[gentoo-user] [OT] suggestion for recombining audio with video

[gentoo-user] [OT] suggestion for recombining audio with video

[Iain Buchanan]

Hi all,

recently I've been doing some better recordings (proper mic into sound
system) along with my video camera.  This means that I have two sources
- one attached to the video, and one separate audio stream.

It's not practical for me to plug the sound system into the video camera
(although that would be ideal) because I move around too much, and a
cable would be ... not practical :)  And there are some "room noises"
that the video camera picks up that a directional mic doesn't.

aaaaanyway... I've just started using audacity to edit the "nice" audio,
and add some simple effects, and I want to recombine that with the
video, so that I have the nice audio + video.  So I would require a
program to do the following

     1. line up video and audio from separate files
     2. adjust the position of the audio frame by frame, so that I can
        get as-perfect-as-possible lip sync!
     3. video and audio not necessarily the same length
     4. mpeg or dvd compatible output
     5. mix two (or more?) audio sources into one audio+video file, with
        some simple crossfade
     6. Open software would be ideal (linux of course!), followed by
        closed-but-minimal-cost, followed by
        closed-costly-but-so-excellent-I-have-to-have-it!

If there is a choice, I would prefer that the video is left as unaltered
as possible by this program, to avoid going through too many
conversions.

I don't need any fancy editing or effects, I have other programs to do
that!

Any suggestions?  I have been looking on google, but there are so many
bad shareware programs that my results get flooded with rubbish!

TIA,
-- 
Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

"Can you program?"  "Well, I'm literate, if that's what you mean!"

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] suggestion for recombining audio with video

[Mark Shields]

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

[1] http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php3

-- 
- Mark Shields

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] suggestion for recombining audio with video

[Iain Buchanan]

On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 23:58 -0400, Mark Shields wrote:
> On 9/10/07, Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au> wrote:

[snip]
>         
>              5. mix two (or more?) audio sources into one audio+video
>         file, with 
>                 some simple crossfade
[snip]

>   Oh, and point #5 you can do with Audacity.

really?  audacity can combine audio and video?


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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

A ship at sea is its own world. To be the captain of a ship is
to be the unquestioned ruler of that world and requires all of
the leadership skills of a prince or minister.
 
         -- Col. Corazon Santiago,
            "Leadership and the Sea"

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] suggestion for recombining audio with video

[Mark Shields]

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On 9/12/07, Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 23:58 -0400, Mark Shields wrote:
> > On 9/10/07, Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au> wrote:
>
> [snip]
> >
> >              5. mix two (or more?) audio sources into one audio+video
> >         file, with
> >                 some simple crossfade
> [snip]
>
> >   Oh, and point #5 you can do with Audacity.
>
> really?  audacity can combine audio and video?
>
>
> --
> Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
>
> A ship at sea is its own world. To be the captain of a ship is
> to be the unquestioned ruler of that world and requires all of
> the leadership skills of a prince or minister.
>
>          -- Col. Corazon Santiago,
>             "Leadership and the Sea"
>
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>
Sorry, I meant to say it can combine the two audio sources.

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- Mark Shields

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