Can't Get the Sound

[sarge]

I used a Sony video camera with a mini DVD for the first time. Downloaded the video files to my hard drive. They are MPEGs (do not seem to have any other option when transferring from the Dvd to the hard drive. Plays perfectly on the computer in Windows media or any other player. When I bring the file into Video studio (I have version8), I have the following problems 1) will lock up on me and send me out of Video Studio if I select as a clip to play without first bringing the clip down into the video file I am developing; 2) when I play the clip in Videostudio, I get no sound. I do not have these problems with my regular Sony video camera (which uses mini tapes and downloads into my computer as anAVI)

[Ron P.]

Welcome to the forums,

Without knowing more specific information, like the video file properties, and based on your version being VS8, I'm guessing that your mini-DVD cam records Dolby audio, where as your Mini-DV uses LPCM, or MPEG audio layer 2. If I recall correctly, VS8 did not support Dolby Digital audio.

1. How did you "download" your DVD files to your PC?
2. Did you just copy the files from the Mini-DVD to your harddrive and then insert them?
3. When bringing your video clips into VS, are you using the command, Insert video, or Insert>DVD/DVD-R?
4. Did you finalize your DVD disk?
5. Lastly are you using a full version or an SE version?

[sjj1805]

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No Sound

[sarge]

Got two responses on my problem with not having a sound. The file is an MPEG-2 and the Audio is shown as Dolby Digital Audio. Based on responses I have seen, it appears that Version 8 does not support Dolby. Do not think I found any patches for this. Any other suggestion (other than to upgarde to newer version)? Just some additional information. The DvD was finalized at which point, I used the software (Sony Picture Package) supplied with the camera to download the video files into the computer (they became MPEGs). In the download, I can play as individual files in Windows Media. If I just put the DvD in and play off of the DvD, I get the finalized version with menus.

[Ken Berry]

If you don't want to think of an upgrade, then the only other think *I* can think of would be to go to www.videohelp.com and do a search for a free AC-3 decoder they have. It will at least allow you to open a file with Dolby audio within VS8.

However, it will not output in that format. In other words, for your final edited DVD, you must choose either of the other two DVD audio formats -- LPCM or mpeg layer 2.

LPCM is high quality but produces large files, so this could be an issue if you have a lot of video you want to fit on the final DVD. Mpeg layer 2 produces much smaller files, but may not be playable on older NTSC stand-alone DVD players as it is not part of the NTSC DVD standard. (Mind you, usually there is no problem in this regard.)