VideoStudio Pro X4 - No Audio during Project

[BlueStreak]

Now, I have searched for this problem everywhere, and although I have found about THREE different forums, I haven't been able to find a simple, straight answer.

I'm sure people will know of this issue, but I'll explain:

OK, so I add a video to the timeline video track (not the overlay track), and with 'clip' selected and playing... I have audio just fine, for the most part... sometimes the audio jumps and skips, and sounds garbled. With 'project' selected and the video playing, either the same thing happens as the 'clip' or there is no audio at all.

What I have discovered, is that this is common with AVI files. Other files, such as WMV, don't seem to have this problem. It affects only AVI files. But why is this? The video plays just fine in WMP and VLC, as well as other video editors such as PowerDirector... so why dos VideoStudio have this odd sound issue? And I'm sure as Hell not gonna convert all my videos to WMV just to edit them.

This is on a fresh install of VideoStudio Pro X4 (as well as Windows), no updates, no Service Packs, no nothing... even WITH SP1 it's still does it. I've also removed and reinstalled my codec packs (from K-Lite to Shark007) with no difference.

I've also hear that people are now having this issue with VS Pro X3 as well (I have X3 to) so I assume it's pointless to install X3 as well. Can anyone give a simple, straight answer to this problem? I really do NOT like using any editing software other than X4, since it's the best one I've used... so I do not want a reason to use something else.

Thanks in advance for any help, guys.

[Ron P.]

Welcome to the forums,

Simple straight answer? We would like all problems to have simple straight answers, but they don't. To start with AVI could mean any one of over 800 different video files that use that wrapper. What determines the actual video file is the codec used. To find out what one you're referring to, please right-click on it in the timeline or library of VS, select Properties, what are they?

Project playback can pose problems that are attributed to the compression, complexity of the project, and how powerful your PC is, and how much resources it has to work with. With most PCs nowadays, while they are much more powerful, they also run 3x the processes as was the case just a few years ago. The more things you have going on behind the scenes, the less resources VS will have at its disposal.

Clip mode means just that, it is playing the original source clip, just like any media player would. Project Mode is where VS throws things together on-the-fly to give you an idea of what your project is looking like.

[teknisyan]

This can be a codec issue.. please try to uninstall the K-lite codec pack then make sure you have these codecs or software updated..

RealPlayer: http://www.real.com/
DivX: http://www.divx.com/en/software/divx-plus/codec-pack
XviD: http://downloads.xvid.org/downloads/xvidcore-1.3.1.zip
Windows Media Player: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/wind ... dia-player or just download the Windows Encoder at http://www.microsoft.com/expression/pro ... rview.aspx
QuickTime: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
Direct X: http://on-msn.com/aLrk0j (WinXP)
Direct X: http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/window ... tx-11.aspx

[MistressMerr]

Having this exact problem, have yet to come across a satisfactory solution anywhere. Clips and audio files play just fine on their own, but anything in project mode (as well as any completed projects) are completely silent. Codecs and software are all up to date, no idea what to do. I loved the last version of this program that I owned, but if I can't resolve this, I'm gonna have to find something else to use.

[Ron P.]

Welcome to the forums MistressMerr,

With the little information you provide we can not provide any sort of sensible solution. Please go to the sticky at the top of this forum entitled Please Read this First before Posting, and provide the requested information.

[MistressMerr]

Properties of your source files, including video, audio, image files: Happens with pretty much everything, but to pick one project in particular, it's a single AVI file (XviD MPEG-4 Codec)

Project Properties (important): NTSC drop frame (29.97 fps)
MPEG files
24 bits, 720 x 480, 29.97 fps
Upper Field First
(DVD-NTSC), 16:9
Video data rate: Variable (Max. 6000 kbps)
Audio data rate: 256 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio, 48 KHz, 2/0(L,R)

Output format (file, DVD, VCD, SVCD): Any, I've tried them all.

PAL or NTSC: NTSC

Error Codes (if any): None

Product Version: VS X4 Pro