Pinnacle - Where did my sound go?

[pinky75910]

what was your old editing program?

Windows Movie Maker. And I'm missing it now.

[JaddziaDax]

well wma is windows audio container and windows movie maker is well window's editing program... so it would make sense it woudl work there O.o

[NeoQuixotic]

have you tried converting the audio to an uncompressed WAV and see if that fixes the problem?

Er, how would I do that?

I think it's a Pinnacle problem - I ran it through my old editing prog and it came out fine

I personally have been using dBpoweramp for the last 7+ years to convert audio files.

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm - Install (No need to pay, unless you want MP3 or multicore support.)
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central ... -audio.htm - WMA codec (Get the XP or Vista one, depending on your OS.)

Then just right click and convert to WAV.

If you're recording audio, don't save to a lossy format if it's going to be compressed again for a video. Just record as a WAV in the first place. You want to avoid or at least minimize any compression done before the final output (same goes for video).

[pinky75910]

You think that will fix my problem?

have you tried converting the audio to an uncompressed WAV and see if that fixes the problem?

Er, how would I do that?

I think it's a Pinnacle problem - I ran it through my old editing prog and it came out fine

I personally have been using dBpoweramp for the last 7+ years to convert audio files.

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm - Install (No need to pay, unless you want MP3 or multicore support.)
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central ... -audio.htm - WMA codec (Get the XP or Vista one, depending on your OS.)

Then just right click and convert to WAV.

If you're recording audio, don't save to a lossy format if it's going to be compressed again for a video. Just record as a WAV in the first place. You want to avoid or at least minimize any compression done before the final output (same goes for video).

[pinky75910]

Sorry, just double-checked, I was using wavs the whole time.

have you tried converting the audio to an uncompressed WAV and see if that fixes the problem?

Er, how would I do that?

I think it's a Pinnacle problem - I ran it through my old editing prog and it came out fine

I personally have been using dBpoweramp for the last 7+ years to convert audio files.

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm - Install (No need to pay, unless you want MP3 or multicore support.)
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central ... -audio.htm - WMA codec (Get the XP or Vista one, depending on your OS.)

Then just right click and convert to WAV.

If you're recording audio, don't save to a lossy format if it's going to be compressed again for a video. Just record as a WAV in the first place. You want to avoid or at least minimize any compression done before the final output (same goes for video).

[NeoQuixotic]

It must the export settings then. Post a screenshot (or multiple if needed) showing your export settings. Also, try exporting to different formats. It's best to export from any editing application with the least compression. Basically, don't try exporting from Pinnacle to a DivX/XviD AVI. So I'd export the video as an AVI using Lagarith for video and uncompressed WAV for audio. Then you can compress that using Virtualdub or some other program. Yeah, it's multiple steps, but it seems to minimize problems and generally provides better results.

[pinky75910]

That's weird, it's not letting me take a pic, Yes, I know all about the ol Print Screen and copy etc trick, I do it all the time for some reason it doesn't seem to be "copying" properly.

Ah well, I tried putting the audio in a different format and adding in, it seems to be working now. Thank you for all your responses.