I some music that plays at different volumes.
as it I set the volume and one wil blast you out of your set and the next you can hardly hear it. Is there any way to adjust them so they play the same volume??

I some music that plays at different volumes.
as it I set the volume and one wil blast you out of your set and the next you can hardly hear it. Is there any way to adjust them so they play the same volume??


That sounds like a question Rory can answer.

If you are talking about your MP3's playing at different levels, they need to be "normalized".

"Normalizing software looks at an audio waveform and juices it up to eliminate volume discrepancies. But you don't need to be a recording engineer to normalize your MP3s; in fact, it's quite easy, whether you want to do so as you create a new file or work on a previously encoded file."

Read this article (http://www.cnet.com/4520-7899_1-6350954-1.html) and go directly to part two.

Side note: Make a duplicate copy of all of your mp3's first because normalizing some of them may reduce the quality significantly (that is, if they weren't encoded properly and at a high enough bitrate in the first place).

You seem to know what-is-what in the computer world! A question re: video.

Can you tell me if there is a program (hopefully free) that can convert MPG to AVI and AVI to MPG? :)

You seem to know what-is-what in the computer world! A question re: video.
Can you tell me if there is a program (hopefully free) that can convert MPG to AVI and AVI to MPG? :)

yes there is a converter application called Any Video Converter it can be downloaded from:

http://www.any-video-converter.com/download/

Make sure to go down to the free version (7th row down). And it's truly free - no adware or spyware. There is only a "nag screen" that pops up after every conversion, asking you to upgrade to the pro version. Just click "no thanks".

Here is a product comparison that describes which formats can be converted in the free version.

http://www.any-video-converter.com/version-compare.php

I would recommend that you use the mpg2 conversion profile when converting from avi to the mpg format. Sometimes in that program the audio isn't encoded properly (or at all) under the mpg1 conversion profile.

You can also change the parameters for the encoding process at the lower right of the screen.

Let me know how that works for you.

yes there is a converter application called Any Video Converter it can be downloaded from:

http://www.any-video-converter.com/download/

Make sure to go down to the free version (7th row down). And it's truly free - no adware or spyware. There is only a "nag screen" that pops up after every conversion, asking you to upgrade to the pro version. Just click "no thanks".

Here is a product comparison that describes which formats can be converted in the free version.

http://www.any-video-converter.com/version-compare.php

I would recommend that you use the mpg 2 conversion profile when converting to the mpg format. Sometimes in that program the audio isn't encoded properly (or at all) under the mpg1 conversion profile.

You can also change the parameters for the encoding process at the lower right of the screen.

Let me know how that works for you.

Thanks. I will check it out. I was thinking of putting something on Youtube. As I understand it they need AVI. Am I correct?

Thanks. I will check it out. I was thinking of putting something on Youtube. As I understand it they need AVI. Am I correct?

You can use any one of the more popular movie formats actually, but for the best quality, avi is the way to go. It gives the youTube conversion apps the full quality file to work with.

The downside is that avi files are huge because of the lack of compression.

I've uploaded wmv, mov, avi and mpg files to youtube with no problems. I made sure to keep the compression (when used) at a minimum though.

If you are talking about your MP3's playing at different levels, they need to be "normalized".

"Normalizing software looks at an audio waveform and juices it up to eliminate volume discrepancies. But you don't need to be a recording engineer to normalize your MP3s; in fact, it's quite easy, whether you want to do so as you create a new file or work on a previously encoded file."

Read this article (http://www.cnet.com/4520-7899_1-6350954-1.html) and go directly to part two.

Side note: Make a duplicate copy of all of your mp3's first because normalizing some of them may reduce the quality significantly (that is, if they weren't encoded properly and at a high enough bitrate in the first place).


Thank you I will give it a try tonight

yes there is a converter application called Any Video Converter it can be downloaded from:

http://www.any-video-converter.com/download/

Make sure to go down to the free version (7th row down). And it's truly free - no adware or spyware. There is only a "nag screen" that pops up after every conversion, asking you to upgrade to the pro version. Just click "no thanks".

Here is a product comparison that describes which formats can be converted in the free version.

http://www.any-video-converter.com/version-compare.php

I would recommend that you use the mpg2 conversion profile when converting from avi to the mpg format. Sometimes in that program the audio isn't encoded properly (or at all) under the mpg1 conversion profile.

You can also change the parameters for the encoding process at the lower right of the screen.

Let me know how that works for you.


cool idea CG.
Yorick I have a JVC camcorder with a harddrive its saves my vedio as *.ppp I converted it once but don't remember how I did it any ideas. do you think the above would world.

cool idea CG.
Yorick I have a JVC camcorder with a harddrive its saves my vedio as *.ppp I converted it once but don't remember how I did it any ideas. do you think the above would world.

Some JVC hard drive camcorders come with the software Power Producer.

The .ppp file that you see is a project file created by that program.

http://www.gocyberlink.com/multi/download/guides_3_ENU.html - this is the link for a page that displays the user manuals for the different versions of that software.

What version do you have installed on your PC, by the way? There must be an exporting feature in that program (from what I've seen, the software only allows you to save as a .PPP file, so it must have some other way of exporting)

See what the manual says or let me know what version you have and I can assist further.