no audio studio9

garym · Post by **garym** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:26 am

new to this game so bare with me, i am getting no audio with studio 9 same file has audio with other play backs

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:21 am

Your video probably uses Dolby audio. If your version of VS9 has the letters SE after it, then it is a crippled version which is distributed free, usually with a piece of hardware or as a promotion.

And I am afraid Dolby requires a fee for each time it is included in a program. So companies distributing their crippled software free are hardly likely to include something they have to pay for...

garym · Post by **garym** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:25 am

Thanks Ken
yes it is a SE version, how to upgrade, or is it worth going after the full 10

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:40 am

Don't think you can upgrade to the full version of VS9 any more. You might also want to hold off a bit upgrading to the current Version 10+ as a new version 11 is imminent (though I have no idea of an exact date -- it's just that the new versions in the past have usually come out in the late March/April period).

In the meantime, you could try downloading a free AC3 filter which you can find by doing a search at www.videohelp.com It should allow you at least to import the video with audio and it should play. But when you edit it and produce a new video, you have to choose one of the other audio formats (LPCM or mpeg layer 2) as the filter will not output in Dolby -- it only accepts input.