VideoStudio - Mpeg Layer 1 and Layer 2 Audio Issues

[khex]

Hello,

Has anyone else encountered a similar problem after rendering a video file using FFDshow video codec (for AVI compression in Mpeg4 base) and using Mpeg Layer 2 192kbps 48Khz audio for the audio format?

I have been using this tried and true format for years with no issues whatsoever... until recently within the past year or 2 I have been running similar problems with it. I had recently concluded it was due to the Mpeg Layer 1 and 2 audio codecs that DVD Movie Factory 7 install as prior to version 7 I have always had DVD Movie Factory 6 that I have to install in order to get this audio format on the system to use with encoding.

I had completely reset my system up recently... with NOT installing Movie Factory 7 and remaining with version 6 and have had no issues with encoding using VideoStudio Pro X3. However, I had gone ahead and installed the Service Pack 2 update for VideoStudio X3 and seems like since then the problem has resurfaced. Now I am usually left with glitchy audio. My question to the Corel guys... does Service Pack 2 for VideoStudio X3 have any relationship whatsoever to the Mpeg Layer 1 and Layer 2 audio codecs that Movie Factory 7 install? Because if it does, then you seriously have a problem with these newer codecs in the software and you need to revert back to previous versions which work without any problems.

Thank you.

[Ken Berry]

Welcome to the forums.

Certainly, in my 8 years or so on this Board that I have heard of this problem. Indeed, I was never even aware that Video Studio or Movie Factory in any version ever installed an mpeg-1 layer 1 codec on the computer. Layer 2, yes, because that is part of the international DVD standard for PAL. But I thought VS X3, and certainly X4, had done away with making even that format available, even for PAL users...

My question to the Corel guys...

Just for the record, apart from one or two Corel employees who occasionally visit here, this forum is staffed by volunteer users who make time available to help other users. So don't expect any direct answer here from "Corel"...

[teknisyan]

This appears to be a codec issue. You may want to download, install or update the codecs on your computer.

Here are some of the codecs that you may want to install.
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

Also if you have not installed the other updates like VideoStudio Pro X3 SmartSound Performance Update and VideoStudio Pro X3 Fix for MLE Database Incompatibility with PaintShop Photo Pro X3, you may also want to download and install them on your computer.

You can access for the complete list of update for VS X3 here http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/ ... 0460544373