audio speeds up in playback on storyboard, not in clip

[Guest]

Hello,

I know this question has been posed before, and I have read them all, but it seems to get various answers ranging from WinDVD conflicts to changing names of codec. I don't know how to change or rename codec. I guess I could if clearly explained. I have a cannon Optura 20 that I am using a firewire with to send onto my PC, which is a recently purchased Dell, with preloaded WinDVD on it. I can see and hear the clips on MM2 just fine after recording them, but then the audio speeds up in the storyboard. Please, let me know easiest answer. I can purchase something if need be. Also, will I have this same problem if I decide to have several different video editing software programs. Thank you kindly

 

[Rich]

Hello,

I know this question has been posed before, and I have read them all, but

it seems to get various answers ranging from WinDVD conflicts to changing
names of codec. I don't know how to change or rename codec. I guess I could
if clearly explained. I have a cannon Optura 20 that I am using a firewire
with to send onto my PC, which is a recently purchased Dell, with preloaded
WinDVD on it. I can see and hear the clips on MM2 just fine after recording
them, but then the audio speeds up in the storyboard. Please, let me know
easiest answer. I can purchase something if need be. Also, will I have this
same problem if I decide to have several different video editing software
programs. Thank you kindly


All the codecs on my system are at C:\windows\system32\

Their extenders are all .DLL or .AX

GSpot is a free utility which can show you all or most of your codecs.
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
It can be a bit overwhelming.

Now that you can find the video and audio codecs you can rename them with
something like "my computer". You might have to exit any application using
the codec to rename it. You also might have to reboot. There only seems to
be a few codecs which tend to cause problems. Papajohns site has the best
info about codecs relating to MovieMaker
www.papajohn.org

Rich

 

[Guest]

Thank you for responding, Rich. This is helpful and I have been reading through Papajohn's site as well as many other posts. I will try first with the WinDVD troublesome Codec iviaudio.ax. Information there suggest renaming to Suggestion from site here says to rename to iviaudio.ax_. But I have to admit not knowing much about the technical aspects of computers, why is renaming these Codec's helpful. I understand that the programs are search them in order to condense or expand I assume the information in videos but if they are looking for Codec function, how does the renaming changes things? Can I just randomly rename codecs without causing problems? Search, find, rename? Any help is much appreciated.

 

[John Kelly]

Hello there,

You sound as though you are suffering from a codec problem.

The one stop solution for that is a program called Rename Codecs and
it is available from my web site. To get your copy you have to join
the Rename Codec Forum and then request it. A copy will then be sent
to you. Make sure you check out the FAQ on what it does and how to
run it (That will take about one minute of your time!!) All the info
you need is one the web site.

This reassuringly safe to use program requires no knowledge on your
part about what it is doing or how it is doing it or what it is doing
it too!!! neither do you need to know where any of these files are or
whether it is safe to rename them or not.....and best of all, ITS
FREE !!!

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

If and when a codec is needed, a renamed codec would result in something not
working. That's why I don't recommend deleting them. If you need it for
something else, you can rename it back again.

You should limit the codec renaming to the list of problem ones on my site.
You can safely rename them, but it's good to know what the codec is
associate with. I have two of the problem codecs on my systems and have to
toggle them depending on if I want to use MM2 or the other software that
needs them.

So they function when needed and they are called for by file name. That's
why renaming them works... but the better more elegant and right way to
toggle them is to register and unregister them.
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org

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Thank you for responding, Rich. This is helpful and I have been reading

through Papajohn's site as well as many other posts. I will try first with
the WinDVD troublesome Codec iviaudio.ax. Information there suggest renaming
to Suggestion from site here says to rename to iviaudio.ax_. But I have to
admit not knowing much about the technical aspects of computers, why is
renaming these Codec's helpful. I understand that the programs are search
them in order to condense or expand I assume the information in videos but
if they are looking for Codec function, how does the renaming changes
things? Can I just randomly rename codecs without causing problems? Search,
find, rename? Any help is much appreciated.

 

[Rich]

A codec is a coder-decoder or compressor/decompressor depending on who's
definition you use. There are various types of codecs for processing video
and audio and there are codecs which perform the same function but written
by different programmers. Certain programs can use various codecs but
sometimes there is a conflict and the selected codec does not work as
expected. If you rename the offending codec the program will not find that
offending codec and will look for another codec. You could delete it but
that's not a good idea, or you could move it to another directory, but
renaming it is usually easier to do.

iviaudio.ax seems to be a troublesome codec for a lot of people, not just
MovieMaker.

Rich

Thank you for responding, Rich. This is helpful and I have been reading

through Papajohn's site as well as many other posts. I will try first with

the WinDVD troublesome Codec iviaudio.ax. Information there suggest

renaming to Suggestion from site here says to rename to iviaudio.ax_.

But I have to admit not knowing much about the technical aspects of

computers, why is renaming these Codec's helpful. I understand that the

programs are search them in order to condense or expand I assume the

information in videos but if they are looking for Codec function, how

does the renaming changes things? Can I just randomly rename codecs

without causing problems? Search, find, rename? Any help is much

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

I don't have any issues between Pinnacle's Studio 8 and Movie Maker. The
only thing I have to do on my laptop is notch the screen resolution down
when running Studio 8 as it doesn't like a high rez screen. No codec issues.

And if you go from MM2 to Studio with a DV-AVI file, you'll need to convert
it from type I to type II.... no conversion needed in the other direction.
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org

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Rich, PapaJohn, John Kelly

Thank you all for the help, and great explanation, Rich. The culprit of

course was the iviaudio from the WinDVD older version pre-loaded on my Dell.
I guess I'll just switch the name of the codec back when I want to use the
WinDVD. I named it iviaudio.ax_ as suggested by someone here at some point.
I am thinking of just buying the newer version of WinDVD so as to correct
the problem permanently. But here's my next question, I just got a free deal
on Pinnacle software when I bought my Canon oputura, are there typically any
conflicts with MM2 and Pinnacle that are known in terms of codecs. Just
would like to make sure I avoid any problems like that as much in the
future.

By the way, I would like to do that unregistering and I have read about it

in complete on your site, but just a bit nervous...not that technically
savvy.