alone. And the video file i'm adding it to sounds fine alom\ne also. But when i play back the production with both added it sounds like static.

 

thanks

cadman33619

(I think I actually meant "bitrate".)

 

Well, why not look at the file Properties: Right-Mouseclick on the file, then select Properties, go to Details.

 

Again, just a hunch. But why not replace the file causing troubles by another one, with fixed bitrate and less than or equal to 256kb/s.

 

Thanks.

[cadman33619]

Apparently Vista no longer has the ability to adjust the Sound Acceleration. It is turned off permanently. There is more info in this link

 

 

hmmm

so if its turned off permanently...then that means that I have another issue that is causing my sound problems. I've tried adding the music without any editing at all. Still sounds awful. But the music file by itself sounds great. Adding it to the production with the video file is the problem.

My search continues lol

 

Thanks for checking on it Guru...let me know if you think of anything else i can try.

 

and I'll check out that microsoft article, jmhoraze

 

Thanks

cadman33619

 

hmmm

so if its turned off permanently...then that means that I have another issue that is causing my sound problems. I've tried adding the music without any editing at all. Still sounds awful. But the music file by itself sounds great. Adding it to the production with the video file is the problem.

My search continues lol

 

Thanks for checking on it Guru...let me know if you think of anything else i can try.

 

and I'll check out that microsoft article, jmhoraze

 

Thanks

cadman33619

 

 

I checked that article, jmhoraze...

looks like the instructions for adjusting the sound acceleration are for XP only. (i have windows 7).

 

Thanks for the suggestion

 

cadman33619

 

[Big_Dave]

Did you know that Creator 2009 is not compatible with Windows 7? It may work but the results could be mixed.

[jmhoraze]

I checked that article, jmhoraze...

looks like the instructions for adjusting the sound acceleration are for XP only. (i have windows 7).

 

Thanks for the suggestion

The article briefly mentions Vista (and how to run DxDiag).

 

IMHO, I do not think that DirectX is the culprit (nor Windows 7).

 

Let's perhaps focus on that one Audio file:

my hunch is that that file was created with variable bandwidth, and that had caused problems in earlier versions of Roxio; just a thought.

 

[cadman33619]

From what I've learned so far it seems to be an issue with the DirectX sound acceleration. The problem is I cant find where to adjust this. The method for adjusting in windows XP does not work the same in VISTA (which is what I am using).

 

Does anyone know how to adjust the SOUND ACCELERATION for DirectX in Vista?

 

Thanks cadman33619

[jmhoraze]

... how to adjust the SOUND ACCELERATION for DirectX in Vista?

 

Thanks cadman33619

I googled and it found (among others): support.microsoft.com/kb/303032

 

Hope this helps.

[bimicher]

From what I've learned so far it seems to be an issue with the DirectX sound acceleration. The problem is I cant find where to adjust this. The method for adjusting in windows XP does not work the same in VISTA (which is what I am using).

 

Does anyone know how to adjust the SOUND ACCELERATION for DirectX in Vista?

 

Thanks cadman33619

 

Apparently Vista no longer has the ability to adjust the Sound Acceleration. It is turned off permanently. There is more info in this link