Replacing songs on VHS and converting to VCD/SVCD

[ricky]

I'm a relative newcomer here so please bear with me. I have a VHS recording of some songs I sang (karaoke) at a function and while the picture quality is excellent, the sound is a disaster (they didn't hook up to the mixer). I have the same songs on a normal audio CD that I recorded around that time and since we are talking about karaoke, timimg should not be an issue.

I need to know how I can replace the video song with the one that's on CD and whether I can put everything on CD as VCD or SVCD? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[BTO]

One way is if you have 2 vcr's; put the vhs tape in the 1st vcr and only connect the video out to the video in on the second vcr deck, run the audio out from the cd player to the audio in on the 2nd vcr deck. It will be tricky to sync the audio with the video if the audio cd and vhs tape were not recorded at the same time and are the same length.

I have never had to convert vhs to computer to vcd since I have a DVD home recorder.

[ricky]

Thanks BTO. It'll be tricky alright as I still want to keep the audio from the VHS tape for everything else there other than my song which I want to replace with that on my audio CD. Any ideas?

[Tommyknocker]

It sounds like my "closet rock star" days. If you promise not tell anyone I did that, here goes. Since your final product is to be a VCD or SVCD, you may want to try it this way:

1. Download and install Gold Wave and TMPGEnc (does anyone besides me pronounce it as "TEMP-genk"?)

2. Capture "Ricky Unplugged" (your karaoke performance) to your computer.

3. Put your CD in Windows Media and select the Copy from CD and choose only the sound track you want. Note where Media Player saved your sound track.

4. Launch Gold Wave and load your CD sound track and save it as a wave file.

5. Launch TMPGEnc and close the wizard if it opens. as the video input, select Ricky Unplugged as the video input, and as the audio input select the saved wave file.

6. Select Load. Choose the appropiate template (VCD, SVCD, etc.). Select Start.

7. If the audio is not in synch, add silence, or delete a portion of the audio using this guide. Repeat step 5.

8. If the finished video is what you are looking for, use your favorite authoring program to burn to VCD or SVCD.

As I said, I used this procedure, and my wife still will not let me record over my performance of Isaac Hayes (with the artist's vocals dubbed over mine). She tells me like it so much. Go figure women. Remember, this our little secret.

And if you have any problems or questions the gurus and I are waiting to hear them. Good luck!

[ricky]

Thanks matey. I'll certainly give it a try. Just hope it's not too complicated as I'm new to this sort of thing.

Cheers

[Tommyknocker]

As a side note, I see your performances are a part of a longer video. If you need the CD track as part of a longer sound track, you will have to Mix it, rather than use the CD's song as the entire sound track.

Either way, I plan on being online most of the day, so you can ICQ me, or MSN Messenger me if you want me standing by as you attempt it. Trust me, you performance will be very entertaining if you "hammed it up". i.e., overacted in your performance along with the overdub you will be adding.

[chodges84]

i pronunce it as temp-enc, no g for some reason, must have misread it first time i saw it and it stuck