Audio skip after export

[Kirk]

Hi.

I'm exporting a movie to DV tape. It runs and sounds
great in preview mode, but when playing the tape, the
audio skips when action sequences change (sports action,
lots of cuts). The original sound file is burned off a
CD (596 kbps), so it's not an MP3 compression (rate)
problem.

Ideas?

 

[Jake]

Hi.

I'm exporting a movie to DV tape. It runs and sounds
great in preview mode, but when playing the tape, the
audio skips when action sequences change (sports action,
lots of cuts). The original sound file is burned off a
CD (596 kbps), so it's not an MP3 compression (rate)
problem.

Ideas?

Hi Kirk

I have the same problem whether using .mp3 or .wma as my source file for
sound. The problem was most noticeable, i.e. unbearable, with high quality
..wma files, but still evident, i.e. irritating, with lower quality .mp3
files, and the audio drops out exactly as you describe it - at cuts in the
action.

I haven't performed a thorough test yet with .mp3s to see which bit rates
give the best/worst results, but it's something I want to do. If I get
round to it(!) I will post my findings here.

In my particular case I'm rendering the final cut to DV-AVI format on disk
for export to DVD at a later date, but I suspect the cause of the problem is
the same, whatever it is.

The end result, although beautifully edited (even though I say so myself!!)
and choreographed with the music, is unwatchable because of this bug!

Jake

 

[Cyndi]

I've had that happen just keeping it in the WMV format and burning to a CD. On my computer, the movie is perfect, but it skips and pauses on the CD and I did it all from MM2

 

[Guest]

Try publishing the project to disk as a 2 mbps WMV file
first. Then start a new project file, import the file
you just published, drop it to the timeline and the
publish to your DV camera.

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[Jake]

Try publishing the project to disk as a 2 mbps WMV file
first. Then start a new project file, import the file
you just published, drop it to the timeline and the
publish to your DV camera.

Have you tried it? Did it work?

Thanks

Jake

 

[Guest]

Here's the update...and the fix is good.

My audio source was a CD, so I thought it couldn't be an
audio bit rate problem (596kbps, it said).

To fix this, I published just the music portion of my
movie at the "high quality audio" rate, then imported it
into the timeline and and dropped it into the original
movie.

Worked beautifully. Thanks for the help.

Kirk