Audio Not Working

[Paul Chausse]

I'm brand new to SpeedEdit. I am working with mpeg2 files. When I bring them onto the timeline, I can't hear any sound. I've adjusted the volume in the speededit output window, but still no sound. When I play outside of SE, the sound is there.
Any help greatly appreciated!
Paul

[Paul Chausse]

Add-on to previous question. I rendered a selection (I windowed a small portion including both video and audio) to an .avi file - still no sound.

[KiloWatkins]

Try going into the custom setting for Mpeg2 and be sure the audio box is checked. Depending on the source video, inside Prefs at the bottom are 2 boxes you may need to enable.

GoodLuck

[John Perkins]

Chances are that you have AC3 audio in these files.

You will need to get an AC3 codec for windows and then enable DirectShow AAC/AC3 support in the SpeedEDIT preferences.

I've done quite a bit of testing with the free K-Lite Mega codec pack (just google for it) and these only seem to have problems with rendering to OGG audio and playing VP6 codec video files.

I can't guarantee it completely, but I'm using it on my systems daily.

[Paul Chausse]

Thanks for the help. I installed the codecs and audio is working great.
Now another question. I am capturing entire VCR tapes into MPEG2 format and importing them into SE. I am doing this so that I can quickly scan through the file to find small clips that I want for a project.

I'm using different software on two different computers to capture the video. The MPEG from one works great. From the other one, I can't see the preview. It's there if I render a portion of it out to avi. Any clue what format change would cause this?

Thanks!