Corel Videostudio x10 and problem with the audio track.

[Parotia]

Hello everyone, I'm having a problem and I hope maybe somebody knows what can be done about it. As far as I'm pleased with the video settings and quality the audio on the other hand.. it's complicated.

I have my project all done and I'm trying to export it as MPEG-4 but when I play the finished mp4 file, there's a lot of hissing in the music track, it intensifies especially in more quiet parts of the track. It's not there as I play or edit my project in the program.

The audio file is originally an mp3 with 320/kbps. The audio settings in the program are set to:

Audio type: AAC

Audio frequency: Tried both 44100 and 48000

Audio bitrate: 256 (I have no idea why it's not possible to go for 320, maybe that's what's causing the problem?)

Audio mode: Stereo (not possible to change)

If anyone could help me, I'd be really thankful.

[Ken Berry]

Welcome to the forum!

Unfortunately, Video Studio has had a long history of problems with some mp3 audio, especially when the mp3 is produced with the LAME codec. My first attempted solution, therefore, would be to convert the mp3 to standard .wav and inserting that instead in VS. There are any number of converter programs that will do this, but for audio I tend to use the freeware audio editor Audacity. (I also use Audacity for my voiceovers...)

[Parotia]

Oh, didn't suspect that it could be actually the program that's causing this. Hmm. I will try the way you suggest later on!