Question
Cap3 – Audio corruption problems
[Running Captivate 3 on Windows XP Pro]
In the project I’m working on, I’ve captured all the slides I need, and have built up my narration audio by adding .wav clips as I go along. I’ve been using the Edit Audio Timing display to sync the next series of slides to each audio clip I add.
PROBLEM:
The project was running approx. 70 MB (50 individual slide events). After importing my last audio clip, I was in the process of syncing it to the remaining slides in my show. ... But while previewing my timing, I found that at slide cut points going almost to the beginning of my project, short silences were inserted intermittently, and just as often, syllables were dropped or duplicated from my voice-over, again, at slide cut points. In some cases, the inserted silences were impossible to delete. These problems cropped up in segments that were fine previously.
The rework has been extremely painful. … I decided to cut up the project into smaller movies, prove them out, then concatenate the pieces. This seems to be working okay. In the meantime, I also purged my libraries of unused objects.
I’ve noted that in trying to remedy this situation, I’ve deleted a clip from the timeline, and re-imported it. When this happens, I get an alert asking whether I wish to create a duplicate of the clip or not. It’s clear that just because you delete a clip from the timeline, it remains in the library. Is my poor library maintenance a potential cause of this garbling? What’s going on? ... Would greatly appreciate any best practices info.
In the project I’m working on, I’ve captured all the slides I need, and have built up my narration audio by adding .wav clips as I go along. I’ve been using the Edit Audio Timing display to sync the next series of slides to each audio clip I add.
PROBLEM:
The project was running approx. 70 MB (50 individual slide events). After importing my last audio clip, I was in the process of syncing it to the remaining slides in my show. ... But while previewing my timing, I found that at slide cut points going almost to the beginning of my project, short silences were inserted intermittently, and just as often, syllables were dropped or duplicated from my voice-over, again, at slide cut points. In some cases, the inserted silences were impossible to delete. These problems cropped up in segments that were fine previously.
The rework has been extremely painful. … I decided to cut up the project into smaller movies, prove them out, then concatenate the pieces. This seems to be working okay. In the meantime, I also purged my libraries of unused objects.
I’ve noted that in trying to remedy this situation, I’ve deleted a clip from the timeline, and re-imported it. When this happens, I get an alert asking whether I wish to create a duplicate of the clip or not. It’s clear that just because you delete a clip from the timeline, it remains in the library. Is my poor library maintenance a potential cause of this garbling? What’s going on? ... Would greatly appreciate any best practices info.
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