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  • Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars) August 27, 2013 at 4:38pm

    ok i only have a web cam built into my HP so how do i seperate audio from video ? lol im an idiot  when it comes to computers . this is my first one . dont laugh yeah im only 30 but i never cared much about computers .  before this ive only recorded stuff on a tape recorder .

    • Ron "Oily" Sprague > Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars) August 27, 2013 at 9:46pm
      You've got to get that video file from wherever your web cam stores it on your HP PC, and copy it into Movie Maker, where you can manipulate it. You can separate the audio from the vid, and save it out as a separate wav or mp3 track. Or, you can playback the webcam vid file, and record the audio during playback using Audacity, a free Windows sound editing program. I record streaming audio off the Web like this all the time, usually with good results. Then you can save that out as a separate mp3 file.
      • Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars) > Ron "Oily" Sprague August 28, 2013 at 1:26am

        ok thanks im gonna give it a try .

        • Clock The Wolf > Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars) August 28, 2013 at 1:49am

          I often use Sony Movie Studio Platinum Suite 12.

          Also, there are a wide range of apps out there you can use to convert files from one type to another... MP3 to MP4...  MP4 to WAV... upgrade or downgrade quality... etc...

  • Clarky August 27, 2013 at 5:21am

    Yeah I did a couple with Windows Movie Maker, it's so easy to use.  Your video is just a timeline that you drag and drop pictures/video clips, sounds etc onto.

  • The Phrygian Kid August 27, 2013 at 12:34am
    I lost patience with iMovie cos I e only got 2gb of ram. But garage band lets you add a video track too :)
  • Ron "Oily" Sprague August 26, 2013 at 8:23pm
    Piht,

    Yes, you can. Depending on whether you have a Mac or a PC, you can use iMovie (Mac), or Movie Maker (Windows), to create a video with your own soundtrack. Each allows you to add a separate audio track beneath the video. You can copy in old archival footage like Clock does, or add your own vid files or still picture files, arrange them in whatever order suits you, then add your own recorded audio track beneath that. Both programs allow for fine timing, so you can line up vid events with audio events for added impact, and you can also do dissolves, fills, titles, rolling credits, and other effects like grainy sepia or black-and-white film, psychedelic colors, negative reverse, etc. They're both drag -and -drop, and feature a time line that allows you to preview what you've created on the fly. They both take just a little bit of playing around to produce something that looks pretty professional. Be warned, however, that producing a 4 minute vid with lots of fades, transitions, banners, credits, etc. can take several hours to tweak to your satisfaction.
    • Clock The Wolf > Ron "Oily" Sprague August 26, 2013 at 8:47pm

      ...and pay attention to the audio balancing. You can adjust the ratio of the added audio track to the audio of the video. Even if the video has no sound, leaving the audio at a balanced midpoint can make it kinda low.

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