After an upgrade I get white noise with all videos

JamesLB wrote on 8/8/2021, 2:45 PM

I have been using Movie Studio 17.0 Platinum for a long time and today it suggested I perform an update, which I did. Since then, any video I try to open has white noise and is impossible to use. I have uninstalled the program and reinstalled it twice. Upon the reinstall the sound is fine but when I open Movie Studio the white noise starts again until I restart the computer or uninstall the program again. I am using Windows 10 on a Dell Inspirion15 5000. However, as mentioned earlier the program worked perfectly until the update. I had forgotten that I had this problem once before and a Dell Tech used some sort of software to COMPLETELY uninstall the Movie Studio program and then reinstall it. It worked perfectly after that. However, my machine was new then and Dell support was free for a limited time. Now it will cost me $$$ to get software support. Is there a way to fix this problem without it costing me?

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EricLNZ wrote on 8/8/2021, 6:22 PM

@JamesLB Search the forum for "White noise" and you will find a few threads relating to this problem with Dell. Here's one which may help https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/audio-issues-with-movie-studio-platinum-17--129608/#ca805546

EricLNZ wrote on 8/9/2021, 5:32 AM

@JamesLB Afterthought - please confirm you have updated your Vegas Movie Studio Platinum to Build 223 and not upgraded to Movie Studio 18 which is completely different, and not a Vegas product.

JamesLB wrote on 8/18/2021, 10:14 AM

After much trial and error with Movie Studio 17.0 Premium I have finally discovered that the culprit behind the white noise issue was the Music Maker program. I used revo-uninstall to completely delete the program and all registry entries. Vegas support was less than helpful with this problem. Since this is not an isolated issue you'd think they would be familiar with it and have a fix available. I am just glad I finally figured it out...

EricLNZ wrote on 8/18/2021, 7:11 PM

@JamesLB Thanks for reporting back. Your experience may help others with a similar problem.