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Trouble adding pre-recorded audio track to finished video

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Trouble adding pre-recorded audio track to finished video

Postby DrDtMM » Mon May 12, 2014 1:19 pm

I am creating a 60-second public service announcement, which consists of still images, transitions and titles with background music. The video part is done and I am having trouble incorporating the audio track, which at one time was the audio track of a concert video. If I position the time-line cursor at zero and "insert [audio track] to time line", the audio is positioned correctly, but all of the video (on four different tracks) is pushed to the right. If I position the time-line cursor to the right of all of the video and then try to drag it to the left, I am unable to do so. This has got to be extremely easy, but it has me stopped cold. Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: Trouble adding pre-recorded audio track to finished vide

Postby Bob » Mon May 12, 2014 2:51 pm

That's the way "insert" works. Rather than use the menu and the "insert to timeline" command, use the mouse and drag the audio file from the media bin to the timeline and drop it on the empty audio track and position where it is to go. If there is something already on the audio track at that point, you can press ctrl as you drag and drop to overlay or allow it to split the clip and ripple.

Not sure what's going on with the clip when you add it to the end. You should be able to select the clip on the timeline and drag it to another position.
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Re: Trouble adding pre-recorded audio track to finished vide

Postby DrDtMM » Tue May 13, 2014 8:59 am

Thanks, Bob. Audio track is now in place, but no audio is coming out of playback. Any immediate thoughts?

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Re: Trouble adding pre-recorded audio track to finished vide

Postby Steve Grisetti » Tue May 13, 2014 10:31 am

This is a new issue, right, Dr. D? Not related to your previous.

You're saying that, although you've watched the audio meters and they are registering audio (The Audio Mixer is under the Tools menu), but you are not hearing audio from your movie from any track?

If so, did you use a USB microphone to record anything or is there a USB microphone plugged into your computer?

What are the sources of your audio files and what format are they?
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Re: Trouble adding pre-recorded audio track to finished vide

Postby DrDtMM » Wed May 14, 2014 1:47 am

I discovered that if one expects to hear audio from a video, it's best to make sure that one's audio system's power/volume switch is rotated away from the "off" position. Thank you.

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Re: Trouble adding pre-recorded audio track to finished vide

Postby Steve Grisetti » Wed May 14, 2014 8:08 am

Ha! Well, as we always say, any solution that works is a good solution, DrD!
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Re: Trouble adding pre-recorded audio track to finished vide

Postby John 'twosheds' McDonald » Thu May 15, 2014 1:06 am

DrDtMM wrote:I discovered that if one expects to hear audio from a video, it's best to make sure that one's audio system's power/volume switch is rotated away from the "off" position. Thank you.

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