I lose video when I add an audio/music track.

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I had a VCR tape of a movie (not a commercial movie). I used Honestechâ??s VCR
to DVD 3.0 Deluxe to convert it to an .mpg file. The volume was too low so I
brought it into Windows moviemaker (6.0) and dragged the file to the audio
track and saved a copy as the audio file. I opened the new audio file in
WavePad and enhanced the volume.

I then opened Windows Moviemaker and dragged the initial .mpg file onto the
video track (which split into video/audio). I turned the volume down to
nothing and muted it on the movieâ??s audio track. I then dragged my enhanced
audio track to the Audio/Music track and burned a DVD.

When I play the DVD all I get is good audio â?? no video.

If I make a DVD of the initial .mpg file with the inadequate volume I do get
both the audio and the video.

What can I do to get the video along with the good audio?

Thank you for any insight given.

Mary
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Re: I lose video when I add an audio/music track. by John

John
Wed May 14 17:36:11 PDT 2008

sweeneysmsm wrote:
> I had a VCR tape of a movie (not a commercial movie). I used
> Honestech's VCR to DVD 3.0 Deluxe to convert it to an .mpg file. The
> volume was too low so I brought it into Windows moviemaker (6.0) and
> dragged the file to the audio track and saved a copy as the audio
> file. I opened the new audio file in WavePad and enhanced the volume.
>
> I then opened Windows Moviemaker and dragged the initial .mpg file
> onto the video track (which split into video/audio). I turned the
> volume down to nothing and muted it on the movie's audio track. I
> then dragged my enhanced audio track to the Audio/Music track and
> burned a DVD.
>
> When I play the DVD all I get is good audio - no video.
>
> If I make a DVD of the initial .mpg file with the inadequate volume I
> do get both the audio and the video.
>
> What can I do to get the video along with the good audio?
>
> Thank you for any insight given.
>
> Mary
=================================
Just wondering...did you try increasing
the volume on the original video file?

Drag the clip to the Video track in MM6...
Right click the Audio track...
Choose...Volume...Drag the slider....

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Digital Media MVP

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Re: I lose video when I add an audio/music track. by On

On
Wed May 14 20:41:22 PDT 2008

It may be that there is a problem with your mpg files; Movie Maker does not
work well with mpg; see these references for help:

http://www.papajohn.org/ -- section on Import Movie Source Files| Video|
MPEG

http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm


"sweeneysmsm" <sweeneysmsm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:059B95AE-3028-4DF8-82CE-64C4AFF6FE67@microsoft.com...
>I had a VCR tape of a movie (not a commercial movie). I used Honestechâ??s
>VCR
> to DVD 3.0 Deluxe to convert it to an .mpg file. The volume was too low so
> I
> brought it into Windows moviemaker (6.0) and dragged the file to the audio
> track and saved a copy as the audio file. I opened the new audio file in
> WavePad and enhanced the volume.
>
> I then opened Windows Moviemaker and dragged the initial .mpg file onto
> the
> video track (which split into video/audio). I turned the volume down to
> nothing and muted it on the movieâ??s audio track. I then dragged my
> enhanced
> audio track to the Audio/Music track and burned a DVD.
>
> When I play the DVD all I get is good audio â?? no video.
>
> If I make a DVD of the initial .mpg file with the inadequate volume I do
> get
> both the audio and the video.
>
> What can I do to get the video along with the good audio?
>
> Thank you for any insight given.
>
> Mary

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Re: I lose video when I add an audio/music track. by sweeneysmsm

sweeneysmsm
Fri May 16 11:46:01 PDT 2008

Thank you for replying, John.

Yes, I did move the slider but that did not enhance the volume sufficiently
which is why i created a new audio track which I manipulated successfully in
WavePad.

"John Inzer" wrote:

> sweeneysmsm wrote:
> > I had a VCR tape of a movie (not a commercial movie). I used
> > Honestech's VCR to DVD 3.0 Deluxe to convert it to an .mpg file. The
> > volume was too low so I brought it into Windows moviemaker (6.0) and
> > dragged the file to the audio track and saved a copy as the audio
> > file. I opened the new audio file in WavePad and enhanced the volume.
> >
> > I then opened Windows Moviemaker and dragged the initial .mpg file
> > onto the video track (which split into video/audio). I turned the
> > volume down to nothing and muted it on the movie's audio track. I
> > then dragged my enhanced audio track to the Audio/Music track and
> > burned a DVD.
> >
> > When I play the DVD all I get is good audio - no video.
> >
> > If I make a DVD of the initial .mpg file with the inadequate volume I
> > do get both the audio and the video.
> >
> > What can I do to get the video along with the good audio?
> >
> > Thank you for any insight given.
> >
> > Mary
> =================================
> Just wondering...did you try increasing
> the volume on the original video file?
>
> Drag the clip to the Video track in MM6...
> Right click the Audio track...
> Choose...Volume...Drag the slider....
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>
>
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Re: I lose video when I add an audio/music track. by sweeneysmsm

sweeneysmsm
Fri May 16 11:49:06 PDT 2008

Thank you "On Request". I have read the material from papajohn and have
contacted the support people for the program I have for converting video file
formats. I did try to convert to .avi but perhaps I need more help from them
to do it. I have done file conversion before with the program and succeeded.
I am waiting for their reply.

Mary

"On Request" wrote:

> It may be that there is a problem with your mpg files; Movie Maker does not
> work well with mpg; see these references for help:
>
> http://www.papajohn.org/ -- section on Import Movie Source Files| Video|
> MPEG
>
> http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/MovieMaker/File_type_compatibility.htm
>
>
> "sweeneysmsm" <sweeneysmsm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:059B95AE-3028-4DF8-82CE-64C4AFF6FE67@microsoft.com...
> >I had a VCR tape of a movie (not a commercial movie). I used Honestechâ??s
> >VCR
> > to DVD 3.0 Deluxe to convert it to an .mpg file. The volume was too low so
> > I
> > brought it into Windows moviemaker (6.0) and dragged the file to the audio
> > track and saved a copy as the audio file. I opened the new audio file in
> > WavePad and enhanced the volume.
> >
> > I then opened Windows Moviemaker and dragged the initial .mpg file onto
> > the
> > video track (which split into video/audio). I turned the volume down to
> > nothing and muted it on the movieâ??s audio track. I then dragged my
> > enhanced
> > audio track to the Audio/Music track and burned a DVD.
> >
> > When I play the DVD all I get is good audio â?? no video.
> >
> > If I make a DVD of the initial .mpg file with the inadequate volume I do
> > get
> > both the audio and the video.
> >
> > What can I do to get the video along with the good audio?
> >
> > Thank you for any insight given.
> >
> > Mary
>
>
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Re: I lose video when I add an audio/music track. by John

John
Fri May 16 14:21:31 PDT 2008

sweeneysmsm wrote:
> Thank you "On Request". I have read the material from papajohn and
> have contacted the support people for the program I have for
> converting video file formats. I did try to convert to .avi but
> perhaps I need more help from them to do it. I have done file
> conversion before with the program and succeeded. I am waiting for
> their reply.
>
> Mary
===========================
Maybe the following free online
converter would be worth a try.:

MediaConvert
http://media-convert.com/


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John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

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Re: I lose video when I add an audio/music track. by John

John
Fri May 16 14:19:17 PDT 2008

sweeneysmsm wrote:
> Thank you for replying, John.
>
> Yes, I did move the slider but that did not enhance the volume
> sufficiently which is why i created a new audio track which I
> manipulated successfully in WavePad.
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The solution for that is save it / reimport
it and increase it dsome more.

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John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

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