Link Audio to video

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hi guys..i have 2 questions... that are bugging me

1. is there a tool that tells me info about the wav/mp3 file?
2. i encoded a avi file to make it smaller, then i ripped the sound from the big file, compressed that too, and after it i wanted to link them together without compressing them again. i tryed virtual dub, but he doesnt recognize mp3's. Then i tryed Sorenson squeeze wich links them but i didnt find the option to merge them...so:
how can audio and video be merged without recompression?

thanks
Q.

[SLK001]

What makes you think that any recompression will occur?

What do you need to know about .WAV and .MP3 files? A WAV file is an uncompressed LPCM audio file. A MP3 is a MPEG1/Layer III compressed audio file.

[[.Q.]]

yes i know what they are...
i just dont know how to make a soundless avi into a avi with sound.. so i dont have 2 files...

and it kinda sucks that virtualdub cant link avi with mp3`files

so... how does that linking, combining done?

[Cornucopia]

create soundfile of correct length in cooledit, audacity, etc. save as wav.
multiplex (mux or "weave") together with silent video in avimux. save as new avi.

Scott

[[.Q.]]

do i need to save it as wav? cuz i would want to have a small sound file... so i made a mp3..

and i downloaded avimux.. but it doesnt work... cant find some file... any other programes that cand do it?

edit: - i noticed that most programs dont want mp3's for audio source.. is it possible to to waves with the same filesize as a mp3?
- also... in TMPGenc i can multiplex.. but i cant open a xvid file. only mpeg 1 and 2

thanks alot for the help

[Cornucopia]

Any AVI muxer should be able to do it, I just like AVIMux best (Make sure you're getting the correct one-- v0.4c, available at DivX Digest). Others might include AVIMaster, AVIMuxGUI, ... Virtualdub once had a mod that allowed mp3, you would've used direct stream copy mode.

Mp3 is workable. Haven't had any problems with it myself.

Scott

***What are you wanting for your final format anyway?