Videostudio 10 Plus audio problems

zydec · Post by **zydec** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:04 pm

Can anyone help me please?
Using vs 10 plus, I import from a dvd recorded from a standalone dvd recorder, but when I drag that video into the timeline and play the clip it's fine. It's when I playback the project. I'm getting some crackling noise in the background and when near the end of the video the audio and video are out of sync.

PAL DVD
720x576 25fps

AthlonXP2600
1 gb ram
120 gb Maxtor hdd x2
128mb asus v9560 graphics
asus dvd burner

Please help
Zydec

Reactor · Post by **Reactor** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:10 am

I just had that happen, and I think it's because of memory issues... or cpu issues when playing back the rendered avi file. It's trying to find places in video while going from cut-to-cut, and I don't think it can seek fast enough, which is why you wind up with out of sync video and crackles in sound. If you hit pause and play from the area with out of sync video, does it fix the problem temporarily? And, do you have the same issues if you're using proxy files?

zydec · Post by **zydec** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:43 am

It's actually a mpeg file I'm trying to look, I haven't done any editing of the file. I just import, put it into the timeline, it's when I playback the project I get the problem not when just the clip is played.
Never used proxy files.

Zydec

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:50 am

Preview if set on Instant Playback (Preferences) is just a preview.

Not the actual output and the displayed result is an approximation to help you see how everything works. It's quality is determined by your computers' capabilities and the other applications running.
You can't judge the quality until you really render the project.

Consider it a draft...

zydec · Post by **zydec** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:58 pm

I know it's a draft.
But I had it working fine, I didn't use my computer for a couple of weeks, then it started going funny. I didn't change any settings. One minute is was working fine then the next it went funny.
I have vs9 on a completely different machine and that done the same too, once it worked then the next it didn't.
I can't concentrate with this heat now aswell, I think going funny myself.

Zydec

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:59 pm

What happens if you burn it to a DVD(RW)? Same results?

zydec · Post by **zydec** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:18 pm

yep, burnt it to a DVD+(RW)
same results, jerky video and audio going out of sync

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:35 pm

OK, now you are saying jerky video too...

Are you following the Recommended Procedure in the top sticky post?

Please list the properties of your clip (right click on the clip) and your project.

zydec · Post by **zydec** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:52 pm

I'm doing what it says
i have imported video and edited before, but for some reason the video is jerky and audio goes out of sync ONLY when the project button is clicked, when the clip button is highlighted the video works fine

Zydec

DVDDoug · Post by **DVDDoug** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:16 pm

...Sounds like a bad MPEG to me. It could be that the DVD is damaged or dirty, or for some unknown reason Video Studio is having trouble importing it. DVD importing seems to give lots of people trouble. A bad MPEG can be difficult to diagnose, because it will often play-back OK, but cause problems with editing programs, or when re-coding or re-multiplexing.

But I had it working fine, I didn't use my computer for a couple of weeks, then it started going funny. I didn't change any settings. One minute is was working fine then the next it went funny.

With a different video file, right? If the same MPEG file is no longer working, maybe you did something to mess it up??? Try re-importing it.

I don't know what the solution is... As a last resort, maybe analog capture if you have the hardware to do it.

I doubt that this is caused by a hardware or operating system problem. Your computer is just "number crunching" digital-data. A slow, underpowered, computer can get errors with real-time capture, but once you have digital files on your hard drive a slow computer is just slower... it doesn't make errors. It is also unusual to get a true "out of memory" error, because Windows automatically uses the hard drive as virtual RAM. It's waaaaay slooooower... but again, that's just a speed issue.

zydec · Post by **zydec** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:25 pm

i know waht you're saying
i am importing a mpeg file from a stand alone dvd recorder disc
i've used different discs and files, same problem
and i've also captured the video through firewire, same again
i've installed 2GB of ram now and it's still doing it
i seem silly but i've burnt dvd's using the same settings before and why can't it do it now?

Zydec

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:35 pm

I'm doing what it says

What exactly is that?

One thing you can try that has worked for some people is actually copying the mpeg file to your hard drive, then import into VS from there, instead of from the DVD itself.

Other than that we are at a standstill, unless you want to give us some more info, like your clip and project properties.

zydec · Post by **zydec** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:42 pm

project settings:
PAL (25 fps)
MPEG files
24 Bits, 720 x 576, 25 fps
Lower Field First
(DVD-PAL), 4:3
Video data rate: Variable (Max. 8000 kbps)
LPCM Audio, 48000 Hz, Stereo

Clip properties:
PAL DVD
MPEG-2 Video, lower field first
24bits, 720x576 (4:3)
Variable bit rate(MAX 9396kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio
48000 Hz,2/0(L,R)
256kbps

These are the settings

LV_426 · Post by **LV_426** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:30 am

I have exactly the same problem here. It's a new problem with version 10. Version 9 does not suffer the same thing.

I'm convinced that v10 doesn't handle DD audio very well.

The Tabletop DVD recorder is a Pioneer 520. DVDs are made on DVD-Video format and then imported using VS10.

If I record on the Pioneer with the soundtrack as PCM (the Pioneer does this only on its lowest compression setting, 1 hour per DVD) then all is well.

If I record with a DD soundtrack (any other compression setting) then, in VS10:

1: Preview audio is very crackly/corrupt, but only when playing THE PROJECT. Playing the CLIP is OK.
2: In Re-encoded files, regardless of whether it is SmartRender or a full re-encode, the audio will have occasional (say two or three times per second) clicks in it.

Sad really. I so want this software to be good; sadly, I find it isn't.

zydec · Post by **zydec** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:02 pm

Thanks for that LV_426
I'll have a look at my Hitachi dvd recorder

Zydec