AVI files problems with sound

My AVI videos will have perfect sound until I drop them in
the storyboard and try to play them. There is either no
sound or a metallic piercing sound. I can import a music
file, and change the functions to have zero video audio
and all music, and that will play fine.

But if I want to creat movies that use my video's sound it
won't work. Please HELP me ... I have no idea why it is
doing this.

Thank you in advance.
-jt

"jt" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My AVI videos will have perfect sound until I drop them in
> the storyboard and try to play them. There is either no
> sound or a metallic piercing sound. I can import a music
> file, and change the functions to have zero video audio
> and all music, and that will play fine.
>
> But if I want to creat movies that use my video's sound it
> won't work. Please HELP me ... I have no idea why it is
> doing this.
>
> Thank you in advance.
> -jt

I had the same problem.

Sounds to me like you have your camera set to record in 12-bit (32KHz)
sound. If you set it to record in 16-bit (48KHz) sound then you will
probably find that your problem is solved.

Of course, it won't help with any video/audio that you've already captured.
It caught me out with all 6 hours of my honeymoon footage.

If the sound quality is an extremely important issue to you then you should
consider resampling the audio track from 32KHz to 48KHz using a third party
application. I can't make any recommendations unfortunately (I used Adobe
Premiere 6.5, which does a good job of resampling the audio, but is at the
opposite end of the scale for home movie production to WMM2).

Jake

Thank you Jake. Unfortunately for me I am using the canon
A80 camera and it only captures video in one format 12 bit
and I can't change it.

How would I go about "resampling the audio track from
32KHz to 48KHz" Is there software online or would I have
to purchase it? Otherwise I guess I can look into other
software products that don't have this glitch. Anyone
know a good basic program like Movie Maker?

Thanks.

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>"jt" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>> My AVI videos will have perfect sound until I drop them
in
>> the storyboard and try to play them. There is either no
>> sound or a metallic piercing sound. I can import a
music
>> file, and change the functions to have zero video audio
>> and all music, and that will play fine.
>>
>> But if I want to creat movies that use my video's sound
it
>> won't work. Please HELP me ... I have no idea why it is
>> doing this.
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>> -jt
>
>I had the same problem.
>
>Sounds to me like you have your camera set to record in
12-bit (32KHz)
>sound. If you set it to record in 16-bit (48KHz) sound
then you will
>probably find that your problem is solved.
>
>Of course, it won't help with any video/audio that you've
already captured.
>It caught me out with all 6 hours of my honeymoon footage.
>
>If the sound quality is an extremely important issue to
you then you should
>consider resampling the audio track from 32KHz to 48KHz
using a third party
>application. I can't make any recommendations
unfortunately (I used Adobe
>Premiere 6.5, which does a good job of resampling the
audio, but is at the
>opposite end of the scale for home movie production to
WMM2).
>
>Jake
>
>
>.
>

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you Jake. Unfortunately for me I am using the canon
> A80 camera and it only captures video in one format 12 bit
> and I can't change it.

That's a shame - obviously it means that you're always going to have this
problem.

> How would I go about "resampling the audio track from
> 32KHz to 48KHz" Is there software online or would I have
> to purchase it? Otherwise I guess I can look into other
> software products that don't have this glitch. Anyone
> know a good basic program like Movie Maker?

As I said before I can't make any recommendations for resampling audio as I
have no experience of it outside of Premiere.

I once downloaded a freebie from Avid (http://www.avid.com/freeDV/index.asp)
but never actually used it, so I can't comment on it. I just happen to know
that you don't have to pay for it!

I would imagine that several other posters here will be able to help you
better than I can in this respect.

Best of luck,

Jake


> >-----Original Message-----
> >"jt" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:d09201c3ef13$55561db0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >> My AVI videos will have perfect sound until I drop them
> in
> >> the storyboard and try to play them. There is either no
> >> sound or a metallic piercing sound. I can import a
> music
> >> file, and change the functions to have zero video audio
> >> and all music, and that will play fine.
> >>
> >> But if I want to creat movies that use my video's sound
> it
> >> won't work. Please HELP me ... I have no idea why it is
> >> doing this.
> >>
> >> Thank you in advance.
> >> -jt
> >
> >I had the same problem.
> >
> >Sounds to me like you have your camera set to record in
> 12-bit (32KHz)
> >sound. If you set it to record in 16-bit (48KHz) sound
> then you will
> >probably find that your problem is solved.
> >
> >Of course, it won't help with any video/audio that you've
> already captured.
> >It caught me out with all 6 hours of my honeymoon footage.
> >
> >If the sound quality is an extremely important issue to
> you then you should
> >consider resampling the audio track from 32KHz to 48KHz
> using a third party
> >application. I can't make any recommendations
> unfortunately (I used Adobe
> >Premiere 6.5, which does a good job of resampling the
> audio, but is at the
> >opposite end of the scale for home movie production to
> WMM2).
> >
> >Jake
> >
> >
> >.
> >