Sound waveform

MonsterCarp wrote on 2/25/2023, 1:40 PM

I have just installed Movie Studio 2023 after using Movie Edit 2015 pro plus for many years. (Movie edit pro is no longer supported - unfortunately)

I've just done my first, very simple, project and whilst I got a result, the process caused me some confusion. Hopefully one of the contributors to this forum will be kind enough to point me in the right direction.

When I first loaded the recording into Movie Studio the audio waveform was displayed. I then set about editing out sections where there was no audio using the amplitude of the waveform as a guide to where these sections were.

Unfortunately, almost immediately after the first cut the waveform disappeared. There was no other change, just the waveform disappearing. I've done this exercise many times on Movie edit without any problems.

I searched for quite a while for some way of getting the waveform to reappear without any success.

So either there is some fairly elementary way of showing the waveform again or I've managed to find a program fault on my first use of the program.

Any help gratefully received

Thanks in advance

Peter

PS why isn't there any direct technical assistance for new users.

version 22.0.3.167

Windows 10

AMD Ryzen 7700X cpu

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johnebaker wrote on 2/25/2023, 2:58 PM

@MonsterCarp

. . . . why isn't there any direct technical assistance for new users . . . .

The quickest route for issues and how to's is this forum - most issues you are likely to come across have been seen before, there are many experienced users of the program here to help.

There is a list of tutorials here which you may find useful.

. . . . immediately after the first cut the waveform disappeared . . . .

I cannot replicate this:-

Are the video and audio on separate tracks or in one track.?
Does the waveform reappear when it is selected and you press Shift + E ?
Download and install MediaInfo and analyse one of the clips that shows the issue and post the results, see this tutorial on how to setup MediaInfo and analyse a video clip for all the data required.

If you see this line in the video section of the analysis:

Frame rate mode: Variable

Then this may be the cause of the issue - the video needs converting to Constant frame rate using a video converter such as Handbrake ot AvIDemux.

If the Frame rate mode is Constant then post the MediaInfo data in your reply.

HTH

John EB
Forum Moderator

CubeAce wrote on 2/25/2023, 3:09 PM

@MonsterCarp

Hi and welcome to the user to user forums.

Movie Studio is Movie Edit Pro. Magix just rebranded the name after the MEP2022 release.

Try right clicking on the audio object and see it a 'Create wave form' option shows in the list of options.

It you have time stretched the video or audio it won't display a wav form.

If that doesn't work, close the program and then open the project folder and delete the H0 and HDP files. Close the project folder and reopen the program. Make sure in the program Settings that the Automatically create waveform during import is ticked in the Video/Audio tab.

See if any of the above works.

Ray.

CubeAce wrote on 2/25/2023, 3:18 PM

@MonsterCarp @johnebaker

One further thought.

Below a certain track size, a high volume audio track can look like there is no waveform present. Try expanding the offending object to see if that is the case.

Ray.

MonsterCarp wrote on 2/25/2023, 3:32 PM

Thanks everyone for their comments.

Looking at a number of comments and tutorials the answer might be that my first attempt to get used to movie studio used a simple wav video that contained the audio data. This seems to be important from what I have read.

I'll follow all the suggestions and see if I get a bit further.

Peter

AAProds wrote on 2/26/2023, 4:57 AM

@MonsterCarp

If that doesn't work, close the program and then open the project folder and delete the H0 and HDP files.

More accurately, the HO and HDP files reside in the same folder as your source videos.

CubeAce wrote on 2/26/2023, 5:39 AM

@MonsterCarp

@AAProds makes a good point. I forget most people here seem to prefer to keep their source files in their original locations rather than copy them into the project folder to save disk space. I prefer to copy the files into a project folder on a dedicated project drive for working on and then export the finished project to backup drives. It's just my preferred way of working.

Ray.