No sound when trying to edit a captured video

[Glenn I am a beginner]

Please help me and be gentle as I am a beginner at this!

I have downloaded and recordered a movie from my Digital Camcorder on to a DVD through a DVD Recorder. When I play and capture this using Ulead Video Studio 9 on my Dell Computer, I can watch the movie and hear audio just fine.

However, when I try and edit this video using VideoStudio Editor I only get the image from the video and no audio is present.

I have tried everything I can find but cannot discover what I am doing wrong.

Please help me as this is extremely frustrating.

Thanks....Glenn javascript:emoticon(':?')
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[Ron P.]

Welcome to the torture chamber (Forums) Glenn...

Seriously welcome and we will be as gentle as possible..

First thing that always comes to mind is the absence of the Dolby Digital Plug-in, which was provided free to registered users of the full version. I don't know how to get this plug-in now, since the current version VS10 and 10+ come with support for Dolby, AND the release of VS11 and 11+ is just around the corner.

Is your VS9 version the full version or an SE version that came bundled with a piece of hardware? If it is in fact an SE version then you can not use the fee-based Dolby audio codec.

You could download the Free AC-3 Filter from VideoHelp.com. It will allow you to import and hear the audio, however will not allow you to encode the audio to Dolby. You would need to use LPCM or MPEG audio layer-2.

[Glenn I am a beginner]

G'day Ron,

Mate, thanks for responding so promptly.

I will try downloading that program and see how I go.

The version that I have is the VideoStudio 9. I did receive it bundled with a capture card that I purchased and had installed by my friendly local asian computer retailer. I am not sure if this will fix my problem. I get very confused with all this talk about MPEG's, encoded Dolby, AVI, LPCM and audio layer-2. I really am a beginner but am trying hard to understand and complete a project.

I am very confused as to why the audio plays fine when I am just watching the captured movie, but wont appear when I try and edit it????

You are very kind in trying to help me and I will try the download and cross my fingers!

Thanks again Ron.

Cheers.....Glenn javascript:emoticon(':)')
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[Ron P.]

Hi Glenn,

Since you do have an SE (Simple Editions) version, then you are going to have problems with any video that contains Dolby digital audio. Also most all of the fixes and patches will not install to SE versions. With that free AC-3 filter you should be able to hear your audio and then when you are ready to create a video file from your project, just use MPEG audio layer.

You might want to read through From Camcorder to DVD tutorial. It should walk you through from capturing to burning a disc. In fact there are several tutorials, tips and tricks, and a variety of other information, found in our tutorial section. http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewforum.php?f=27

You might also want to download the trial version, called a TBYB (Try Before You Buy) of the current release, VS10 Plus. It comes with support for Dolby Digital. If you are serious about learning the very addictive hobby of video editing, then it would be worth it. I'm not sure about this, but some have posted that the TBYB version allows Dolby, most do not though. Your VS9SE version does qualify you for upgrade pricing.

You stated that you are trying to import your video from a DVD, that was originally recorded on your digital camcorder. Is your camcorder a Digital 8, MiniDV,? Does it have a Firewire port (IEEE-1394, iLink)? If so it would be better to transfer your video using the Firewire. You could post the Make and Model of your camcorder if you're not sure, and someone could look it up.

There are certain terms with video editing that you will need to become familiar with, and understand. Like the variety of formats available, CO-DEC (Compression - Decompression) are used to compress the video into a much more portable and useable format then original raw digital video. Some of these are DV(Digital Video) which some people just refer to as "avi" (which is not totally correct), as "avi" is a container that can contain a variety of formats. DV files are quite large, (13 gig per hour of video), and are considered for the most part lossless. MPEG is another, however it is a lossy format, meaning that everytime you encode it, you stand to loose some quality.

Don't let this overwhelm you, just take a little at time, and soon you'll be able to create masterpieces just like the pros...