[Solved] Sound problems when burning DVD

nalab1

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Jan 19, 2015 07:27

Hi,

I am currently in the process of creating a slideshow of my daughters wedding. I have added a soundtrack of various songs (ripped from CD). When playing the assembled slideshow from within PowerDirector, there is no problem with the sound quality. I have produced the slideshow to both MP4 and H264 formats and played both of these on my PC and the sound is OK. The problem occurs when I burn a DVD. I always burn to a file and then use BurnAware to create the disc. When playing the DVD on my DVD player, the sound is absolutely awful. It sounds distorted and very muffled. This only seems to occur on one of the sound tracks - Marry You by Bruno Mars (MP3 format), the others sound fine... When I play the original MP3 of the Bruno Mars track on the PC that sounds OK too.

Has anyone got any suggestions to correct this sound problem?

Regards,

Alan

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BarryTheCrab

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Jan 19, 2015 09:01

Some mp3 files pose problems for PD.
Try converting the file to another audio format. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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nalab1

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Jan 19, 2015 09:05

Hi BarryTheCrab,

Thank you for your reply!

Have you got any suggestions on the file format? WAV etc? Also, any recommendations on settings for the file e.g. bit rates etc.

Regards,

Alan Dell XPS One 2720 Core i7 4790S, 16GB RAM
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BarryTheCrab

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Jan 19, 2015 09:20

Wav is a good choice.
You can start a new project (not much of a project) in PD.
Place your file in a timeline, go to Produce, you'll see the music notes in the menu, that is the audio-only section.
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nalab1

Member Joined: Mar 10, 2013 13:40 Messages: 54 Offline

Jan 19, 2015 09:26

Hi BarryTheCrab,

Thank-you for the reply.

I will try it tonight, as I am away from my PC at the moment. So to recap, use PD to create the WAV file instead of WaveEditor or AudioDirector?

Regards,

Alan Dell XPS One 2720 Core i7 4790S, 16GB RAM
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BarryTheCrab

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Jan 19, 2015 09:33

They'll all work, but PD is right there and very easy to use.
EDIT: WMA is the output with all the CD-like choices, it will work.

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Carl312

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Jan 19, 2015 09:34

Quote: Hi BarryTheCrab,

Thank-you for the reply.

I will try it tonight, as I am away from my PC at the moment. So to recap, use PD to create the WAV file instead of WaveEditor or AudioDirector?

Regards,

Alan

You can usually extract the audio in the PD library. Right Click the Video > Extract Audio. That produces a WAV audio file.

If you have a separate audio file, then WaveEditor or AudioDirector works.

As does lots of free file converters.
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BarryTheCrab

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Jan 19, 2015 09:35

Forgot about that route, Carl, good call. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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nalab1

Member Joined: Mar 10, 2013 13:40 Messages: 54 Offline

Jan 19, 2015 09:37

Hi BarryTheCrab,

Thank-you for the reply(again!).

So, once I have produced the WMA file in PD, add the WMA file instead of the MP3 into my main project - Correct?

Regards,

Alan Dell XPS One 2720 Core i7 4790S, 16GB RAM
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BarryTheCrab

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Jan 19, 2015 11:13

Correctamundo. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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nalab1

Member Joined: Mar 10, 2013 13:40 Messages: 54 Offline

Jan 26, 2015 08:19

Hi BarryTheCrab,

Sorry about the late reply, just to say I saved the MP3 files as WMA and the music now sounds ok. Thank-you for your help!

Regards,

Alan Dell XPS One 2720 Core i7 4790S, 16GB RAM
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