Here is my Screen shot of obscured images, Audio and Video. This has been a real education for me. Learning how to use 2 other software programs just to get this info to you. Thanks for being patient with me.

I have worked on converting the M4a files to WAV and have replaced them on my Edit Workspace. I will produce and check out the results. My timeline will follow.

Attached are the Title page, and 2 of 7 parts of my Timeline.

Here are snapshots of the next 3 parts of Timeline.

Here are the remaining 2 parts of the Timeline. Snapshot 12 is the suspected problem area. At the beginning of the clip there is a slight change in audio but where the blue line is, the audio is very noticeably out of sync.

I hope this helps in your evaluation. If you need more info or if the snapshots are not clear enough, please let me know.

I will let you know how the new production turns out.

I am a bit more anxious to get this resolved since I am using the trial version for this event, I am just about at the end of my trial period. I would hate to start this all from scatch.

In Snap 4 right in the middle of the third track you have a left over media file - that single small line. Stretch out the track and eliminate it.

Issue: I cant see anything here - you need to stretch out the track - watch and listen to where it exactly goes out of sync.

Save one "master pds" file.
Create 4 more saved pds files.
Open one and reduce your project to one quarter - repeat so you have each pds covering a quarter part of the project.
Now use this process and see if any part is out of sync.

1. You're attempting to localise a point.
2. you could if you wish Produce all quarters and bring the finished video back into PD to create a disc.

Dafydd

Yes, I saw that sliver of a media file when I was replacing the converted WAV audio files on the timeline. I did delete it. I produced the corrected pds and was hoping that the changes would solve the problem but I found that it is still out of sync.

I will create the 5 pds files and divide into quarters and then stretch to localize the problem. I'll let you know if I find anything.

Dbl10s;
PD9 has been struggling with Audio sync problems on some platforms and using some formats. Not sure yet whether this applies to you. Having said that:

1. The video card for your laptop is marginal, having only 495 MEGS of dedicated memory. To optimize this card and maximize it's effectiviness, please, update your video driver to the most recent release ( 266.58 )
http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win7-winvista-266.58-whql-driver.html

2. Your sound drivers also need updated...they are almost 4 years old and much has changed since then regarding sound/audio processing.

3. There is insufficient space available on your C:drive. Clean this up, as you do not have enough space available to handle processing of the files with PD9.

4. Have you installed the 2504 patch??

These four things should be done before you test further, as they impact DIRECTLY the ability to resolve the problems..

Fred

Thanks for the suggestions Fred. I will try to do all the things you suggest. Do you suggest defragmenting or just clean up disk? Where do you suggest I find the updated sound drivers? My computer has in the last couple productions just yesterday started to go white and stop at times so I have to End Task.

I am at the end of the trial period, spending most of it trying to figure out this problem.

Dbl10s;

Don't let the trial end. Buy it, and make sure to install the newest patch (2702 released today), now! Might fix a bunch of things.

Sound drivers are hard to find. Maybe someone here can jump-in and help you locate them. That DXDIAG really helps get people assisting.

Try cleaning all the old temp files , etc. using diskcleanup first...empty the recycle bin, etc. Just free up some space.

Fred,

I am cleaning up my old temp files. I downloaded the Nvidia driver only to be told that it could not install because it is not compatible to my computer. As far as the updated drivers for my audio, they were checked online and were said to be the most recent. So until someone comes up with a better sound driver, I am at the same point.

I hesitate to buy this PD9 if I can't get over the out of sync audio. I have used many video editing programs in the past and have never had this problem. Of course it was years ago using a desktop and also the old programs and Windows 95 but some of the techniques are the same. My past DVD's were even longer than this one, and I can't get over the fact the audio is out of sync.

I am not one to quit without a good try, so I will plug on.

I will create the 5 pds files and divide into quarters and then stretch to localize the problem. I'll let you know if I find anything.

How did you get on with the above task?
thanks
Dafydd

Dafydd,
I could not find anything out of sync when I segmented the pds into 5 portions. I even made sure my screen viewed in HD so I can check the mouths. I am currently cleaning up my computer since the program has been whiting out when I tell it to do too much when I was editing the Master pds file. I changed the Birthday transitional titles that I downloaded from the Cyberlink site so the titles would only fade in and out. I thought maybe the transitions were causing the audio to go ahead of the video because when I was reviewing the production, it would be at these points that it would get stuck and hesitate moving forward. The audio would play but the screen would be black. Then it would skip forward fast to catch up. So do you think these transitional titles are causing the glitch?

I also tried to do some of the things FredB told me to do to improve the performance of my computer.

A new update has been released for PD9. Suggest that it be applied before continuing any more troubleshooting. Win 10, i7

HDedit

I only have PD9 trial version that is expiring in 2 days. You think I should buy the update?

It's available on the support web page. Win 10, i7

Produce to a finish video format
Bring them all back into PD
Create to disc

What happens?

The white out experience is indicative of a system struggling to function and the cause can be a good number of reasons.
Transitions - just an additional point of stress for your computer.
How long have you left on the trial?

Thanks
Dafydd

I only have 2 days left. I will go ahead and produce the 5 segments and bring back into PD to create a disk. I did produce another production MPEG-2 of what I edited with new titles pages. The audio was still not in sync. Here's hoping it gets produced with audio in sync in segments and can be pieced together.

Some more questions:
If I shorten the video and image clip durations, do you think the entire long project might have a better chance to get produced with audio and video joined in sync?

Did you notice in the snapshots, that I have some WAV audio files on the track for voice overs (microphone symbol) instead of regular audio (speaker). For some reason, when I tried to put the WAV files on the second audio track, the audio line moved and in the Mixing room, the number of speakers showed it was not in stereo. Could putting the WAV files on the wrong tracks cause the out of sync voice overs?

HDedit, & Dafydd Bevan - SoftDeko

I downloaded the brand new patch into my computer. It would not install into my computer since it would not recognize the trial version of PD9. It actually said that I needed to have PD9 on my computer inorder to install the update.

Meanwhile, I cleaned up my computer and produced another .pds file. I burned it only to see the usual audio spots out of sync.

I then split this new production version into 3 segments, produced all three which took no time at all. I then imported them into the create disk section and burned the to disk. The final version which played automatically, has many improved audio sync areas, which I was glad to see. I think there is just 1 or 2 spots which are barely noticeable. Having them joined in the final creation of disks was something I would not have thought to do. I was unaware that PD9 could do that. It took half the time to produce and burn to disk using this method. The new simple blue menu created was also nice with the 3 chapters thumbnails on it, but I did not like the fact that CYBERLINK POWER DIRECTOR 9 TRIAL was written in subtitles on the top of all three project files. I could not get rid of the subtitle on the thumbnail as the titles were transitional. I can't even give you a snapshot of that workspace as my trial version has expired.

In any case, I do appreciate all the help that both of you have given me. The suggestions and trouble shooting were very helpful and educational. I will go ahead and buy the PD9, (in box form) now that I am aware of this feature of importing project files and that they can be spliced together.

I do wish there were more Menu pages available that could be downloaded from Director Zone. That is why I did not make chapters on the original versions of my produced project.

I have completed my project as best I believe I can now. Thanks again. :D