Hi, > > On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 11:29:47AM -0400, Joe > Hartley wrote: > > > > > Can anyone point me to a Linux-based tool that > will allow me to work > > > with the soundtrack on this type of DVD? > > You don't > need fully-fledged > video editing software for creating the audio for > this. If the movie is at final cut this is true. I'm also assuming it is. A finished visual product makes the audio engineering alot easier. Ideally you will work with the original multitrack audio sources. Working from the stereo mix that is on the DVD is a big compromise. > xjadeo + ardour has been used by at least a few > people with good > results. It has worked well for me. xjadeo seems perfect except for one > problem, it seems to be > really picky about what type of video files it > plays, In fact it only plays one type of file. I think it's an .avi wrapped in mp4. At any rate the instructions for converting to the file type are included with the package. so you might need > to transcode the video file to the correct format > before being able to > play it with xjadeo. Producing a new DVD with the original visual files and the new audio is the question mark in my mind. After the audio is produced, throw away the xjadeo file and burn a DVD with the new audio and original visual file. I'm guessing the mencoder can strip out the orginal audio. Of course do because xjadeo does this. What tool would be useful to merge the audio and visual back together with? I suppose their are many possibilities including the GUI apps like Main Actor and Cinelerra. These are all tasks I'll be performing in the next several weeks. I normally hand client audio off to a video house but am doing my own movie and intend to produce audio and video start-to-finish in house with Linux tools. I hate to say this but these might be the designs of a sadistic mind. The audio is simple but video production looks massively confusing. Main Actor might save my sanity. We'll see. Hopefully Joe learns some things so I can pick his mind. In fact I'm not working on my project until Joe reports success in a new Movies Made with Linux wiki forum with appropriate mailing lists and all the other organizational jazz that we never cease to ponder. Incidentally, the last soundscore I worked on played in a feature slot during the opening of the new Walker in Minneapolis. The Walker is a highly reguarded art museum in the U.S. The audio was produced in its entirety with Linux tools. I'm told the movie and its audio recieved rave reviews. I'm so lame I'll have to call the movie producer to figure out the name of the film. lol Chalk up another small success for Linux audio. I digress for the moment but hope we get to compare notes, ron > The basic idea behind xjadeo is simple. It syncs to > jack transport, so > it will stay in sync with ardour. Or any other jack > transport enabled > software, like muse. > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/xjadeo/ > > > -- > Sampo Savolainen <v2@xxxxxx> > > ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com
