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Lin, Thank you. That works. I have been doing everything in the Timeline and never had a reason to use the list. You are right- much easier!!

Well...I tried that- wanting to add "space" before the first slide (a Title) appears. When I try to pull the first slide to the right to create a space for the blank slide, it just stretches the first slide along the timeline. Every attempt to insert a blank side, even if I have the timeline marker at the very beginning, results in the blank slide being inserted AFTER the first slide, not BEFORE. I thought your suggestion made sense but, clearly, I am missing something.

Peter..and Yachtsman... Thank you for your generous help. Actually, I downloaded software that Yachtsman suggested, saw another utility on the same site- Prism video converter, that is super-simple- I HIGHLY recommend it for quick and easy conversion. and converted all my videos to MP4, which drastically reduced the glitching on my separate audio tracks. Now I will try freeing up resources on my system as well. I will try burning a DVD to see if it is indeed only on playback on the PC that I hear this glitch. Pete

Why didn't I think of that ? !! Thanks much.

The menu allows for inserting a dark slide, handy for creating spaces, in the project between slides/clips, or at the end. Is there a way to add space before the first photo- insert a dark slide at the beginning?

So when I hit Optimize, is actually converting to something other than HD? In which case, why bother shooting in HD. Do most of you just go for 720 resolution (or what I call normal DVD quality...)?

Hi PGa, Thanks for your input. I have a Canon Powershot that records video at selectable resolution- I have it at HD 1080 and when I drag it to my PTE project I get asked to convert. I always say Yes, so PTE is converting (Optimizing). That's why I'm wondering PTE would have a problem with it. I have not burnt any DVD's yet, just watching them on my PC. Since the audio plays fine on the pc, and the video plays fine in PTE, I cannot figure out why the audio would glitch within the project. Your suggestion that something in my system is doing it makes sense but I haven't a clue what yet. Before going to the trouble of converting my HD to MP$ (as someone suggested), I want to be sure that will solve the problem. Pete

Video Pad- Is that a free download? It will convert a Video shot in HD to MP4?

Aha! Thanks. HD...shame- it looks great in HD. Can I convert within PTE or do I need another program?

Jill, More info...even stranger... the audio "stuttering doesn't always happen in the same place of the video clip so it apparently is not embedded in the audio track or the project as I work on it, but seems to be a playback issue. Yet the wav file plays back perfectly when listene to it outside of the project. Should I try burning a test DVD to see if it plays this way outside of the PC?

Correction- no sound from clip.... just my audio track... I had forgotten to Mute one...

Should mention clips were shot on a Canon digital powershot and is in HD, also 12 minutes long. The clips were converted by PTE )(optimized...). They are interspersed with regular photos. Also, I could swear that I occasionally hear a sound from the clip itself even though I've got Mute Audio checked in the properties of each video clip.

Thanks Jill, The music file is 12 minutes long, standard wav or mp3pro. Occasionally, especially during video clip (with embedded audio muted in clip) it will "stutter". My PC is a dell Studio XPS with default sound card (never have sound issues normally and I do a lot of auydio work...) Intel 3.2, lots of Ram. I converted the sound file to MP3PRO, but no difference.

At the start of a video (after transitioning from a photo, my .wav file soundtrack experiences a short glitch- a "stutter". I am using HD avi video, converted by PTE, I have a Windows 7 PC with plenty of RAM etc.... Only problem I'm having with completing a project- the wav files have no problem by themselves- thanks for any help!