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LightsOnLogan
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Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 2008 at 10:26am | |
If you edit the audio file Aurora will detect this as a change to the file and will want to re-import it. You shouldn't manipulate the cache folder manually as it could cause some interesting problems. The only exception is if you have a corrupted file in the cache... you can delete it and Aurora will rebuild it on the next file/open that requires it.
Yes, the raw video format is very large... unfortunately this was necessary for some futrure features we have planned for down the road (such as showing scene change markers on the sequencer timeline). Fortunately hard drives are very cheap these days compared to most of the hardware that goes into a display. Edited by LightsOnLogan - 03 Sep 2008 at 10:28am |
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tonyjmartin
Senior Member Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Location: Traverse City, MI, USA Online Status: Offline Posts: 144 |
Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 2008 at 10:17am | |
Brings up an question... Is the original audio file still necessary after Aurora has converted the file and placed it in the Cache folder (and given it that really "code-like" name)? I suppose the same question could apply to the cached video file as well. I'm just trying to get a grasp on how Aurora operates. i.e.: I notice that when I base a sequence on a video file, Aurora creates a uncompressed RGB/PCM cached video file (read VERY large) as well as a wav file of the audio. Do I have this correct? Can I convert the audio and/or video files myself and place them in the Cache folder, or should I just let Aurora "do it's thing".
So converting all audio files to standard wav format would be the most dependable approach then? |
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LightsOnLogan
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Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 2008 at 9:48am | |
Just a little bit of trivia...
Aurora converts everything to WAV (16-bit 44.1kHz stereo) internally anyway to get around the various VBR timing issues, so there is not any real benefit to using MP3 files. There have been some cases in which the converter we are using isn't properly doing the conversion (we are looking into it). For example, one user discovered that Aurora can not read 24 bit files. These unusual formats tend to be the exception rather than the rule.
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tonyjmartin
Senior Member Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Location: Traverse City, MI, USA Online Status: Offline Posts: 144 |
Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 2008 at 9:33am | |
Is there a correlation between the two, or is this happening with some wav and some mp3 based sequences? Either way, it could be the sample/bit rates in the audio files. Open their file properties and see if these are consistent or all over the place. There have been past issues with some bit rates in both D-Light and LOR, so Aurora may not be immune. As a rule, I always convert everything to wav format for my own piece of mind. |
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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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garrisonl
Newbie Joined: 02 Sep 2008 Location: Houston, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 38 |
Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 2008 at 8:07am | |
A little of both. Star Wars is wav and rock a around the christmas tree is mp3
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Mark & Lisa Garrison
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ChrisL1976
Beta Testers Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Location: Kankakee, Ill Online Status: Offline Posts: 1341 |
Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 2008 at 8:01am | |
are they all Wav or mp3?
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Chris
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garrisonl
Newbie Joined: 02 Sep 2008 Location: Houston, TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 38 |
Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 2008 at 7:48am | |
Hi Everybody:
Not sure yet where to post what on this forum. Got used to the folks on D-Light. so I will start here.
I have been moving my spectrum files to Aurora. For some reason some of the music is not playing. Only a select few pieces of music. They play fine on the computer and in spectrum, but when I do the playback in aurora, there is lights but no sound.
Anyone have any ideas as to what I need to do? Other than trying to learn the software and starting over. My Halloween show is finished and only a few songs left for christmas.
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Mark & Lisa Garrison
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