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On 9/10/07, Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au> wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> recently I've been doing some better recordings (proper mic into sound |
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> system) along with my video camera. This means that I have two sources |
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> - one attached to the video, and one separate audio stream. |
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> It's not practical for me to plug the sound system into the video camera |
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> (although that would be ideal) because I move around too much, and a |
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> cable would be ... not practical :) And there are some "room noises" |
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> that the video camera picks up that a directional mic doesn't. |
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> aaaaanyway... I've just started using audacity to edit the "nice" audio, |
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> and add some simple effects, and I want to recombine that with the |
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> video, so that I have the nice audio + video. So I would require a |
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> program to do the following |
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> 1. line up video and audio from separate files |
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> 2. adjust the position of the audio frame by frame, so that I can |
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> get as-perfect-as-possible lip sync! |
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> 3. video and audio not necessarily the same length |
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> 4. mpeg or dvd compatible output |
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> 5. mix two (or more?) audio sources into one audio+video file, with |
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> some simple crossfade |
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> 6. Open software would be ideal (linux of course!), followed by |
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> closed-but-minimal-cost, followed by |
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> closed-costly-but-so-excellent-I-have-to-have-it! |
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> If there is a choice, I would prefer that the video is left as unaltered |
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> as possible by this program, to avoid going through too many |
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> conversions. |
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> I don't need any fancy editing or effects, I have other programs to do |
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> that! |
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> Any suggestions? I have been looking on google, but there are so many |
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> bad shareware programs that my results get flooded with rubbish! |
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> TIA, |
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> Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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> "Can you program?" "Well, I'm literate, if that's what you mean!" |
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> gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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I've never used it, but Cinelerra [1] looks like what you might want. Btw, |
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a quick, cursory google search returned that. Oh, and point #5 you can do |
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with Audacity. |
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[1] http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php3 |
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- Mark Shields |
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