extracting audio

[Rockulazero]

I have made the transition from I-movie on the Mac to WMM and have noticed
that they work in pretty much the same way.
I-movie has a feature where you can extract the audio from a clip in the
timeline and then edit it separately on it's own line directly below the
video timeline
It appears that WMM has the same setup but I am not able to locate any
function to extract audio and place it in the audio timeline
Is there a function on WMM?

 

[PapaJohn]

drag the video clip to the audio/music track and Movie Maker will treat it
as an audio file.

 

[John Inzer]

I have made the transition from I-movie on the Mac to WMM and have
noticed that they work in pretty much the same way.
I-movie has a feature where you can extract the audio from a clip in
the timeline and then edit it separately on it's own line directly
below the video timeline
It appears that WMM has the same setup but I am not able to locate any
function to extract audio and place it in the audio timeline
Is there a function on WMM?

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Dragging a video to the Audio/Music track
in Movie Maker and then saving will result
in a .wma audio file...

For a more versatile method...the followng
freebie will extract audio:

AoA Audio Extractor
http://www.aoamedia.com/audioextractor.htm

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John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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

 

[Rockulazero]

Thanks
Kinda funny how the simplest thing is right in front of you but you don't
see it

 

[Rockulazero]

I am transferring from a mini DV camera through firewire to my WMM under the
task "Import-From video camera"
as well as using the popup menu that appears when the camera connects to the
laptop
There are glitches in the playback of the audio of both source/paths
I assumed it was because the footage needed to be saved as an actual project
for the playback to be more stable but saving it doesn't get rid of the
glitch
Any suggestions?

 

[PapaJohn]

There's a number of things that could be the reason...

- If you're dropping frames during the capture from the camcorder... due to
something like a highly fragmented hard drive or too many other things
running on the computer at the same time, or a slow hard drive, then you
should tune up the hard drive and recapture the footage. Movie Maker doesn't
tell you if it's dropping frames. Use the WinDV utility to capture and it'll
tell you (link on my Setup Movie Maker > Other Software page.

- If your files are fine, then smooth editing preveiws are annoying but not
critical. The data taken from the DV-AVI files and put into your saved movie
isn't done in real time. Movie Maker will take whatever time is needed to
get it right. Judge the final movie by playing it. Smooth playback will be
determined by the power of your computer and the quality you selected when
saving the movie.