Topic: PC program to put audio (music) over video.

[SClassical]

Is there a good simple PC program that I can use to put audio over video?

I plan to use my camcorder in a concert which does not have line-in audio so the sound is very bad. So I will have the video with bad sound. I will also run my sound recorder using good preamp and mics. So by the end of the day I want to put the good sound (wav file) over the video (miniDV).

Can someone tell me what is the best PC program to use and what hardware I need if I only have a laptop (and obviously the wav file and a miniDV recorder).

Thanks.

[mmedley.]

Sony Vegas will do it. Import video. Add additional stereo track. Insert new audio in said track. Line up audio. Remove old audio track. Render to a new DV-AVI file, then compress to whatever format or author to DVD (using something like Sony DVD Architect).


Edit:

And prepare by having PLENTY of HDD space. One DV tape is like 16GB of HDD space. I would plan to have at minimum triple that in free HDD space.

[keytohwy]

Avid used to make a version of their software for free.  Also, QuickTime Pro ($30) from Apple can do this, but with less control than a dedicated app.

keytohwy

Is there a good simple PC program that I can use to put audio over video?

I plan to use my camcorder in a concert which does not have line-in audio so the sound is very bad. So I will have the video with bad sound. I will also run my sound recorder using good preamp and mics. So by the end of the day I want to put the good sound (wav file) over the video (miniDV).

Can someone tell me what is the best PC program to use and what hardware I need if I only have a laptop (and obviously the wav file and a miniDV recorder).

Thanks.

[ShawnF]

Sony Vegas will do it. Import video. Add additional stereo track. Insert new audio in said track. Line up audio. Remove old audio track. Render to a new DV-AVI file, then compress to whatever format or author to DVD (using something like Sony DVD Architect).


Edit:

And prepare by having PLENTY of HDD space. One DV tape is like 16GB of HDD space. I would plan to have at minimum triple that in free HDD space.

I don't use Vegas, so maybe this isn't as doable, but couldn't you just import the video, extract the audio into a .WAV file.  Then in your favorite audio editor synch up the good audio with the original, and save the synched good audio.  Encode the AVI file into streams, but then when authoring use the synched good audio instead of the original.  No need for a second huge AVI file just to replace the audio that way, and it might be a little faster?  I do this with WinDV to import, VirtualDub to extract the audio (well, first to trim the AVI file to exactly where I want if I don't get the capture quite spot on), CEPro to synch the audio, TMPGEnc to encode, DVDLabPro to author.  Kind of a circuitous route, but it works well for me.  And, I let the video encode on a second computer while I work on the audio synching, so that helps speed things up a bit.

My  edit:  sorry, not sure that quite fits the bill in the initial question for a single program answer (or simple, for that matter).  But several of the tools are free and some of my other ones could be replaced by free- or shareware.  The big issue, though, is getting something that can synch up the audio--any multitracking audio editor ought to be able to do that, so maybe you have the tool already, then just encode and author the DVD as you would if you weren't replacing the audio.

[hawghunter]

I've used WinDV (free) to get the AVI file from MiniDV.
TMPGEnc is a good encoder for the AVI file, it think about $35.
When you encode it will make 2 files the WAV and MP2 (i think) from the AVI.
Then I've used Adobe Encore to auther, that is more expensive.
Check this out;

http://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?howtoselect=9;48#9;48

or this

http://www.dvd-guides.com/guides.php?category=dv&name=dvtodvd

[rowjimmy]

Sony Vegas will do it. Import video. Add additional stereo track. Insert new audio in said track. Line up audio. Remove old audio track. Render to a new DV-AVI file, then compress to whatever format or author to DVD (using something like Sony DVD Architect).


Edit:

And prepare by having PLENTY of HDD space. One DV tape is like 16GB of HDD space. I would plan to have at minimum triple that in free HDD space.

I've only done this sort of thing once but.... I used Vegas and it could not have been easier and I could not have been happier with the result.  two thumbs up.