No sound on clips

Billyboy65 wrote on 3/5/2009, 1:39 PM

Hi I am new to Movie Studio 9 and starting to tear my hair out! I have installed the Studio 9 but when I drag the clips onto the timeline only the image moves - nothing appears on any of the audio channels. Also when I preview the clips the image plays but there is no sound. I have tried the same clips on a friends copy of Movie Studio 9 and they play fine (with sound) so I know it isn't the clips.

Any ideas what I can try?

Comments

MSmart wrote on 3/5/2009, 2:37 PM

What is the source of your video? Usually when this happens it means that your missing a codec. Does the clip play on your computer with WMP or other player?

Billyboy65 wrote on 3/5/2009, 11:01 PM

I have added a load of codec and the clips play on the computer with sound but there is no sound in movie studio. The clips are coming from a Sony DVD handycam.

Thanks

Terry Esslinger wrote on 3/5/2009, 11:20 PM

Download the free utility G-Spot. Then drop your video file in it. It will tell you what codec you need and whether it is installed on your system or not.

Billyboy65 wrote on 3/5/2009, 11:42 PM

Thanks. I have just doen that and it is telling me that Codecs are installed. Any other ideas?

Terry Esslinger wrote on 3/6/2009, 9:58 AM

Make sure that your audio is not muted. There are at least 3 different ways that the audio could be muted.
What format is the clip from your camera and how was it captured?

Billyboy65 wrote on 3/6/2009, 12:02 PM

Thanks. I have checked and it isn't muted. The problem is more that when I drag the clip onto the timeline only the image appears and not the audio (although I know that the clips have audio as when they are played elsewhere audio is present). Also when i drag a music clip with no pictures down onto the timeline it goes straight into the audio section and the music plays out.

The clips are in .mpg

Billyboy65 wrote on 3/6/2009, 12:23 PM

I have isolated the problem. Apparently there is a glitch with Move Version (9.0)a with certain files and this can be solved by downloading a fix from the Sony website (9.0)b. Thanks for your help.