ulead VS 10 - replacing sound

[Batouttahell]

I'm new to video editing. I have two video tapes - 3 VHS copies of an old family event. One has great audio, bad video. The second has better video in the first half and is a mess after that, the third has good video in the second half.

Converted all to digital. Downloaded the trial version of Ulead VideoStudio 10. I have a lot of these old tapes and would like to do a lot more if I find the right sw.

Anyway, I merged the two clips pretty well and converted the good audio to mp3.

1) How do I remove the old audio and replace it with the MP3?

2) It seems like the video moves a little faster than the audio. Makes it look like an old Godzilla flick. How do I speed up the video and line up the video with the audio? I moticed there's a place in the audio editor where the sound is a picture of a squiggly line. I am sure I can line it up if I can get a frame by frame on top of the sound like this.


Thank you.

[bertmartin]

You can mute the audio that goes with the video, and add an audio track. The only problem I have had with muting the audio is you need to mute each and every scene. If you have only one scene then not a problem. There may be a better way but I have not found it yet. BTY I like Video Studio 10 very much and it seems stable. Also the encoder is pretty good. The red line on the audio editing tab just allow you to vary the audio level. I haven't used this yet. I recommend you purchase the full version if you like the interface.

[Batouttahell]

Thanks, I got it to mute and added the other audio track. There's only one scene so I can live with it on this vid, but I'd sure like to find a better way for later ones.

The audio starts out about right, then is way ahead of the video within about 15 seconds. Is there a way I can speed up only the video?


Also, is there a way to save the whole new clip as an MPG or an AVI so I can watch it on a different computer? I wonder if this has to do with my processor speed. All I've been able to do by banging on it is save it as a project.

[bertmartin]

I don't think you can speed up the video but you can adjust the audio speed before you add it. Use a program called Goldwave which you can download free. The speed adjustment is a matter of trail and error. I believe there are some guides. Just look under tools to find Goldwave and the guides. As to your other question about saving - you may not have a full functioning program if you downloaded the trial version, but you can save under the SHARE tab. The first option is Create Video File. You can save as an avi(DV) or encode as an MPEG2 file. Other options under the SHARE tab include Create Disk. This option opens the disk writing tool where you can write a DVD with menus. You will need a DVD burner for this.

[Batouttahell]

Thanks. I think I can also export to AVI through that batch convert function, which I saw last night but didn't get to try. I found a place in the edit menu where I can force the video to take a specific amount of time, which I think will work. The audio sounds perfect, if I stretch it out it might get kind of trippy. And since the audio and video have to match, I am hoping it comes out the way it should.

One thing I did before, and forgot, was how to mute the sound and use the supplimental music or voice track instead....

[Chunking]

I haven't used VS10 yet but I have done a lot in VS9. You can speed up the video. But what your trying to do by matching the audio and video like that will be very difficult to match up for the length of the whole video. They will come out of sync. You can save your project as an avi or other. Not sure of the interface for vs10 but under VS 9 under share you can save your work as a file. The you have the option to save as AVI, MP2 Etc. I wouldn't convert it to mp3 either. I would leav eit as a wave. You can also extract the audio from your good video in VS10. In vs9 there is an option to create an audio file. That takes the audio from your video and creates a wave file. Not sure what type of audio your working with. Is it music or something?

[Batouttahell]

No, it's audio from the original video. I've already got it on MP3 and WAV by using some other program I forgot the name of - one of many on download.com

So when the auido and video are out of sync, what to do? There must be a way to fix this.

[Chunking]

I would do everything in VS10. I would load all three videos in there. Before chopping down the video I would extract the audio from the good one. Mute out the audio from the bad one. then insert the audio you extracted. It may be easier to match up the audio before you edit it down.