Messages posted by cleggems

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Use WAV, PD has lots of issues with mp3 and variable bitrate.

Jeff

Just tried that Jeff and it seems a bit more stable, well for the second issue of the audio seemingly jumping around depending on where I start the movie from! Thank you so much!

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Use WAV, PD has lots of issues with mp3 and variable bitrate.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff, I'll try that!

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AAC, FLAC, ALAC, WMA, WAV, M4A, MP3, OGG

When I was exporting the audio through Audacity, it was setting it to 'Variable' Bit Rate which was 320kbps. I've now changed it to 'Constant' at 192kbps - should this help? Or is this of no relation?

I'm exporting the files as MP3 so things should be OK in PD?

Thanks for your support, I appreciate it.

Glenn

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I think that performing the change for the first issue will probably resolve the second issue....ie making sure that the TL framerate and the audio framerate are the same, and making sure that the auido codec being used is one (like MPEG) that PD is compatible with.

Thanks, I'll take a look. Any idea how I can check which codecs are being used and supported?

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I'm sorry but I've never used Audacity. You should be able to change the audio properties of an Audacity file though. Just make sure that the audio framerate is identical to your video, and then select that rate in the TL.

Thanks, I'll try it out.

Any ideas on the second issue? WIth that one, there is no video recording, just an audio recording and then putting images and text onto the TL. As an example, when I play the video within the editor from the start, a sound effect will come in at say 23 seconds at the time that I want it. If I start to play the video from say 15 seconds in (because I've finished the first 15seconds and don;t need to keep watching it), the sound effect will appear at 25 seconds instead of 23. I haven't moved or changed anything, other than starting to play the video at a different place. At the moment, I'm having to watch the ENTIRE video every time I make a tiny adjustment which is taking forever!

Thanks for your help!
Glenn

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Your audio and video must be set at precisely the same fps, and the TL framerate must also be set at that rate.

Do you know how do I set the timeline frame rate on Audacity?

Thanks,
Glenn

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What audio and video codecs are you using? Are they both recording at the same fps? You may need to use an audio converter to convert your audio to match your video codec.

Ahhh, I never thought of that. I've been recording at 50fps but the timeline is set at 25fps. If I changed the timeline to 50fps, should that solve it?

Thanks for your reply.

Glenn

Hi,

Please help, I'm starting to lose my mind!

I'm recording a lot of clips at the minute using a mirrorless camera and a microphone plugged into my computer through Audacity as it gives me better audio (the camera is a bit older and doesn't allow me to plug the mic in as an external to record directly)

When I'm syncing the two up in PD, it starts off fine, but as the video goes on, the audio slowly starts to lose sync and is way off by the end. I don't understand why? They've both recorded at the same time?

Also, I'm having a separate issue where, if I play the movie I'm editing within PD from the beginning, things are in sync. But if I try to play the movie from a random point, say, 30 seconds in, then the audio moves a few seconds ahead and is out of sync. I really don't want to have to keep watching the whole thing from the beginning EVERY time as I'm trying to align text and images to the voiceover.

Anybody else come across this or know what I can do to resolve it?

Thanks,
Glenn

Thanks. I'm not doing it professionally so the lighting isn't great, but it's more the line at the side that is really annoying, even when I use high-quality stock footage it appears. Thanks for your responses though.

Quote It looks as if that line marks the edge of your overlay, if so then no particular mystery there. Have you experimented with the tolerance sliders in Chromakeying (hue, saturation and luminance)? You also appear to have some fringeing round the hand which you should be able to get rid of by the same means.

Yep, the Luminance slider seems to be the only thing that has any particular effect. I have adjusted to it to the maximum that it can be without lowering the quality of the footage (i.e. it starting to fade.) but it still appears. The only other workaround that I've found, after I posted on here, is to apply a mask to the edge and that seems to work, but it seems like I shouldn't have that issue in the first place!

How can I get rid of the little bits around the hand? I've tried choosing different sections of green and adjusting the sliders but it won't get rid of it. I've always thought that PowerDirector's Chroma Key has never been that great, especially when I see other people's, but it could just be something that I'm not doing!

Thanks for your response!

Hi,
Been having this problem for some time now over various projects. When I use the Chroma Key effect, whether it's something I've filmed myself or footage from elsewhere with high-quality green screen backgrounds, I'm often left with a very annoying green line at the right-hand side of my footage. It appears on most 'preview qualities' and on the Produced video too.

You can see it on the character, which is actually from the edge of the footage on the left.

The only workaround I have is to resize each clip until it goes away, but it can take a couple of minutes of trial and error, then I produce the video and it reappears! It's as if the chroma key hasn't quite reached the edge of the footage. Please help!

Thanks,
Glenn