Separate Native Audio From Video?

[Guitar55]

 

My DVD project has hit maximum disk capacity. I have content that was shot from two camcorders and I'm trying to switch scens using overlays, BUT I want the audio to all come from one camera.

 

Is it possible to remove the video portion, but retain its Native Audio in place where I add in the overlays in order to redduce the overal size of my project?

 

Thanks,

Dennis

[Guitar55]

That worked! Thanks.

 

Now how do I trim out a piece of video, but keep the gap?

 

 

[sknis]

That worked! Thanks.

 

Now how do I trim out a piece of video, but keep the gap?

 

Double question there? How do you trim and how do you keep a gap.

 

Watch this to see how to trim. Switch to story line view and drag -into that spot - what you want to add. Everything to the right will move over.

[malatekid]

Use Media Manager, point to the video file and right click. Select Extract audio. Then bring in that audio file to Videowave.

[sknis]

My DVD project has hit maximum disk capacity.

Thanks,

Dennis

 

Please explain.

 

You can put one hour of best quality video on a single sided disc. Almost double that at reduced quality. For DL, essentially double that. Do not look at file size. I recently put a 6 gig video on a standard DVD and still had space left over because the video was only 38 minutes long.

 

Are you working in Video Wave? You should be.

 

Are you using scenes to make a compilation of the two videos? You will have to mute the native audio tracks when you add the extracted audio. Good luck matching the images from the two cameras with the audio. You may also have to split the extracted audio track (Sound Editor) and add it in pieces to one of the audio tracks. Transitions can help mask the audio a little. Consider also adding a music piece (to a different audio track) at low volume to also hide the cuts and to play through the transitions.

 

Click Show/Hide tracks just above the video in timeline to see the native audio. You may have to do it in pieces since the program not recognize the two native audios as being one. While you are there, click on the other audio tracks to make sure you have at least two of them showing.

 

Have you also considered a P-I-P type of finished video through the use of overlays. That would be an alternate to playing around with the audio tracks sine the overlays would not have the native audio. You can switch from camera to camera by making the overlay cover the main video and then back again. I would try this method if you have to do another. You are pretty far along so I'm not sure it is worth starting over.