Audio Skipping During Playback

[Guest]

Hello-
I've created a movie comprised of still photos and some video. I've used
fade transitions between most of the photographs and have added some MP3
songs. During DVD playback the songs will skip. Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[Wojo]

This sometimes happens when you use MP3's especially during transitions and
especially if you clipped the song clips at all. If you convert the audio to
WMA or WAV and render/burn your movie again with the WMA files the problem
will likely go away.

 

[Michel]

This happens when you save to dv-avi. Saving to WMV instead would solve the
problem.

 

[Wojo]

Your right that will work if you are only going to play it back on your
computer.
But when saving in WMV then burning to DVD the problem usually returns.
Getting rid of the MP3 is what truly "solves" the problem in most cases.
-Wojo

 

[Guest]

Thank You! I'll give it a shot.

Your right that will work if you are only going to play it back on your
computer.
But when saving in WMV then burning to DVD the problem usually returns.
Getting rid of the MP3 is what truly "solves" the problem in most cases.
-Wojo

 

[Guest]

Wojo -
What is the easiest way to convert MP3 or MP4 files to WMA files?

 

[Michel]

Hi Wojo,

Well, I guess the experience may be different according to the specs of the
computer or installed programs, codecs, etc.

My personal experience (but I understand yours is different), is that
- the problem does not return when burning a DVD from a WMV file (but, in
any case, this is not a satisfactory solution since there is a loss of
sharpness as compared to DV-AVI)
- the problem is not only with MP3 but also with WMA music files (I've never
tried with WAV-PCM files. Will give a try to it next time).

More generally, I suppose (but not sure) this problem is related to the
"27th dropped frame" problem when saving to dv-avi. On a 1 hour movie with
lots of clips, I notice a difference of up to 3 sec (three seconds!!!) in
length between the movie saved as DV-AVI or saved as WMV... It's evident
there should be a problem implied somewhere with the music track!

What's PapaJohn's opinion about that?

Have a nice day.

Michel

 

[Wojo]

Well actually Movie Maker can do it.
If you import JUST the MP3 and drag it to the timeline then save it to your
computer it will create a WMA file. Generally when MP3's cause problems it
is when combined with images or video clips but if used alone in Movie Maker
they seem to work fine.
Otherwise I prefer a program called "Click and Convert"
http://www.topshareware.com/Click-and-Convert-2003-download-6163.htm
This program is great because I can use Windows Explorer and go through my
files. When I find one I need to convert I just right click and select
Convert and it does the job for me.
-Wojo

 

[Wojo]

Hi Wojo,

Well, I guess the experience may be different according to the specs of
the computer or installed programs, codecs, etc.

Very possible.

My personal experience (but I understand yours is different), is that
- the problem does not return when burning a DVD from a WMV file (but, in
any case, this is not a satisfactory solution since there is a loss of
sharpness as compared to DV-AVI)
- the problem is not only with MP3 but also with WMA music files (I've
never tried with WAV-PCM files. Will give a try to it next time).

hmmm, I've never had the issue when using WMA files except when working with
only images and music which is why I always recommend using PS3 for those
projects.

More generally, I suppose (but not sure) this problem is related to the
"27th dropped frame" problem when saving to dv-avi. On a 1 hour movie with
lots of clips, I notice a difference of up to 3 sec (three seconds!!!) in
length between the movie saved as DV-AVI or saved as WMV... It's evident
there should be a problem implied somewhere with the music track!

I agree I do believe the 27th frame drop probably causes the problem but for
whatever rrason it only seems to do it, with my experience and those I have
helped anyway, with MP3's.
The only thing I can say for certain is that I always recommend converting
in these cases and the majority of the people that post back say that did
the trick. And also that when I save as High Quality NTSC the problem isn't
there unrtil I burn to DVD and then it returns, never mind the fact that the
video quality isn't as good once on DVD.

 

[Guest]

If I want to save my videos only by transfering them back to the tape, what
format you recommend to use ? So far I used only the DV_AVI and the quality
is very good, but the skipping is terrible, however I did not try MP4 or WMA
files yet.
What do you recommend ? Should I use MP4 or WMA and DV-AVI or something else ?
I hope you can help, this problem keeps ruining all my work...

Clara

 

[decoder]

If I want to save my videos only by transfering them back to the tape,
what
format you recommend to use ? So far I used only the DV_AVI and the
quality
is very good, but the skipping is terrible, however I did not try MP4 or
WMA
files yet.
What do you recommend ? Should I use MP4 or WMA and DV-AVI or something
else ?
I hope you can help, this problem keeps ruining all my work...

Clara

If it is a DV cam, then you can only copy back to DV tape as DV-AVI.
What "skipping"?
Is it present in the files on your HD?
Or only when viewed on cam?

 

[Guest]

Only the audio part is skipping and only when I play it back on the video
camera or TV, what I like more, than playing it on the computer. I would like
to save the edited forms on the camera's tape, but I think, when I record it
, the audio part is saved in the original format/I usualy use MP3/, and as
you said, it is converted to WMA file only, when I save it to my computer.
So, if this is the case, is there any way to record back the already saved
form to the tape?/ the one I saved to the computer/ That would be ideal,
because that form is just perfect.
I think this movie program somehow can do it, I just don't know how.
Do you have some answer ???

Thanks so much:
Clara

 

[Wojo]

If you open your project and then click "Send to DV Camera" Movie Maker will
render the movie as a DV-AVI and then automatically send it to the DV tape
in your camera. What you want to make sure of when sending to a camera is
that you have the resources to do it without problems. For this I recommend
a quick visit to this webpage:
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/OptimiseMyPcForVideo.htm
Graham is talking about optimizing for video capture but it is the same
thing basically and taking a look at the things listed there and resolving
any issues that you may find will give you a better result on the DV tape.