[access-uk] Re: how to extract the soundtrack from a digiTV recording

  • From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:13:45 -0000

Hi Pele and CarolOK, I know, I should look ... but have mercy ...  I was born 
with a computer score of 0!  <Smiles>

--
Carol
carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx



-- Original Message ----
From: Steve Nutt
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 8:14 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: how to extract the soundtrack from a digiTV
recording 

> Hi Carol,
> 
> There is a whole list of shortcuts in the DigiTV help.
> 
> All the best
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Carol Pearson 
> Sent: Monday 24 March 2008 18:01
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: how to extract the soundtrack from a digiTV
> recording 
> 
> 
> That's very interesting.  Thanks.  Didn't see that key stroke
> anywhere.  Let me know if there are any more, apart from the obvious
> play, stop, pause etc.  
> 
> 
>> Carol
>> 
>> I've not had a go at extracting from Digi yet. Seems like an awful
>> faff! (smile). . but if this helps, When listening live to a
>> broadcast or a recorded programme, shift right arrow increases the AD
>> volume. And, shift left arrow reduces the AD volume.
>> 
>> hth
>> 
>> Ann
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Carol Pearson
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 5:40 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: how to extract the soundtrack from a digiTV
>> recording
>> 
>> 
>> Steve,
>> 
>> I've been looking at this again and it all seems a bit messy and time
>> consuming!  ...  I'd sooner play using the video recorder and record
>> into GoldWave (using "What you Hear", or whatever the equivalent for
>> just getting it through the sound card).  This may well be doable.
>> The problem I have, really, with the whole system is a fault with the
>> audio description using Freeview in that it's too low in volume.  (We
>> don't have this problem when using Cable.)
>> 
>> Now, is there any way you can think of to up the volume of the audio
>> description whilst listening (or even recording from that recording)
>> using the video recorder?
>> 
>> It's all a bit make shift, but I'd like to have something that's a
>> bit more workable than just using the video recorder and, at the same
>> time, hopefully something that then can be transferred quickly and
>> easily to an audio device of my choosing.
>> 
>> If anyone else has thoughts on this, please chime in here.
>> 
>> Cheers.
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi Pele and Carol
>>> 
>>> Here's how to demultiplex DigiTV recordings to strip away the normal
>>> soundtrack and the audio description soundtrack.
>>> 
>>> First, open DigiTV as normal - you may want to mute the sound by
>>> pressing the M key so that you can hear the prompts with Jaws or
>>> other screen reader.
>>> 
>>> Go into the file menu and down cursor four times to the tools item
>>> and press enter.
>>> 
>>> Right cursor twice to get onto the demultiplex tab.
>>> 
>>> Tab four times until you hear browse after the input file prompt.
>>> Press the spacebar to get to a normal windows open dialog box.
>>> 
>>> Press shift+tab to get into the file list of your recordings. Cursor
>>> down until you hear the name of the file you want to demultiplex.
>>> Now tab four times until you land on the open button and press the
>>> spacebar. You should hear jaws counting up towards 100%.
>>> 
>>> Now, here's where things get interesting.
>>> 
>>> You are suddenly thrown back to the main DigiTV screen and wonder
>>> where the heck the demultiplex page has gone. However, don't worry
>>> this is a bug in the software and all that has happened is that jaws
>>> has lost focus on the page. To return it to the focus, just press
>>> alt+tab and the windows will swap around and you're back in the
>>> demultiplex dialog box.
>>> 
>>> Now press tab until you land on the start demux button. Pres the
>>> spacebar and you will hear jaws reporting the percentage that DigiTV
>>> has demultiplexed the file. This may take one or two minutes
>>> depending on the size of the file. However the count never actually
>>> reaches 100%, it always appears to end at 99%. Now tab ten times
>>> until you land on the exit button and press spacebar and you will
>>> get back to the main DigiTV screen.
>>> 
>>> Close down DigiTV.
>>> 
>>> Now open your recordings folder and you will find that there are 3
>>> new files, these will be the name of your recording plus 00c0.mp2,
>>> 00c1.mp2 and 00e0.m2v.
>>> 
>>> The file ending in 00c0.mp2 is the normal soundtrack, the file
>>> ending in 00c1.mp2 is the audio description soundtrack.
>>> 
>>> As I said, you can play the mp2 files in win amp or you can convert
>>> them in CDEX to mp3's.
>>> I have been told by Nebula that you can use gold wave to merge the
>>> 00c0 and the 000c1 files to give you a complete audio described
>>> sound track, but it won't create the dip in main soundtrack that's
>>> normal when the voice over speaks and consequently it may be
>>> slightly difficult to hear distinctly when for example music is
>>> being played in the background of the main soundtrack. I haven't
>>> tried this myself as I don't have gold wave and sound forge needs
>>> an expensive plug in to work with mp2 files.
>>> 
>>> If you have any trouble with this procedure, just drop me a line and
>>> I'll try and sort you out.
>>> 
>>> Good luck
>>> 
>>> Steve Green

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