MP3 Issues

ericd2003 wrote on 6/5/2006, 4:24 PM

I just rebuilt my computer and re0installed all of me programs again.
I'm working on a photo montage with music files (mp3). Everything sounds good when editing, but once I burn it to DVD the music sounds echo'ish. It has to be the MP3 files, becuase my wedding videos that I recorded sound fine. Any ideas on what this could be and how to correct it? I'ms using Vegas 6.0 DVD 3.0
Thank you,
ErIc

Comments

bevross wrote on 6/6/2006, 6:04 AM

DVDA only uses AC-3 or PCM (.wav) audio files so popping in an MP3 will necessitate re-encoding. Did the original audio get recorded as an MP3 or can you go back & retrieve it as .wav or AC3? It'd be best to give DVDA one of these. Render from Vegas as two separate files: video & audio. Give both the same name (e.g. myvid.mpg & mvid.wav) and DVDA will automatically associate them.

In Vegas, .wav files for use in DVDA need these parameters:

16,20, or 24 bit
48 or 96kHz sample rate
2-channel stereo
uncompressed

Geoff_Wood wrote on 6/6/2006, 5:29 PM

MP3 files can sound echoish at the best of times, let alone when re-encoded. Use WAV files if possible, and if not increase the bitrate of the MP3s.

geoff