Error: rendering to WMV V9

Chinese Takeout wrote on 10/30/2007, 2:31 PM

I am trying to render to WMV with settings for HD and 5.1, using the following settings:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/1804955755_c2f3ab56fa_o.jpg

However, I keep getting the following error:

which states "The required Windows Media Audio codec is not installed."

Does anyone know which audio codec is required based on the settings I'm using? I'm using WMP11 and I downloaded the Windows Media Encoder 9 package thinking that might help, but no luck.

Bottom line: I just want to be able to render to WMV in HD w/ 5.1 (I'm streaming to my HDTV via Xbox360). Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Comments

Eugenia wrote on 10/30/2007, 2:50 PM

Try not to use surround sound and retry.

Chinese Takeout wrote on 10/30/2007, 2:58 PM

Are you suggesting I try that to isolate the problem? I will try that. But, ultimately, I want surround sound. I'm capturing video in 5.1 and streaming to a 5.1 system. Thanks. :)

(P.S. The funny thing is...before I purchased Vegas 8.0, I downloaded the 30 day trial, and actually got it to work. I rendered my AVCHD to WMV 1080/5.1, streamed it to my living room, and the 5.1 was preserved nicely. Since I bought the full Vegas Premo package and installed it the other day, I keep getting this error.) ?? :-(

Eugenia wrote on 10/30/2007, 3:08 PM

If that's the case I would suggest you file a bug report with Vegas using their online mail form and specifically ask to file a bug report for you on their internal bug database.

Eugenia wrote on 10/30/2007, 3:09 PM

I also assume you updated your full Movie Studio to version 8.0a, right?

Chinese Takeout wrote on 10/30/2007, 6:19 PM

Actually, I was prompted and updated to 8.0b. Is there a difference that could be affecting my issue?

MarkWWWW wrote on 10/31/2007, 7:24 AM

I think you may have run into the problem described here.

If so, the hotfix described in the link above should solve the problem.

Mark

Chinese Takeout wrote on 10/31/2007, 9:45 AM

UPDATE: Problem solved! (sort of). If you look at my settings in the pic above you'll see that I'm trying to encode audio @ 384Kbps. I ratcheted that down to 128Kbps and it works fine. I'm not sure if certain bit-rates are reserved for pros or people who have purchased the correct licenses? But, at any rate, 128 works. I'm one of those people who always renders stuff at the highest quality level possible (even if it takes longer). But, in the end, I'm just doing home movies and the like, so I think 128 will be sufficient.

Thanks to Mark and Eugenia for the good suggestions! It was just me being a n00b, I guess. :-)