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14/01/2011 01:14:07

clebo99
clebo99
Posts: 5 		Hey Everyone,

I just downloaded Muvizu and so far I am loving it........I have some experience with Maya but this is such a great tool that allows me to start animating quickly.

Ok, so I have 2 quick questions:

- My first scene as practice is to animate a band (guitar, drums and bass) with music imported as the "background" music. The sound file (.mp3) seems to be a little distorted in Muvizu but when I listen to it in ITunes there isn't a problem. Is there a trick or configuration to importing audio?

- I finished the movie above and "rendered" it but when I play it within Microsoft Media Player (on XP), I get the CODEC error. I set it at the "normal Youtube" setting. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Thanks everyone. I'm really looking forward to learning more about this tool and starting to share some of my videos.

Chris, Baltimore
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14/01/2011 02:28:48

clebo99
clebo99
Posts: 5 		Ok, I figured out the CODEC and am using Quicktime to view the video. It looks ok, but there are times when it looks like the video "pauses" for a split second. Is that a hardware issue? I am using a Dell Vistro 1510 with Dual CPU (2.0Ghz) and 3GB of RAM. That should be powerful enough, right?
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14/01/2011 03:38:05

mystoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
mysto
Posts: 471 		Do you have a dedicated graphics chip with it's own memory or an integrated chip that shares the computers ram?
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14/01/2011 10:21:54

Emily
Emily
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Posts: 346 		Hi clebo99,

Welcome to Muvizu!

For your first question, it might be that the mp3 is being distorted somehow via the import process. We haven't seen this before. Best thing would be if you could send the file to bugs@muvizu.com

For the second question, it could be an issue with the particular codec that you chose. Which codec have you selected?

Emily
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14/01/2011 10:29:59

glasgowjim
glasgowjim
Posts: 698 		Hi clebo99,

It might also be due to using Quicktime (it's a bit of a resource hog) - you might want to try using VLC media player or Media Player Classic:

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

http://mpc-hc.sourceforge.net/

Take care,
-Jim.
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14/01/2011 12:40:42

clebo99
clebo99
Posts: 5 		Thanks everyone. To answer one question, the Vostro has an Intel x3100 video card. I can also try some other sound files. The sound seems better during playback in QuickTime.

Now I just need to get my mic to work for the lip-syncing and I'll be off and running.

Chris.
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