combining audio and video

Tedkirkendall0107

Newbie Joined: Jul 09, 2013 20:28 Messages: 1 Offline

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Jul 09, 2013 20:48

Hello, I'm an absolute newbie so please be gentle. I am trying to put professional looking instructional videos on my website. I need to record video using a camcorder and record audio with software on my computer thus allowing me to have a higher quality of each. Merely recording the audio from the camcorder is not good enough. I'm recording the audio and video at the same time. The audio is going directly into the computer so the camcorder will not be picking that sound up. When I'm done I have an AVI file and an Mp3 file. So the question is how to sync the audio and video files into one tidy movie. Can someone please point me in the right direction? Thanks very much. Ted

borgus1

Senior Contributor Joined: Feb 27, 2013 00:33 Messages: 1318 Offline

Jul 09, 2013 21:27

Quote: I need to record video using a camcorder and record audio with software on my computer thus allowing me to have a higher quality of each. When I'm done I have an AVI file and an Mp3 file. So the question is how to sync the audio and video files into one tidy movie

You can place the AVI on a video track and the Mp3 on the audio track. However, because the two sources apparently were not "locked" together, results may be problematic requiring adjustments to compensate for speed differences.

Caution: RAW Mp3 files don't fare well in PD11. It may be wise to convert them to WAV or at least Mp3 (layer 3) prior to dropping them onto the timeline.

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wjr002

Member Location: Kingscliff, Australia Joined: Jun 29, 2011 20:22 Messages: 117 Offline

Jul 09, 2013 21:41

I've seen a guy who has a helmet cam and records audio separately tap is helmet so he has a reference to link the 2. PD12 Ultimate Suite (upgrade from PD11 Ultimate). PhotoDirector 5. PowerDVD13. YouCam 5.

ShadowsOfKnight

Newbie Joined: Jun 10, 2013 18:29 Messages: 23 Offline

Jul 09, 2013 23:49

As implied by wjr002, you need a visual queue to start each video, to help line up the audio and video later. My understanding is that's the reason for the "clapboard" you used to see when they were starting to film a movie scene. Someone walked out with the clapboard that had the scene info on it, then by clapping the board you now had a queue on both the audio and video to line up later. You can do the same thing with a hand clap from someone in view of the camera. If there's a better way, I don't know it either.

As for the MP3, I have used them a number of times combined with video and still pictures, and they have worked ok for me.

Michael8511

Contributor Location: U.S.A. Indiana Joined: Jan 14, 2012 16:12 Messages: 374 Offline

Jul 10, 2013 07:26

I was playing with two camera view on me this weekend. The clapboard is good. I just clap my hand together this weekend and line up the spike in the waveform from the audio from both cameras. That work great for me. I want to pick up a Zoom ZH1 Handy Portable Digital Recorder one day.
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