capturing audio from a video clip

[CinciDave]

As an educator I often find video snippits (such as *.avi) on line and
download to show in class. Up 'till now I have used a microphone connected to
a hi fi headset to capture the audio (directly) from my speaker that
accompanies the video. The resulting sound, however, is not very good. Can
anyone suggest how the audio might be captured internally or directly, that
is, not from the speaker output? Any suggestions along these lines would be
greatly appreciated......Thanks
.................CinciDave

 

[John]

As an educator I often find video snippits (such as *.avi) on line and
download to show in class. Up 'till now I have used a microphone connected to
a hi fi headset to capture the audio (directly) from my speaker that
accompanies the video. The resulting sound, however, is not very good. Can
anyone suggest how the audio might be captured internally or directly, that
is, not from the speaker output? Any suggestions along these lines would be
greatly appreciated......Thanks
................CinciDave

Surely if you are downloading .avi files, they must already have the
audio that you want embedded in them. Or are you wanting just the audio
part of the file to play back?

John.

 

[John Inzer]

As an educator I often find video snippits (such as *.avi) on line
and download to show in class. Up 'till now I have used a microphone
connected to a hi fi headset to capture the audio (directly) from my
speaker that accompanies the video. The resulting sound, however, is
not very good. Can anyone suggest how the audio might be captured
internally or directly, that is, not from the speaker output? Any
suggestions along these lines would be greatly appreciated......Thanks
................CinciDave

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Easily accomplished using Movie Maker.

In Windows Movie Maker....
To save only the audio track of a video clip...
drag the video to the "Audio/Music" track.
Then go to...File / Save Movie File / ect...ect......

This will result in a .wma audio file. Be sure
to drag the clip all the way to the left on the
timeline or you will have dead air at the
beginning.

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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me may not work for you

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[CinciDave]

John,
Thanks for you response, but I'm afraid that you misinterpreted my query. I
use both the audio as well as the video. There are two problems associated
with capturing the audio output with a miucrophone from the speaker. First
the audio quality is extremely poor and second the audio is rarely in sync
with the video. Nothing can be more distracting than watching a speaker whose
lips are not forming the words that one hears. Telling students to stop
watching the mouth doesn't wash with a college group. BTW I use a program
called SNAGIT (by Techsmith) to capture the clip. My query to them on this
subject has not been very enlightening. I hope the Windows Newsgroup will do
better.
................CinciDave

 

[John Inzer]

John,
Thanks for you response, but I'm afraid that you misinterpreted my
query. I use both the audio as well as the video.
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What am I supposed to think when the subject line
clearly states: "Capturing audio from a video clip"?

Anyway...if you post a link to an example of the
clips you are trying to download I may be able to
offer some ideas on downloading the complete
files.

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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me may not work for you

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[CinciDave]

In retrospect you are right. I could have titled this much more succinctly. A
typical web video, "Cern in 3 minutes" can be retrieved from:

. As you will gather my course
deals with high energy physics....Let me know what you think can be
done...Again, thanks...............CinciDave

 

[John Inzer]

In retrospect you are right. I could have titled this much more
succinctly. A typical web video, "Cern in 3 minutes" can be retrieved
from:

. As you will
gather my course deals with high energy physics....Let me know what
you think can be done...Again, thanks...............CinciDave

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Easy enough...for YouTube clips the
following free software will help you
download the files to your hard drive
in a format of your choice.

save2pc Light
http://tinyurl.com/3xfqr2
or...
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Encoders-Converter-DIVX-Related/save2pc-Light.shtml
(click the Red download button...on the next
screen click, "Softpedia Secure Download (US)")

Also...the following online converter
may be useful:

vixy.net
http://vixy.net/

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When using the http://vixy.net/ site with YouTube...
the first step simply converts the video clip to
a different format...avi for example. Next...
you have to download the converted file to your
hard drive as follows:

After the file conversion is finished you will see
the following dialog on the screen:

Conversion Finished. Please download the following link:.
Download the converted video

You can right click "Download the converted video"
and choose... "Save Target As"...this will open the
"Save As" dialog that allows you to choose a save
location on your hard drive. Choose...Desktop...
and click the "Save" button.

After the file is downloaded you can go to your
desktop and move the file to any folder you
choose.

Note: I've noticed that sometimes the conversion
will fail...I think this is due to high traffic on the site...
the solution is to simply try again.
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Cheers.

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John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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[CinciDave]

Thanks again John,
This sounds like a workable solution. I'll give this a try and get back to
you. --
CinciDave

 

[John Inzer]

Thanks again John,
This sounds like a workable solution. I'll give this a try and get
back to you. --
CinciDave

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You're welcome.

Let us know the result.

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John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

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me may not work for you

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[CinciDave]

John,
I've had an opportunity to try save2pc and it works fine with a youtube
video file as does vixy. I really had no difficulty and the audio was as good
as the original. However due to the much of the subject matter which I seek,
many of my clips come from resources that neither save2 nor vixy accept. As
an example see:
http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=b011031_sp_fermi2. The pro
version, though accepting many more sites, does not cover the ones that I
need other than youtube. Thus, if a more general program exists, I'd be
pleased to try it out. In that regard any and all ideas are welcome, and
John, many thanks. This was a big step in the right direction.
...........................................CinciDave

 

[John Inzer]

John,
I've had an opportunity to try save2pc and it works fine with a
youtube video file as does vixy. I really had no difficulty and the
audio was as good as the original. However due to the much of the
subject matter which I seek, many of my clips come from resources
that neither save2 nor vixy accept. As an example see:
http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=b011031_sp_fermi2.
The pro version, though accepting many more sites, does not cover the
ones that I need other than youtube. Thus, if a more general program
exists, I'd be pleased to try it out. In that regard any and all
ideas are welcome, and John, many thanks. This was a big step in the
right direction. ..........................................CinciDave

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You're welcome...thanks for the update.

Your best bet would be to do a Google search for...

capture streaming video

One of the first hits (just an example) will be:

Three ways to save video from the InternetThree ways
to save video from the Internet
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11327_7-6555399-1.html

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John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

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