Nature of the Problem
First off, you should know that for some reason my copy of ULead Video Studio 9 has given me problems in the past. When I installed it on my computer, it would not initially work. It would not startup. I then discovered that it would ONLY work under a certain user on the computer. I find it really strange, but I just now have to be logged in to that certain profile to use Ulead.
Well, it worked fine until I tried to use music. I came to a point where I needed to fade out the music, so I went to the "Audio View" and "Audio Step" of Video Studio, and selected that particular clip on the timeline menu and I selected the music track on the audio view menu. I pressed the play button on the audio menu so I could adjust the volume of the music. Got to the spot where I wanted to fade the music out, and did so. And AS I was editing the decibal meter it DID work! When I lowered it, the volume lowered. Perfect! So I then proceed after I faded the music out to play back the video to see how it sounded. That's where my problem comes in. It didn't fade out then. I looked at the audio of the clip, and it has the deceasing volume still there (The small blocks and the lowering horizontal line), but when I actually PLAY it, export it to video, or export the sound of the video, or any type of thing to actually hear it, it does not fade out.
What is the problem? Why will it not fade out?
Properties of your source files (format, file size, where did you get it?)
The source video file I'm using is a Windows Media Audio/Video file, about 90 megs, and I imported it off of my digital video camera.
What devices are involved and their mode of connection?
My camera, and through a digital video cable or something?
Project Settings
Not sure what you're asking here.
Output format (file, DVD, VCD, SVCD)
File: MPEG
PAL or NTSC
NTSC
System information (please fill this up in your User Profile).
Windows XP Media Center OS and I'm not quite sure on the rest.
Music will not fade out
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First, I need to ask a question which may be relevant to your audio problem, but I confess in advance that I am not sure it does.
But why on earth are you capturing from your digital video camera in .WMV format (which is what I assume you mean by 'Windows Media Audio/Video file') -- particularly when you are producing, as output, an mpeg file? You don't say what kind of mpeg file it is, but I am assuming that it is mpeg-2 and that you possibly also intend at some stage to burn this to DVD? WMV is a highly compressed format, and I will say nothing about its quality as, like everything else, it has its supporters and detractors. But a lot of people on this Board who use it, appear to have frequent problems when either converting from or to WMV.
You don't say whether you used Video Studio to capture it in the first place, though I can't help but wonder whether in fact you might have used Windows Movie Maker to do so. Whatever the case, if your aim is to eventually produce an mpeg file (and particularly so if it is an mpeg-2 destined for a DVD), then you should either (recommended) be capturing first to DV format (which Movie Maker can also do), do your editing in that format, and then go to Share > Create Video File > DVD (or mpeg-2 if you have some other purpose in mind). Or else capture direct to mpeg-2, though this will depend on how fast and powerful your computer is as the process is highly demanding of computer resources. Many people also believe that mpeg-2 is not a format which is good for editing, though again there is some controversy over this.
As I said at the outset, I am not sure that this relates to your audio problem, but I can't help feeling that it does, since I am by no means convinced that Video Studio was designed to edit WMV format files.
But why on earth are you capturing from your digital video camera in .WMV format (which is what I assume you mean by 'Windows Media Audio/Video file') -- particularly when you are producing, as output, an mpeg file? You don't say what kind of mpeg file it is, but I am assuming that it is mpeg-2 and that you possibly also intend at some stage to burn this to DVD? WMV is a highly compressed format, and I will say nothing about its quality as, like everything else, it has its supporters and detractors. But a lot of people on this Board who use it, appear to have frequent problems when either converting from or to WMV.
You don't say whether you used Video Studio to capture it in the first place, though I can't help but wonder whether in fact you might have used Windows Movie Maker to do so. Whatever the case, if your aim is to eventually produce an mpeg file (and particularly so if it is an mpeg-2 destined for a DVD), then you should either (recommended) be capturing first to DV format (which Movie Maker can also do), do your editing in that format, and then go to Share > Create Video File > DVD (or mpeg-2 if you have some other purpose in mind). Or else capture direct to mpeg-2, though this will depend on how fast and powerful your computer is as the process is highly demanding of computer resources. Many people also believe that mpeg-2 is not a format which is good for editing, though again there is some controversy over this.
As I said at the outset, I am not sure that this relates to your audio problem, but I can't help feeling that it does, since I am by no means convinced that Video Studio was designed to edit WMV format files.
Ken Berry
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johnkalinowski
RE: Music Will Not Fade Out
U.C.,
Just a thought, because this happened to me. To hear the "fade-out" (or for that matter "fade-in") effect, it seems you have to play back the section in the "project" (and not the "clip") setting. If you play it back as a clip, it will be the way it sounded before applying the fades.
Hope that's all it is!
Best Regards,
John Kalinowski
(U.S.A.)
Just a thought, because this happened to me. To hear the "fade-out" (or for that matter "fade-in") effect, it seems you have to play back the section in the "project" (and not the "clip") setting. If you play it back as a clip, it will be the way it sounded before applying the fades.
Hope that's all it is!
Best Regards,
John Kalinowski
(U.S.A.)
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irideducs
U.C.,
This might help - discovered it last night after a bunch of frustration with the same issue.
It seems that if you change the music or voice track level adjustment to anything other than 100%, then the fade in, fade out, or any rubber band adjustments that you make fail to take effect. Things work fine if you stick with 100%.
Strangely, this version 9 bug does not occur with either of the movie tracks - just the music and voice tracks. A workaround is to use the rubberband function to increase or decrease levels rather than the dropdown options.
Good luck
This might help - discovered it last night after a bunch of frustration with the same issue.
It seems that if you change the music or voice track level adjustment to anything other than 100%, then the fade in, fade out, or any rubber band adjustments that you make fail to take effect. Things work fine if you stick with 100%.
Strangely, this version 9 bug does not occur with either of the movie tracks - just the music and voice tracks. A workaround is to use the rubberband function to increase or decrease levels rather than the dropdown options.
Good luck