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Steven Myers wrote on 5/3/2008, 9:46 AM
To which format did you render?
If it was .mpg (the MPEG-2), the default is to not render audio with the video. In that case, you have to actually specify that you want the audio rendered.
kidwell wrote on 5/5/2008, 12:47 PM
actually, I'm saving it/rendering it as a video for windows (.avi). I am able to go to the custom button when rendering it and click on the box that says: include audio. I have done that, but still no audio. Any idea how to fix this?

In regards to rendering it as the MPEG-2, the custom button is not functional, how do I change this setting as you suggested?

Steven Myers wrote on 5/5/2008, 1:24 PM
In my version (Pro 8), the only format for which the Custom button is inop is AC3 Studio. For everything else, it works.
Perhaps I should have shut up, because you're using Movie Studio.
kidwell wrote on 5/5/2008, 2:09 PM
Thanks anyways. By the way, though, I did do the custom set up for the .avi file and the box allowed me to include audio. It is still muted. Any ideas?
Steven Myers wrote on 5/5/2008, 5:56 PM
Does the rendered video play properly in a player other than WMP?
kidwell wrote on 5/5/2008, 6:40 PM
No. I tried it in real player, but still the same problem. If I turn my speakers up really high I can here my voice (barely) but it is essentially muted. Do you know of any good guides on how to use Sony Vegas programs? I'm sort of a novice having just purchased it a week or two ago. Is the Bill Myers stuff good? Any cheep books? I heard that Vegas 6 Revealed would work even though I have Movie Studio 8 Platinum. Thanks for your thoughts and responses.
VTRyan wrote on 6/19/2008, 5:34 AM
This sounds a great deal like a problem I am having. A question though. You say you have this problem when "rendering". Does it also occur when you are simply playing a clip back in the preview window? That is, drag an avi clip to a track, select it, then hit play?

I still haven't found a solution but I am suspecting that Vegas is having a problem with my sound card ( actually, onboard ). My kid put Vegas on his PC also and performing the same test gives normal audio.

UPDATE - threw in a sound card and all is fine. An earlier version of Vegas worked without the sound card so some functionality was lost in upgrading.
pwppch wrote on 6/22/2008, 8:02 PM
Please fill out your system specs in your user profile.

Peter
Alan G wrote on 6/24/2008, 4:10 PM
I would have thought that the rendered audio is "universal" so to speak and the final video file will play back on any pc provided there is a functioning sound card.

I'm currently in an email conversation with somebody who is having the same problem with missing audio after rendering the project to a file. I've been through all the obvious options with them such as; is the mute set on media player or on the pc, are they picking a video stream only format? One possibility we looked at was whether the music track they are using is a DRM protected file but it wasn't that (they're using a bog standard mp3 file). They've tried rendering to an mp4 file format and to wmv format but the sound isn't coming through.

So currently I'm stumped and can't think of an answer.

A couple of other thoughts - it's unlikely but have you by any chance accidentally set the slider on the master mixer to -Inf? That will give the same effect as clicking the mute button. Similarly (although again unlikely) you haven't somehow set the volume slider on the individual track to -Inf?