Curious. This sounded "flat" compared to the older version, so I had a suspicion that this was in mono rather than stereo. I decided to test this hypothesis and fired up Audacity. Left and right channels are identical, so my hunch was right and this audio is in fact in mono. Then I checked other HD versions of Immediate Music - they have the same problem.
I suggest going through your workflow to check where the stereo>mono conversion happens. Is it the final conversion to h264/aac, or earlier?
@OPici14 yes, it's not about bit rate - I don't hear any compression artefacts, but the lack of two discrete channels flattens any piece of music due to how human hearing operates.
I don't have any experience using Camtasia studio, so I can only offer generic advice to check:
-first, ensure that your source audio file has a stereo stream with separate left and right channels
-secondly, check your encoding profile to make sure it's set to 2 channel, 44kHz, 16bit audio with appropriate bit rate.
@OPici14 The easiest way to check that a sound track has two separate channels is to open it up in something like Audacity, and visually look if the waveforms in the left and right channel are identical or different. This can also be done by playing the file and looking at the dB meter - if left and right channel indicate different intensities, then the track is likely a stereo file. If you know what to listen for, you can also fairly reliably identify non-stereo and stereo tracks by ear alone.
Hmm....no top comments?
YES!!
Better not be any top comments :/
QuakerRaze 3 months ago
sweet upgrade, thanks!
steelbaz 4 months ago
fantasticaaa
maxxfiori90 4 months ago
This is the Dungeon Lords song!
Chaalmyth 5 months ago
Curious. This sounded "flat" compared to the older version, so I had a suspicion that this was in mono rather than stereo. I decided to test this hypothesis and fired up Audacity. Left and right channels are identical, so my hunch was right and this audio is in fact in mono. Then I checked other HD versions of Immediate Music - they have the same problem.
I suggest going through your workflow to check where the stereo>mono conversion happens. Is it the final conversion to h264/aac, or earlier?
HerraTohtori 5 months ago in playlist More videos from OPici14
@HerraTohtori Hmm, the song is 320 kbps :/.. and i use h264 from camtasia studio. HD encoding video for youtube from camtasia studio. :/
OPici14 5 months ago
@OPici14 yes, it's not about bit rate - I don't hear any compression artefacts, but the lack of two discrete channels flattens any piece of music due to how human hearing operates.
I don't have any experience using Camtasia studio, so I can only offer generic advice to check:
-first, ensure that your source audio file has a stereo stream with separate left and right channels
-secondly, check your encoding profile to make sure it's set to 2 channel, 44kHz, 16bit audio with appropriate bit rate.
HerraTohtori 5 months ago
@OPici14 The easiest way to check that a sound track has two separate channels is to open it up in something like Audacity, and visually look if the waveforms in the left and right channel are identical or different. This can also be done by playing the file and looking at the dB meter - if left and right channel indicate different intensities, then the track is likely a stereo file. If you know what to listen for, you can also fairly reliably identify non-stereo and stereo tracks by ear alone.
HerraTohtori 5 months ago
Amazing!
XPainMaster 5 months ago
wonderfull
simoouazif 5 months ago