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Thread ID: 119137	2011-07-07 00:04:00	Sony Vegas 7.0 audio problem	Kissingtheautumnsky (16455)	Press F1

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1215290	2011-07-07 00:04:00	I'm not terribly computer savvy, so please bear with me. My problem is with Sony Vegas 7.0, which I'm running on XP with Realtek HD audio. When I work on a project in Vegas, audio is fine. However, when I render the video, the first few seconds of audio are always cut out. If I render in 3mbps with default settings, only the first second or two of audio won't play. When I render in 4.8mbps HD, the first five or so seconds of audio won't play. I thought maybe it was an audio bit rate issue somehow, but if I render at 4.8mbps with audio at 96 kbps, 44,100 Hz (default audio for 3mbps) that doesn't make a difference. Rendering at 3mbps with audio at 192 kbps, 48,000 Hz (default audio for 4.8mbps), it only cuts out the first two seconds as usual with 3mbps. So rending at 192 kbps audio isn't the problem. I assume the issue is with rendering at 4.8mbps, but I know nothing beyond that. I would like to continue rendering all my files at 4.8mbps, so how do I fix my problem? Is there even a way to fix it? Am I making any sense? Please...someone help me if you can. Thank you.	Kissingtheautumnsky (16455)
1215291	2011-07-07 06:42:00	What video codec and container are you rendering with?	Chilling_Silence (9)
1215292	2011-07-07 21:34:00	What video codec and container are you rendering with? I'm not entirely sure I know what you mean, sorry. Are you referring to this?: Audio: 192 Kbps, 48,000 Hz, 16 Bit, Stereo, WMA9. Video: 23.976 fps, 1280x720, WMV V9 CBR Compression, Smoothness 90. That's the standard settings for rendering .wmv ver.9 @ 4.8mbps HD.	Kissingtheautumnsky (16455)
1215293	2011-07-07 22:45:00	en.wikipedia.org :)	Trev (427)
1215294	2011-07-07 22:59:00	Perfect. Try not using Windows Media. Use something like h.263 / XviD / DivX instead and see what different results you get :)	Chilling_Silence (9)
1215295	2011-07-08 18:36:00	Perfect. Try not using Windows Media. Use something like h.263 / XviD / DivX instead and see what different results you get :) Everything else I try seems to work fine; it's strictly .wmv for some reason. That is the only file type where I have the option of 1280x720 resolution (what I use all the time now), which is why I've been trying so hard to fix it. Everything was dandy until one day I opened Vegas and just randomly had this issue. Now it won't go away, even after reformatting my hard drive (which was to fix blue screen errors). Is there any information I could give you that might tell you what my problem is?	Kissingtheautumnsky (16455)
1215296	2011-07-09 03:59:00	You don't give any specs about your system for video/audio. A LOT of recording/rendering problems can be solved by at least a 2-core CPU (preferably Intel) and a good, fast SATA second hard drive. Recording to the same drive as your OS (XP) is asking for trouble. Sounds like your system is choking on the amount of initial data flow. Do you use a separate sound card (internal or external) or are you using the integrated sound chip on your motherboard?	braindead (1685)
1215297	2011-07-11 04:02:00	You don't give any specs about your system for video/audio. A LOT of recording/rendering problems can be solved by at least a 2-core CPU (preferably Intel) and a good, fast SATA second hard drive. Recording to the same drive as your OS (XP) is asking for trouble. Sounds like your system is choking on the amount of initial data flow. Do you use a separate sound card (internal or external) or are you using the integrated sound chip on your motherboard? Is this what you need?: RAM: 2.0 GB / 4.0 GB (max), DDR2 SDRAM, 667.0 MHz Memory Specification Compliance PC2-5300 Form Factor DIMM 240-pin Graphics controller: PCI Express x16 - Plug-in card, ATI Radeon HD3650, 256.0 MB Video Memory Audio device: Realtek HD Audio, using the integrated sound card. I don't know if it means anything, but recording to an external hard drive made no difference.	Kissingtheautumnsky (16455)
1215298	2011-07-11 04:30:00	Here's a good idea: Take the files, encoded at 3mbps and 4.8mbps and chuck them on another (faster than yours?) PC. See if they have issues like yours. If they do, then it's an encoding issue. If they don't, it's likely a decoding issue and as braindead says your PC could be struggling to keep up. That, or make a couple of 'sample' files, upload them to something like Megaupload, and link to them on here for one of the PF1 members to test out for you.	Chilling_Silence (9)
1215299	2011-07-11 04:39:00	Hi Kissingtheautumnsky - there are a number of things that can lead to that initial drop-out, and among them is using your onboard mobo audio for intensive data processing or using a crap audio/video PCI card. My suggestion is to look around for a good quality used or new sound card (either PCI or external) such as the M-Audio Audiophile Firewire or USB card. Prices on these and other brands have come down a lot in the last 2 years and you might be able to pick one up fairly cheaply. Then you can disable your on-board audio and let the new one do some of the heavy lifting. I don't know if your mobo provides Firewire. If so, go for a Firewire card or use a GOOD quality PCI Firewire interface card and plug your external sound card into that. Otherwise get a USB2 or USB3 audio card if your mobo supports that. Please note: I'm not saying that this is the answer to your problem. If you're serious about audio/video editing without glitches, do yourself a favour and spend a few extra $$$ for a quality semi-pro card. OTOH, if you just want to mess around and use what you have, you'll need to optimise your system as much as you can. Google "optimize your PC for video" and work through the suggestions. Having been down the road of starting off with cheapo sound and video cards, I well know the time I wasted in screwing around trying to "get the elephant to fly". This (www.hv20.com) is a good forum to ask questions. A lot of people there use Vegas. Wherever you ask, be sure to give them all the info on your system and what you want to accomplish.	braindead (1685)
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