SmartSound On And Off

MULLY5150

Newbie Location: Shizuoka, Japan Joined: Jun 27, 2011 04:01 Messages: 43 Offline

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Feb 15, 2013 02:25

Hey, guys, fairly new member to the forum here. I have recently installed PD11 Ultimate, coming from PD9, and I'm having trouble with SmartSound files. This could get a little long winded but I just want you to know exactly what I'm doing.

I bring my video clips into the editor. Cut and move around as needed. Once I have everything where I want it then it's time to set music to it. I mute all the audio on the video clips. I then open SmartSound, find my music, set the time limit, and drag it down into the audio track. Now, I do a preview to make sure the music stops exactly when I want it to. It's fine. After watching it through once I get to see if there are any more edits that need to be done. So I go back to the video clips, edit what needs to be edited....whether that is adding a title or cutting something out, then I go back to the beginning and watch it over to see if the changes I made turned out the way I had hoped. This time around, the SmartSound music doesn't play. I've found that if I drag that SS clip up into the VoiceOver room it will play with the video. Then, when I check to see if it's still going, the music doesn't work. So I drag it back into the audio track and it works fine. Then the process repeats itself. It's not really anything other than an inconvenience but it didn't happen like that in PD9. The videos on this channel are short, usually around a minute, silent comedy. The stopping time of the music is integral to the punchline so, as you can imagine, I listen over and over and over to make sure it's right. Any thoughts on this? I can actually make a video showing exactly what is happening if you'd like. Again, the music plays, I just have to drag it back and forth between the audio and voice over tracks for it to work each time.
Thanks in advance,
MULLY ...........................................................................
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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Feb 15, 2013 03:11

Hi Mully -

As you're aware, this is an issue others experience http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/26741.page

I can't explain it & there's no simple solution. There are workarounds posted in the above thread but it's just a fact that, as wonderful as SmartSound is, in PD it's a bit on-again off-again.

Once I know the final duration & I've done the music matching, I often uncheck all other audio tracks and produce the music bed to WAV or WMA format to use. Problem gone with a few extra clicks. Yes - it should work consistently. but it doesn't.

Cheers - Tony
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MULLY5150

Newbie Location: Shizuoka, Japan Joined: Jun 27, 2011 04:01 Messages: 43 Offline

Feb 15, 2013 10:11

Thanks for the info, Tony. I guess I'll just have to deal with it. Like I said, it's more of an inconvenience than anything. I just hope they get it right in 12. 9 works fine so it can be done. Thanks again!
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