thevikester Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 This software got rave reviews...but I'll be darned If I Can synch the music with the video, I don't seem to be able to find an easy way to do so...if anyone uses this software, please let me know, so I can ease my mind a bit, I 'm about to use the movie make live on windows, which is basic but perhaps I should stick with basic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Roberson Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I have/use it. I really like it.Put your video in the "master video track"Put your audio in the "music track 1"Adjust the position of the audio til it match the video.If you need to do any trimming on the 'master video track' make sure you lock the audio track or it will also trim the audio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Weiland Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I also use Power Director and if you follow the steps suggested in Paul's post its that simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulanator Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 I use it also, same as Paul, just manually trim it, and you can match the sound.You can also turn off the main sound from the video by clicking on the icon near the timeline. I do that when I have matched it up correctly, then turn off the main audio on the master track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevikester Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 Paul Roberson wrote: If you need to do any trimming on the 'master video track' make sure you lock the audio track or it will also trim the audio.When you say lock the audio track, are you talking the audio track of the video, or the audio track as in the Music track?? Thx for your input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Roberson Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 thevikester wrote: Paul Roberson wrote: If you need to do any trimming on the 'master video track' make sure you lock the audio track or it will also trim the audio.When you say lock the audio track, are you talking the audio track of the video, or the audio track as in the Music track?? Thx for your inputThe audio track that you put in the music track. If you don't lock it while you are trimming the video it (the audio you are trying to add) could get trimmed also.The audio track of the video can be silenced or even removed if need be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwertz Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 I'm going to have to try lining up the audio in Power Director again. Currently I'm only using it to reformat the video so I can work with in Windows Movie Maker.When I use Movie Maker I slide the mp3 around until the echo goes away. It works great for making sure the dubbed audio is perfectly aligned. But when I tried this in Power Director a couple weeks ago, I couldn't hear the echo. I gave up pretty quick, but I'm thinking it would only play one audio source at a time in the preview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevikester Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 rwertz wrote: I'm going to have to try lining up the audio in Power Director again. Currently I'm only using it to reformat the video so I can work with in Windows Movie Maker.When I use Movie Maker I slide the mp3 around until the echo goes away. It works great for making sure the dubbed audio is perfectly aligned. But when I tried this in Power Director a couple weeks ago, I couldn't hear the echo. I gave up pretty quick, but I'm thinking it would only play one audio source at a time in the preview.You can adjust the volume of each, the music track, and the video track audio...as my video audio is low, I crank that up, being video taped across the street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Roberson Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 rwertz wrote: I'm going to have to try lining up the audio in Power Director again. Currently I'm only using it to reformat the video so I can work with in Windows Movie Maker.When I use Movie Maker I slide the mp3 around until the echo goes away. It works great for making sure the dubbed audio is perfectly aligned. But when I tried this in Power Director a couple weeks ago, I couldn't hear the echo. I gave up pretty quick, but I'm thinking it would only play one audio source at a time in the preview.In the small preview window at the right top there are two buttons "Clip", "movie". If "Clip" is selected you will only hear one of the audio files. (which ever one is highlighted). To hear both audio files make sure "movie" is selected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwertz Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Paul Roberson wrote: In the small preview window at the right top there are two buttons "Clip", "movie". If "Clip" is selected you will only hear one of the audio files. (which ever one is highlighted). To hear both audio files make sure "movie" is selected.Thanks Paul, I'll have to give that a try tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwertz Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Well after some trial and error figuring out a few other settings I finally got a HD video exported directly out of PowerDirector in the wee hours this morning. Thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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