No audio on final DVD burn

Empers wrote on 4/23/2006, 6:41 AM
Hi - I don't know whether I'm just being really stupid - or really just being stupid. I have Vegas Movie Studio 4.0 + DVD Architect 2.0. I'm new to all this and have to say a bit technically dyslexic!!

I've followed instructions and been thrilled with the editing, mixing etc and at the result achieved on Movie Studio. When I go to DVD Architect and burn a DVD, the result doesn't have sound on it - and I can't work out why. I did manage it once with sound with a family party film, but on new projects it doesn't work. I can't see that I am doing anything differently.

If anyone could explain in simple terms where I might be going wrong I would appreciate it so much. Thanks Brian.

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jrazz wrote on 4/23/2006, 7:02 AM
One, make sure the wave form is showing up (I assume DVDAS will show you that the same as DVDA does). It will be right under the video timeline portion on DVDA. If it is not, insert the audio and match it up with the video.

Now, if the audio is there, make sur e that you gave it time to build its peaks. If you did not, it will show up but you will have no audio play b/c it did not have the 30 seconds or so to build the audio peaks. If this is the case, delete the peak file in the folder you are saving your projects in and then reimport the audio and it will rebuild the peaks. If that sounds complicated, rename the audio and import that and it will rebuild the peaks.

j razz
Empers wrote on 4/23/2006, 7:32 AM
Thanks j razz. I've gone to DVDAS and find I can't import the .vf file of my video i.e. the rendered version of it made with Movie Studio. I know exactly which folder it is in - but in media explorer only the original clips (.avi) are showing. Presumably I have to get the .vf file to DVDAS? In the past on Movie Studio I have sent directly to DVDAS. Can't do this again, I think, without completely re-rendering.
Thank you for your time. Brian
jrazz wrote on 4/23/2006, 11:30 AM
.vf is not a rendered file that I have ever heard of- it would be .avi or .mpg2 for DVD or a plethora of other extensions such as .mov, .wmv, .mpg1 to name a few. You would need to select render under file and choose mpg-2 and then select the DVDA Template or the equivalent (NTSC if you are in the US or PAL for Europe). Those are the files you would need to open in DVDAS not .vf. Just render the audio out the same way but choose .wav or .pcm- name it the same as the video stream and store them in the same folder. That should do it.

j razz
bStro wrote on 4/24/2006, 9:14 AM
A .VF is a Vegas Movie Studio project -- like a Vegas .VEG.

Rob