Crackling audio issues after exporting movie.

[blurredvision]

I'm using Premier Pro for my video editing pleasure, but have been having some problems.

I've just started making videos over the past month, and started exporting them using the default MainConcept MPEG Audio. When authoring a DVD in Encore, however, it warns against having only an MPEG audio stream. So just yesterday, I tried exporting a movie using PCM. The default settings are unable to be changed, so it's exporting the audio with a sample rate of 48kHz and size of 16. But the end result is the audio crackling throughout the whole video.

With that said, is it safe to just use MPEG audio all the time? Or should I try the third option, SurCode for DolbyDigital (which is AC3, right?)? Thanks for any info you can give to a newbie like myself.

[troyvcd1]

Sounds like your source audio is not at 48k. What is your source and what sample rate is your audio.

[blurredvision]

Sounds like your source audio is not at 48k. What is your source and what sample rate is your audio.

Good point. Just checked the source audio, and it was recorded at:

Bit Rate: 1411kbps
Sample Size: 16 bit
Sample Rate: 44kHz

Should the rate match up for the crackling to go away?

[blurredvision]

Just an update, I reconverted the WAV from the CD using a sample rate of 48kHz, and encoded the video once again to mpeg2 w/ PCM audio. The crackling still exsists. What else can I try?

[blurredvision]

Another update. I've tried encoding using all 3 audio streams available, MPEG, PCM, and AC3, and the crackling still exists. I've tried re-encoding the WAV at 48kHz, but nothing still.

Can anyone help me out?

[troyvcd1]

just us premiere to export the wav file at the same rate it is originally. Then use ssrc program to resample the audio to 48k.