Getting a Great Performance - 01 (Notation Composer)

[rrayner]

Hi Sherry,

I've tried both the direct link and the download link, and in neither case can I get sufficient volume to hear the dialog. Quicktime is being used to play the download and its looks both Firefox and Internet Explorer use the same (or at least similar in appearance) under-the-covers software to try to play it.

Interestingly, in all three cases, I hear very clearly the click-click (hi-lo) that seems to correspond to your mouse clicks.

If I play a CD or a wav file, it comes through loud and clear, so it doesn't appear to have anything to do with my speakers.

Ralph

[Sherry C]

Hi Ralph,

I didn't test QuickTime (I don't particularly care for its behavior, and therefore don't use it). Please try using Windows Media Player for the one you downloaded and see if that helps. If it doesn't, do let me know. I tested it on my setup here before posting it, and it was fine (those first one or two mouse-clicks are extra loud, and would probably come through on nearly anything ).

ttfn,
Sherry

[rrayner]

Hi Sherry,

I'm still on XP and have Windows Media Player 11, which says, "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file.".

As I mentioned, unfortunately, neither Firefox (my preference) or IE plays it within a listenable range. If I immediately follows this test with a wav file test, the speakers are blasting.

Ralph

[Sherry C]

Hi Ralph,

Before I make any changes to this one, have you been able to hear the other videos in the Tutorial series ok? If you haven't tried them, please do give at least one other one a try so that I can rule out certain options here, and more quickly figure out the problem.

Thanks!
Sherry

[rrayner]

Hi Sherry,

I just tested with the previous three tutorials, and they come through loud and clear in volume level. Just in case something was wrong yesterday, I retried this one from the direct link, and I can barely hear your voice, even with the speaker turned up full. This morning's testing was all in Firefox.

To be more thorough, I again tried the downloaded mp4 file, both in Quicktime (7.6.9 under XP), and Firefox, which invokes Quicktime. The volume level is much diminished, compared to the other tutorials.

Ralph

[Sherry C]

Hi Ralph,

Thanks for running those checks on your system for me. I've re-rendered the video with the volume level "up" (except those initial clicks - I had the recording session set to "enhance" mouse clicks, which was not my best move ever )

It'll take the upload a few minutes, so you might want to go have a cup of coffee/tea/whatever and then give it another try.

Thanks again for letting me know, and for checking it out

ttfn,
Sherry

[rrayner]

That did the trick, Sherry. Thanks for making the change. I won't get a chance to go through the whole tutorial today -- gotta travel, but I'll get to it this week. Thanks, again. Ralph