I've replaced standard audio in video clips using virtualDub, which is
free, and pretty accessible, but, the issue there is that along lines of
encoders, it requires a lot of hard drive space, since it seems to
generate new video clip files that are pretty huge, which I have then
converted back to smaller/normal ones using things like any video
converter, which is shareware, and which does require some tricks to
work with it.
Main thing is haven't done this for a little while, and, yes, takes a
lot of temporary hard drive storage space both for audacity to work with
full movie soundtrack length audio clips, while trying to make sure have
got the two audio tracks lined up with each other perfectly, and then
using virtual dub to replace the original soundtrack.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
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On 2016-10-21 11:02 AM, Andrew Downie wrote:
Hi Robbie
Not sure what you mean by "Is there a library for video content," but the following may give you some ideas.
I use the Video Edition of Total Recorder from High Criteria for editing video and it is very accessible but not free. It allows one to save the audio as a separate file. I have saved as an .m4a (I think that's right) file and brought into Audacity for embellishment. The embellished material can then be saved as a .m4a file and put back into Total Recorder.
A really crucial issue is that the length of the file must not change at all or Total Recorder will call you rude names and not accept the new audio.
You can do some correction in Total Recorder, but it does not have anything like the features of Audacity for tweaking levels, applying equalisation etc.
I have also looked very briefly at editing video in Reaper. Unlike Total Recorder, it did not seem to insist on making cuts at key frames, but I have not done enough to be confident that I am getting a good result. Reaper is also not free and the learning curve is considerable.
Andrew
On 21/10/2016 4:10 AM, Robbie wrote:
Hi!
I need to add an audio description to a movie. The plan is to import the audio track of the movie into Audacity and mix in the AD. So far so good, but how can I replace the original audio track of the movie with the new one? Is there a library for video content, as there is for MP3? Or is there an accessible video editor? I’d appreciate any ideas.
Cheers! Robbie
