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[hickory]

I have imported a long movie (over 2 hours) with Media Import as mpg files.  Since I want to burn it to a DVD, I tried two methods.  First, I used VideoWave to save the movie as a project, then edited two copies of the XML project file to modify the duration and to change the inPoints and outPoints (for both video and audio).  This gave me a project file of the first half and another project file with the second half.  (I can put them back together in my DVD recorder's hard drive.)  Second, I imported one-half of the movie, then the second half.

In both instances, the audio trails the video by 2 or 3 seconds.  I played all parts in Windows Media Player and the clips are in perfect sync.  But, in VideoWave's preview and when burned to disc with MyDVD express, the audio is not in sync.

Any suggestions would be really helpful.

There are a lot of good ideas in this forum -- thanks to all.

[Liqvid]

Please see this thread:
Useful Thread

[hickory]

I have imported a long movie (over 2 hours) with Media Import as mpg files.  Since I want to burn it to a DVD, I tried two methods.  First, I used VideoWave to save the movie as a project, then edited two copies of the XML project file to modify the duration and to change the inPoints and outPoints (for both video and audio).  This gave me a project file of the first half and another project file with the second half.  (I can put them back together in my DVD recorder's hard drive.)  Second, I imported one-half of the movie, then the second half.

In both instances, the audio trails the video by 2 or 3 seconds.  I played all parts in Windows Media Player and the clips are in perfect sync.  But, in VideoWave's preview and when burned to disc with MyDVD express, the audio is not in sync.

Any suggestions would be really helpful.

There are a lot of good ideas in this forum -- thanks to all.

There are a lot of good ideas in the "Useful Thread".  But, I don't understand how I can get a copy of the native audio.

I am importing the movie with Media Import from a video capture card.  The end result is an .mpg file.  How can I extract just the audio to either edit it or to add it as an extra soundtrack and mute the native audio?

Thank you.

[sknis]

There are a lot of good ideas in the "Useful Thread". But, I don't understand how I can get a copy of the native audio.

I am importing the movie with Media Import from a video capture card. The end result is an .mpg file. How can I extract just the audio to either edit it or to add it as an extra soundtrack and mute the native audio?

Thank you.

Once you have the file on your computer, open Media Manager, navigate to the file and then right click it, Select extract audio and then save the file in a place and with a name you will remember.

Close Media Manager and open Video Wave. add the file. Go to the timeline mode and click on show/hide tracks. Put a check mark near native audio and make sure that one other audio track is checked - music is a good choice.. You will see those tracks show up. Select the native audio by clicking on it and then use the icon that looks like a speaker. When you click on that, you will see the option to mute the track. Now go back to add audio and select that file. You will get a dialog to add the music. Select one of the audio tracks that you are showing - music track. You can move the location of the music track to line up with the dialog. You may have to put a color panel before the video so that you can line it up.

How/where did you import the video files from. If it was from a DVD, you can simply copy the VOB files to your computer and use those files in Video Wave. If you captured from a digital video cam through firewire, then the shorter capture times would be best. If you captured via a A/D converter card and your sound card, then do the shorter capture or consider a USB device that will capture both audio and video into the computer via the USB. I've used the DVC 90 that comes with the Deluxe to capture over one hour with no sync problems.

Also please remember that you can get only about one hour of the best quality video on a single sided disc. Up to two hours with loss of quality.

In the future, capture in shorter segments 10 to 15 minutes. The sync problem seems to be related more to hardware than anything else (video card speed for capture Vs audio capture speed) and to key frames being identified to system the audio to.

You might also benefit from watching the last demo video here.

Edited by sknis, 30 May 2007 - 02:10 PM.