davem1 Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 Hi Guys,completley new to the forum and pictures to EXE, so please bear with me, my problem seems to be adding music, i have downloaded music files into my Muscic folder, using windows media player, hence all files are .wma after assembling the photo's i require, then when i go into project options-music-Add and i add one of these files, nothing will happen i can't get any duration, in fact it freezes, I have an .mpa file in the same folder put that in and no problem at all, could you please advise what the problem is or what i am doing wrong? and thanks for the trouble. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 Hi Dave I usually use either Nero Express to import sound files from CDs(ie more button at bottom /extended settings / save to hard drive) This gives me a very easy way to save mp3 directly. Or I input via the sound card using Cool Edit software previously (but now that is called Adobe Audition), or you can download Audigy free from the web. Then I can use LPs, tape, microphones, minidisc etc .This method of using sound editing software then lets me play and mix the sound including removing hiss etc which I prefer to do. Bit like whether you take images and just resize them to use or prefer to tweak them with Photoshop, etc. Welcome to the PTE Forum, you will find lots of people here to help you.I've got a site at http://www.digital-av.co.uk which a resource for all aspects of digital AV (easier to put it on the website so I can point people there when they ring or e-mail for help - I can never remember the urls etc.There is also a magazine specifically produced in UK for AV workers called AV World. The editor Peter is also a prolific PTE user (won top awards!) and a member of this Forum. I produce a web site for AV World too at http://www.avworld.org The magazine has articles on sound aspects as well as photography and information about meetings & seminars for AV workers. Article in next issue on Audigy I believe http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity is a free audio editor. You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks together, or apply effects to your recordings. It also has a built-in amplitude envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode and a frequency analysis window for audio analysis applications. Built-in effects include Bass Boost, Wahwah, and Noise Removal, and it also supports VST plug-in effects. http://www.digital-av.co.uk - look for sound sense pageSome links did not work but I need to know which ones - have been updating & working on updating the whole site soon.Also on the Sound Sense page you will find some links to sound tutorials eg COOLEDIT below are some links to sites which offer help & tutorials.... help with cooledit (Music Forum at www.radiomute.com) DVDRhelp.com Forum Basic Recording Tutorial .....Audio Tutorials ......ModRec.comCool Edit Tutorials, theage.com.aututorials .......www.hitsquad.com Some time since I put them up so links need checking again now. Sorry I don't use Windows media player, as like you I became unstuck with it many moons ago & just found the way I was pointed so easy (Thanks IAN !)Hope this helps. Best wishesMaureen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronwil Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 As usual Maureen gives some sound advice and well worth reading. To add one feature in Adobe Audition, which was not in CoolEdit+Studio, is File>Extract Audio from CD. The operation is simple and really fast compared with its predecessor. Still improving Maureen? See you soon.Ron [uK] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobeefstu Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 Welcome Dave,Choosing WMA music files is actually an unwise choice for music.Many WMA music files are protected and only play on the host pc that has the privledge to play it. In otherwords, they wont play on just any pc ... they only play on a pc that has rights to.Check the WMA music file to see if it plays (alone itself ... not in PTE) on your pc correctly. If it doesnt play ... it is protected .Distributing or sharing PTE shows (with protected WMA music files) wont play on another users pc (usually freezes/locks)* Keeping protected WMA music files for long term storage is also risky. Whenever you eventually reformat the pc thats entitled to use them ... all privledges are lost and the WMA wont work and becomes useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 Hi RonI've got Audition and find that File>Extract Audio from CD. works on some computers but not always. (Don't know why?) Usually haven't the time to sit down and logically work out why, but sometimes it won't show the music files on the CD - must try it again one rare day when I've a moment to spare & see why it doesn't always work.My Laptop wouldn't show the Nero facility at a demo which we assumed was because it doesn't have a writeable CD attached (?) - I usually do all my sound work on my main home computer.Feeling better Thanks Love Maureen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davem1 Posted February 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 Many thanks to all,i finnished up downloading Audio Grabber, which by the way is now free, and ripped them to Mp3, so for now all ok, i do appreciate the input what a great forum, no doubt i will be back as i learn on the way, and thanks Maureen i will visit the site Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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