Re: Audio quality

import the two new video files as individual clips... don't auto-split...
put the DV-AVI one on the timeline and mute the audio...

put the WMV on the music/audio track and Movie Maker will use just the audio
track of it.
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"Mr Long" <MrLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:FCFCAC9A-E8D7-4144-8938-1634A7E64661@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks for your advice PJ, sounds like the solution. I understand the
> theory
> but how do you combine the two seperate passes into the final pass with
> the
> quality video and the quality sound (I already have the two seperate
> passes)
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> the issue is with the rendering to DV-AVI process. There isn't a fix...
>> the
>> work-around is to save your movie to high quality WMV or save it in a few
>> passes, the WMV file to get the good audio, a DV-AVI file for the good
>> video, and a final pass that combines the audio and video from the first
>> two
>> passes.
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
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>> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
>> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
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>>
>>
>> "Mr Long" <Mr Long@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:0F9396FB-2813-48B2-9E5E-4090916F63A2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I use high quality .wav files as my audio source. Whan I save movie as
>> > DV-AVI the sound, which is perfect in preview, has a slight
>> > distortion/tinny
>> > sound (enough to bug me anyway). When I save as High Quality Video
>> > (PAL)
>> > the
>> > sound is perfect but the picture quality isn't as good. Can anyone
>> > tell
>> > me
>> > why this happens and how to fix it
>>
>>
>>


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