I have the same problem, I have read this entire newsgroup trying to find a
solution to the "tiny" hollow sound I get when I lay music over my videos.
I've tried WAV, MP3 and multiple video output formats including NTSC WMV and
DV-AVI NTSC and my music is tiny metallic souning. The preview sounds GREAT!

Can anyone help?
Thanks


"Olivier" wrote:

> Thanks. The problem is always there with wma. If I save the movie without
> mixing music, it's OK (the sound of the avi file is good)...
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>
> > Converting the MP3 files to WMA has resolved the issue for many...
> > --
> > PapaJohn
> >
> > Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> > tips and tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> > Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
> >
> >
> > "Olivier" <Olivier@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:5DB1CE32-6286-4FEE-B5A9-2FB9EF895ECD@microsoft.com...
> > >I was using WMM 2.1 since a while with no problem.
> > > Now I have a problem. I import .avi and .mp3 files and edit my movie. I
> > > listen to the preview in WMM without problem. I save it in .avi format.
> > > When I listen to the file (with windows media player), the sound is poor
> > > and
> > > metallic. What's the problem? It's the first time I have this problem
> > > with
> > > WMM.
> >
> >
> >

Have you tried WMA as a source file for the audio?
--
PapaJohn

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"Arie" <Arie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:57C1F2DD-9970-43EA-B6B5-881D1BA952BC@microsoft.com...
>I have the same problem, I have read this entire newsgroup trying to find a
> solution to the "tiny" hollow sound I get when I lay music over my videos.
> I've tried WAV, MP3 and multiple video output formats including NTSC WMV
> and
> DV-AVI NTSC and my music is tiny metallic souning. The preview sounds
> GREAT!
>
> Can anyone help?
> Thanks
>
>
> "Olivier" wrote:
>
>> Thanks. The problem is always there with wma. If I save the movie
>> without
>> mixing music, it's OK (the sound of the avi file is good)...
>>
>> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>>
>> > Converting the MP3 files to WMA has resolved the issue for many...
>> > --
>> > PapaJohn
>> >
>> > Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
>> > tips and tricks:
>> > http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
>> > Online Newsletters:
>> > http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>> >
>> >
>> > "Olivier" <Olivier@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:5DB1CE32-6286-4FEE-B5A9-2FB9EF895ECD@microsoft.com...
>> > >I was using WMM 2.1 since a while with no problem.
>> > > Now I have a problem. I import .avi and .mp3 files and edit my
>> > > movie. I
>> > > listen to the preview in WMM without problem. I save it in .avi
>> > > format.
>> > > When I listen to the file (with windows media player), the sound is
>> > > poor
>> > > and
>> > > metallic. What's the problem? It's the first time I have this
>> > > problem
>> > > with
>> > > WMM.
>> >
>> >
>> >

Thanks for the response, I just tried converting audio to WMA9 first and if
I render to WMV then the sound is fixed, but if I render to DV-AVI, then the
music sound is bad. The original source of video is DV-AVI.

I'm guessing WMM has problems converting some audio, but when I use WMA
music and convert my video to WMV then probably NO audio conversion takes
place during the render and the sound is as good as the original. But when I
ask WMM to convert any audio format to DV-AVI audio format, that is when it
corrupts it.

I think that if I pre-convert my audio to whatever audio codec is native to
DV-AVI (I thought this would be WAV, but its not) then WMM won't have to
convert the audio at all and hence original audio quality will be preserved
and un-corrupt. Any thoughts on this? Do you know what audio codec is
embedded in native DV-AVI format?

Thanks in advance!


"PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:

> Have you tried WMA as a source file for the audio?
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>
>
> "Arie" <Arie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:57C1F2DD-9970-43EA-B6B5-881D1BA952BC@microsoft.com...
> >I have the same problem, I have read this entire newsgroup trying to find a
> > solution to the "tiny" hollow sound I get when I lay music over my videos.
> > I've tried WAV, MP3 and multiple video output formats including NTSC WMV
> > and
> > DV-AVI NTSC and my music is tiny metallic souning. The preview sounds
> > GREAT!
> >
> > Can anyone help?
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > "Olivier" wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks. The problem is always there with wma. If I save the movie
> >> without
> >> mixing music, it's OK (the sound of the avi file is good)...
> >>
> >> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Converting the MP3 files to WMA has resolved the issue for many...
> >> > --
> >> > PapaJohn
> >> >
> >> > Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> >> > tips and tricks:
> >> > http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> >> > Online Newsletters:
> >> > http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Olivier" <Olivier@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:5DB1CE32-6286-4FEE-B5A9-2FB9EF895ECD@microsoft.com...
> >> > >I was using WMM 2.1 since a while with no problem.
> >> > > Now I have a problem. I import .avi and .mp3 files and edit my
> >> > > movie. I
> >> > > listen to the preview in WMM without problem. I save it in .avi
> >> > > format.
> >> > > When I listen to the file (with windows media player), the sound is
> >> > > poor
> >> > > and
> >> > > metallic. What's the problem? It's the first time I have this
> >> > > problem
> >> > > with
> >> > > WMM.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
>
>
>

Seems like it's more related to the issues that some are having with
rendering to DV-AVI files rather than the source files themselves.... just
have to find your work-around and use it....

I don't know what - or if one format is native to DV-AVI audio.... it could
be any of many I think.... as your camcorder can be set to 12 bit or 16 bit
audio.
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx


"Arie" <Arie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:665525F5-F407-4747-B82D-F4748112EBD8@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the response, I just tried converting audio to WMA9 first and
> if
> I render to WMV then the sound is fixed, but if I render to DV-AVI, then
> the
> music sound is bad. The original source of video is DV-AVI.
>
> I'm guessing WMM has problems converting some audio, but when I use WMA
> music and convert my video to WMV then probably NO audio conversion takes
> place during the render and the sound is as good as the original. But
> when I
> ask WMM to convert any audio format to DV-AVI audio format, that is when
> it
> corrupts it.
>
> I think that if I pre-convert my audio to whatever audio codec is native
> to
> DV-AVI (I thought this would be WAV, but its not) then WMM won't have to
> convert the audio at all and hence original audio quality will be
> preserved
> and un-corrupt. Any thoughts on this? Do you know what audio codec is
> embedded in native DV-AVI format?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Have you tried WMA as a source file for the audio?
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
>> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
>> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
>> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>>
>>
>> "Arie" <Arie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:57C1F2DD-9970-43EA-B6B5-881D1BA952BC@microsoft.com...
>> >I have the same problem, I have read this entire newsgroup trying to
>> >find a
>> > solution to the "tiny" hollow sound I get when I lay music over my
>> > videos.
>> > I've tried WAV, MP3 and multiple video output formats including NTSC
>> > WMV
>> > and
>> > DV-AVI NTSC and my music is tiny metallic souning. The preview sounds
>> > GREAT!
>> >
>> > Can anyone help?
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> >
>> > "Olivier" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Thanks. The problem is always there with wma. If I save the movie
>> >> without
>> >> mixing music, it's OK (the sound of the avi file is good)...
>> >>
>> >> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Converting the MP3 files to WMA has resolved the issue for many...
>> >> > --
>> >> > PapaJohn
>> >> >
>> >> > Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
>> >> > tips and tricks:
>> >> > http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
>> >> > Online Newsletters:
>> >> > http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Olivier" <Olivier@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> > news:5DB1CE32-6286-4FEE-B5A9-2FB9EF895ECD@microsoft.com...
>> >> > >I was using WMM 2.1 since a while with no problem.
>> >> > > Now I have a problem. I import .avi and .mp3 files and edit my
>> >> > > movie. I
>> >> > > listen to the preview in WMM without problem. I save it in .avi
>> >> > > format.
>> >> > > When I listen to the file (with windows media player), the sound
>> >> > > is
>> >> > > poor
>> >> > > and
>> >> > > metallic. What's the problem? It's the first time I have this
>> >> > > problem
>> >> > > with
>> >> > > WMM.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>>
>>
>>