Audio wont work with some music files



1972vet
07-09-2005, 10:35 PM
I've created my video and I'm satisfied with that, but when I add the music
to the time line and preview it, no music plays. I have created other videos
with other music and had no problem but this one piece of music wont work for
me.
I can play the music file on windows media player ok but it just wont work
for me in the windows movie maker program. I tried it on the windows photo
story 3 program and it wont work there either.

I can grab the progress bar after the video starts and try to move it one
direction or the other and when I do, I can hear the music. But if I rewind
it, it wont play.
I went ahead and created the video with that music anyway just to see if it
plays differently but it's still the same.

Here's the rub. I can use that same music file with Irfanview, and create a
slide show with that music and it works fine, it just wont work with windows
movie maker.
Anybody got any ideas what I can do to fix this problem? Anybody else have
such an experience as this?
Thanks very much for your expert help.
Disabled Vet

PapaJohn \(MVP\)
07-09-2005, 10:35 PM
Convert the music file to another one... if it plays fine in WMP or
IrfanView, play it there and capture it to a new WMA narration file in
MM2... see the Importing Source Files > Music and Audio page of my site for
more info.

.... you don't say where the music is from or the file type, so it's hard to
give any other suggestions.
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
..
"1972vet" <1972vet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:86E7345B-C5C2-498E-AC1E-1FA7A38AF502@microsoft.com...
> I've created my video and I'm satisfied with that, but when I add the
> music
> to the time line and preview it, no music plays. I have created other
> videos
> with other music and had no problem but this one piece of music wont work
> for
> me.
> I can play the music file on windows media player ok but it just wont work
> for me in the windows movie maker program. I tried it on the windows photo
> story 3 program and it wont work there either.
>
> I can grab the progress bar after the video starts and try to move it one
> direction or the other and when I do, I can hear the music. But if I
> rewind
> it, it wont play.
> I went ahead and created the video with that music anyway just to see if
> it
> plays differently but it's still the same.
>
> Here's the rub. I can use that same music file with Irfanview, and create
> a
> slide show with that music and it works fine, it just wont work with
> windows
> movie maker.
> Anybody got any ideas what I can do to fix this problem? Anybody else have
> such an experience as this?
> Thanks very much for your expert help.
> Disabled Vet

1972vet
07-09-2005, 10:35 PM
"PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:

> Convert the music file to another one... if it plays fine in WMP or
> IrfanView, play it there and capture it to a new WMA narration file in
> MM2... see the Importing Source Files > Music and Audio page of my site for
> more info.
>
> .... you don't say where the music is from or the file type, so it's hard to
> give any other suggestions.
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
> Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
> ..
> "1972vet" <1972vet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:86E7345B-C5C2-498E-AC1E-1FA7A38AF502@microsoft.com...
> > I've created my video and I'm satisfied with that, but when I add the
> > music
> > to the time line and preview it, no music plays. I have created other
> > videos
> > with other music and had no problem but this one piece of music wont work
> > for
> > me.
> > I can play the music file on windows media player ok but it just wont work
> > for me in the windows movie maker program. I tried it on the windows photo
> > story 3 program and it wont work there either.
> >
> > I can grab the progress bar after the video starts and try to move it one
> > direction or the other and when I do, I can hear the music. But if I
> > rewind
> > it, it wont play.
> > I went ahead and created the video with that music anyway just to see if
> > it
> > plays differently but it's still the same.
> >
> > Here's the rub. I can use that same music file with Irfanview, and create
> > a
> > slide show with that music and it works fine, it just wont work with
> > windows
> > movie maker.
> > Anybody got any ideas what I can do to fix this problem? Anybody else have
> > such an experience as this?
> > Thanks very much for your expert help.
> > Disabled Vet
>
>
> Sorry,
the file is a .mp3 file and it came from a disk.
(I clicked to get your web page and it said "no information available)

Wojo
07-09-2005, 10:35 PM
"1972vet" <1972vet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8A9D7849-3932-4282-889B-3D0B7A67FA80@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Convert the music file to another one... if it plays fine in WMP or
>> IrfanView, play it there and capture it to a new WMA narration file in
>> MM2... see the Importing Source Files > Music and Audio page of my site
>> for
>> more info.
>>
>> .... you don't say where the music is from or the file type, so it's hard
>> to
>> give any other suggestions.
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
>> Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
>> ..
>> "1972vet" <1972vet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:86E7345B-C5C2-498E-AC1E-1FA7A38AF502@microsoft.com...
>> > I've created my video and I'm satisfied with that, but when I add the
>> > music
>> > to the time line and preview it, no music plays. I have created other
>> > videos
>> > with other music and had no problem but this one piece of music wont
>> > work
>> > for
>> > me.
>> > I can play the music file on windows media player ok but it just wont
>> > work
>> > for me in the windows movie maker program. I tried it on the windows
>> > photo
>> > story 3 program and it wont work there either.
>> >
>> > I can grab the progress bar after the video starts and try to move it
>> > one
>> > direction or the other and when I do, I can hear the music. But if I
>> > rewind
>> > it, it wont play.
>> > I went ahead and created the video with that music anyway just to see
>> > if
>> > it
>> > plays differently but it's still the same.
>> >
>> > Here's the rub. I can use that same music file with Irfanview, and
>> > create
>> > a
>> > slide show with that music and it works fine, it just wont work with
>> > windows
>> > movie maker.
>> > Anybody got any ideas what I can do to fix this problem? Anybody else
>> > have
>> > such an experience as this?
>> > Thanks very much for your expert help.
>> > Disabled Vet
>>
>>
>> Sorry,
> the file is a .mp3 file and it came from a disk.
> (I clicked to get your web page and it said "no information available)

That is likely your problem.
Some MP3's will work just fine in WMM and others simply won't.
The solution is, as Papajohn says, to convert the MP3 to WMA or WAV and then
import that into your project.


Audio wont work with some music files