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gethy · Post by **gethy** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:35 am

I have a few files I would like to edit. The sound works fine when I use Windows Media player or something, but it wont play in VideoStudio 9. They are MPEG files. Any suggestions?

Thanks
Gethy

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:04 am

If your version of Video Studio has the letters SE after it, then it is a crippled version. And if the audio on your video is Dolby, then it will not play since once of the crippled things in the program is the absence of Dolby.

SE versions are free, while Dolby requires a licence fee for every time it is included in a program. A software manufacturer is not going to pay a licence fee then give the program away free.

You can check the audio by right clicking on a video within Video Studio and looking at Properties.

Your options are to upgrade to the most recent version which includes the Dolby codecs. Or you could try a free AC-3 filter which you will find if you do a search of the www.videohelp.com site. That filter will at least allow you to import and play the Dolby. But when you edit the video, you have to output to a different audio format: LPCM or mpeg layer 2. The filter will in other words decode Dolby but won't encode it.

gethy · Post by **gethy** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:32 am

Thanks for replying. Does anyone know of a free program where I can edit MPEG Files?

Thanks
Gethy

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:42 am

Please click here -->

so that we can then view your system specifications.

If you have Windows XP then you also have built into it Windows Movie Maker. However.... as good as free programs are you get what you pay for.
This will not however cure your problem - as mentioned by Ken, if you have Dolby sound then with a free program you need to obtain a Dolby plug in. Those are NOT free. Dolby is an independant software company who do not give their products out for free. Any software manufacturer who uses Dolby has to pay royalties to Dolby to use their product.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:03 am

Windows Movie Maker, as far as I am aware, does not edit mpegs -- only DV/avi and WMV.

As Steve has said, though, you are unlikely to find a free program that will edit video with Dolby audio.

harry_hariz · Post by **harry_hariz** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:38 am

i caanot render to mpeg nor any format...it displayed that cannot read audio...is there any format of audio cannot be read?what are the format which uvs 9 support n which format it cannot support?

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:05 am

Please do not double post. I have already replied to your other post.

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