conundrum with adding audio clips over background music

[Guest]

I am making a video in MSWMM with still photos that has a continuous music CD
playing in the background (on the audio/music track). That's done and I now
want to add a series of audio narration clips (.wav files) to the timeline
but when I try to insert, they jump down to the audio/music track which is
where the background music CD is laid down which advances the music out of
sync. I cannot get it to go on the other audio track just below the
transitions timeline. Maybe that audio track is solely for the audio portion
of videos but is there a way to override that so I can use that track for
narration clips instead so my background music is not affected?

 

[John Inzer]

I am making a video in MSWMM with still photos that has a continuous
music CD playing in the background (on the audio/music track).
That's done and I now want to add a series of audio narration clips
(.wav files) to the timeline but when I try to insert, they jump down
to the audio/music track which is where the background music CD is
laid down which advances the music out of sync. I cannot get it to
go on the other audio track just below the transitions timeline.
Maybe that audio track is solely for the audio portion of videos but
is there a way to override that so I can use that track for narration
clips instead so my background music is not affected?

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If you save the project in a movie format (.avi or .wmv)
you can reimport the finished video and the sound
will be on the Audio track. Now you can add additional
audio on the Audio / Music track.

To save as an .avi movie file...
(and several other options)
Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
Choose...My Computer /
Next /
Enter a Name and a Save Location /
Next /
Show More Choices /
Other Settings /
Open the drop window and choose...DV-AVI /
Next /
Wait while the movie is saved /
Finish...

To save as a .wmv movie file...
Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
Choose...My Computer /
Next /
Enter a Name and a Save Location /
Next /
Tick...'Best Quality For My Computer'
Next/
Wait while the movie is saved /
Finish...

Also, you may find it useful to use
a custom profile:

Movie Maker 2 - Saving
Movies - Custom WMV Profiles
http://tinyurl.com/s2vgu

Creating Custom Profiles
for Windows Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/cuny7

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
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Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Guest]

John, this makes sense but I am away from my machine on a laptop now and
won't be able to try that out until tomorrow. I'll also need to research the
difference to decide between .avi or .wmv beforehand since I'm so new to
this. I really appreciate the help.

 

[Walter]

John, this makes sense but I am away from my machine on a laptop now and
won't be able to try that out until tomorrow. I'll also need to research the
difference to decide between .avi or .wmv beforehand since I'm so new to
this. I really appreciate the help.

I generally save to .wmv as .avi produces files that are far
too big for my available hard drive space (and in the past,
it would tell me I didn't have enough memory). Whatever
format you save to is by and large irrelevant, though,
because you have to reimport the "finished" file, anyway.

 

[Graham Hughes]

Not quite irrelevant as wmv is compressed and you can save as a very highly
compressed wmv which would make your endvideo very poor quality.
If your original files are dv.avi then it would pay you to stay in the
dv.avi realm, as this is a lossless format, each time you save it stays the
same.
wmv is a compressed format, so if you choose this option always choose
highest quality.
See the how to edit music and audio video tutorial on this page if you want
an easy guide to John's reply
http://www.myvideoproblems.com/Tutorials/Video_Tutorials.htm

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.com



Whatever format you save to is by and large irrelevant, though,