mp3 music sounds like little green men from out of space!?!

[psvendse]

I've just installed the DVD Movie Factory 4.0 and everything is working fine..., just one problem!

I want to create a slideshow on a DVD but when I add background music to the show, either mp3 format or CD audio file format it doesnt work.
The music turnes into some strange noise which sounds like little green men from out of space are talking!.

Can anyone help me with this problem, please!

[MikeGunter]

I've just installed the DVD Movie Factory 4.0 and everything is working fine..., just one problem!

I want to create a slideshow on a DVD but when I add background music to the show, either mp3 format or CD audio file format it doesnt work.
The music turnes into some strange noise which sounds like little green men from out of space are talking!.

Can anyone help me with this problem, please!

Hi,

Most likely you have a file with a low sample rate (<22kbs). Lower samples mean poorer quality.

You could upsample and see it that helps.

http://www.avsmedia.com/AudioUtilities/buy.aspx

Can upsample your file.

Mike

[psvendse]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for your help. I have now downloaded the software you recomended and then what? Should I use "Audio Converter" or "Audio Editor" or..?
What do you mean by upsample?

I still think this is not the correct way to solve this problem.
I have used similar software like Pinnacle Studio before for making video dvd's and slideshows but never had this type of audio problem before.

[MikeGunter]

I still think this is not the correct way to solve this problem.
I have used similar software like Pinnacle Studio before for making video dvd's and slideshows but never had this type of audio problem before.

Hi,

Digital audio is sampled so many times per second - in the case of DV NTSC and PAL video, audio is sampled at 48,000 times per second (hence the 48KHz).

Some software (such as VS9 and MSP7) can take just about any thing on the timeline, but reprocessing that audio coupled with other processing tasks, can be too much for the CPU to bear.

Pinnacle might have something in their software, but I really doubt it - a lot. My guess is that the samples there in MP3 or whatever were at or near the 48KHz rate.

Keep in mind that web audio in the MP3 format is highly compressed and is often sampled at 8KHz per second and is mono at that. That would mean that 90% of the information that makes up what makes sense to our hearing is tossed away.

Lower samples usually mean tinny, elfish, or green men sounds. Sampling up will help (check out the *Converter* in the audio utilities).

Good luck.

Mike

[JulianL]

Hi

I have this problem too!

I installed with no problems but then removed the driver/ program via the add/ remove menu in windows.

I have now readded this but am getting the 'little green men' sound.

I did find that the sample music files supplied by ulead in:-

c:\program files\ulead systems\ulead DVD music factory\ulead DVD music factory\music

worked but they show as mpeg files!?

[JulianL]

I have just tried various files at various bit rates:-

192 kbps
68 kbps
48 kbps

but no luck

[MikeGunter]

I have just tried various files at various bit rates:-

192 kbps
68 kbps
48 kbps

but no luck

Bitrates are not sample rates.

Use Audacity or similar audio editor to upsample to 48KHz.

Mike

[JulianL]

I have just tried various files at various bit rates:-

192 kbps
68 kbps
48 kbps

but no luck

Bitrates are not sample rates.

Use Audacity or similar audio editor to upsample to 48KHz.

Mike

my apologies... thanks for the info.

the basic version that came with my VIDEO-DVD hardwae used to be fine.... will keep trying.

[JulianL]

I think I am getting there bit by bit.

I did a fresh unistall (inc registry) as listed on here but still the same

My Windows media player was playing up so I tried to play an MP3 via PowerDVD,,but got the little green men on that as well - MF4 wasnt the only one!

then I remembered, I had been installing and unistalling codecs for another application.

I installed a codecs pack and I can now play MP3 via PowerDVD.

My MF4 is now coming up with 'error occurred' so I'll reinstall and let u know.