It's a scene of a long walk through a channel ferry vessel until the steward asks for our tickets and we continue the walk up to our seats in the lounge.
To shorten it, I had the idea of increasing the video speed to 4x during the walking parts of that clip, but keep the steward's part at original speed.
step #1: divide the clip into 3 sections.
step #2: choose section 1 and make video speed 4x - via power tools - no prob.
step #3: do the same thing with section 3 - no prob either.
step #4: Now you have the video as intended, but section 1 and 3 without any sound (though only background voices) - so:
step #5: extract the sound from the original clip into a separate WAV file - via context menu on the clip icon within the clips window - should be no prob at all.
step #6: import the WAV file to the sound track.
step #7: try to synchronize the audible voice and sounds within the steward's part (section 2) - I chose the sound of the snapping tickets as being the loudest sound in this track for easier synchronization with the original video clip.
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And there is the odd thing: The speed of the WAV file isn't the same as the speed of the video sound! It's faster/shorter by remarkable degree!
For reproduction of any 'knowing' user I add the sourcefiles and the PDS file containing the respective scene (via export project) - so you should be able to see/hear, what I mean, after unpacking the RAR archive.
Curious to hear from you,
Michael.
P.S.: ok, the RAR file has 132megs - so no attachment here. - But just try it with any video clip of your own!
Michael.