Audio won't load into Architect I did a big opps!

gingersnap wrote on 3/28/2012, 11:28 AM

After loading in update incorrectly into Vegas, it shifted all my media generators typing to odd places, and a second music line mysteriously merged with voiceover line from out of nowhere (I deleted it from under the voiceover line, as I still could see and hear the music line). I don't know if it corupted all the audio files and I actually lost them. They play in vegas 11 timeline, but will not transfer into architect. I get a "not compatable format error message" when I try to burn.

BIG QUESTION is that I was stupid and did an upgrade when I had stuff on the timeline By doing the upgrade this way, I may have corrupted all the files, and I'm not sure if architect is working properly as is won't accept audio. I am not sure how to correct this situation. Please can somebody tell me what to do!
Should I reload the update over the previous update so I don't lose my whole video? If I do a system restore undo to undo the update and will it fix the situation and will the video still be there or gone forever?

I remade all the music files into wav's instead of wma's so the voiceovers (made in wav's in vegas) would match the music format. Optimize said the formats weren't compatable, and it needs to be recompressed. I don't have a clue in how to recompress the audio. I tryed to in sound forge but have no idea what numbers to set the box up to, a little far beyond me.

This is a 9 month project using a lot of media generators and voiceovers. Video is 40 minutes long. I have rendered video and audio separately into a folder and loaded into Architect. Error says that file formats don't match, and won't make disc.. I tryed the make DVD from timeline, won't load the audio. I used a backup file from a month ago ( I accidently deleted all the files saved previous to the update), As a test, I could finally make a disc with just video, no audio would load. It says the disc is too large, I pressed fit to disc, and I have a video. I really need the audio too! Maybe I have too many media generators going, and I need to cut down to 30 minutes and let go of most of the media generators, maybe then the audio will load. Does this sound reasonable?

Next question: I bought Vegas Pro a few weeks ago. It's sitting in a box. I was
so afraid of losing this 9 month project (which would take another 9 months to remake, if I had to) that I was afraid to change horses in the middle of the stream.

Now the stream doesn't seem to work. Any suggestions? If I switched to Pro will I lose the path to my files and totally lose everything and have to start over again. But I think the updating incorrectly distroyed the files anyway. Please please help me!

Thank you!
Ginger

Comments

Steve Grisetti wrote on 3/28/2012, 1:34 PM

I have no idea why an update would corrupt your project. It certainly never hurt any of mine.

But, that said, try loading your audio into DVD Architect as a PCM.

Although it's not quite clear from your post if you're working in DVD Architect or Vegas. Sometimes you seem to be talking about a pretty elaborate video project! DVD Architect is, of course, for your final video and audio, pretty much. You shouldn't still be mixing tracks in it.

gingersnap wrote on 3/28/2012, 8:35 PM

Thanks! I'll revert back to the PCM music files.
I'm trying a test now to render just the first two minutes of the video to see if it has any audio then make decisions from results.

As far as complex video, I'm making an instructional pregnancy massage video and it's fabulous. The HD clips done in the widescreen is just awesome quality.
I love my sony cameras! I was hoping to release it this week, but it looks now it may be months....Imagination plus innovation equals realization. I'll get there sooner or later.

Steve Mann wrote on 3/28/2012, 10:37 PM

Sounds like you are trying to do things the hard way. Let's back up a bit. Are you trying to make a DVD or Blu-Ray disc? Does the audio sound OK on the Vegas timeline?

gingersnap wrote on 3/29/2012, 12:16 AM

I am making DVD. I made it in widescreen but the model looks too skinny and long, and a bit unrealistic but usable. I'll do blue ray when I switch over to the Vegas Pro, so I can have menus.
I can hear audio on timeline. After redownloading the updates to Vegas & Architect, I made 20 minute tests, walla! there was audio. Guess I'll have to make a two disc set, as I'm not sure the general household will have a double layer DVD player?? nor am I sure my computer can make it. On second thought, I want to keep the price competitive, so I think I'll chop out most of the media generators, and some clips and try making a 30 minute non flashy video.
I'm wondering if color correctors take up alot of space on disc?? Does anybody know?
I reverted back to .wma's. That should help alot in space vs wav's that I didn't know how to compress correctly.
In the first sentence of the orignal post I meant to say Vegas, not Architect.
I really appreciate your response, it gave me the confidence to keep moving along, when I was crushed. Blessings to you.
Ginger

gingersnap wrote on 3/30/2012, 9:12 AM

I think I figured out what the issue was for the crash. It is a freshly built computer with win7-64 bit. Quicktime hadn't caught up with the 64 bit technology yet. Just recently there was a new version of quicktime that does support 64 bit, but the first install of quicktime didn't take and I didn't realize it. When I updated Vegas on a broken quicktime, it crashed Vegas. It apprears the issue is resolved and Vegas plat. 11 is now working properly again.

In conclusion nothings wrong with Architect. I had too many media generators and voiceovers that consumed alot of space on the disc. I'll cut down on the media generators and the amount of clips to free up more space. I know it's a long video, so the next adventure is to use a dual layer disc to see if it fits then.

My first video was in Vegas 7, made on a laptop XP. It was 50 minutes long and fit on a disc just fine. Back then I didn't use any media generators, I would shoot titles by putting it on cool paper, taping it to the wall and make a video of the title. So I was a little shocked to find out that a 15 minute video with the media generators & flashy stuff was all I could get on a disc.