Split audio from video track

[Mike Warren]

With studio 10, I have no problem spitting audio from the video track on timeline. But after doing this, how can I reunite the two on the video track... a day or two later? Is splitting audio irreversable?

Also, what do I do when I need 3 audio tracks? On Studio 10 I find only two tracks for audio. Is there a trick I don't know about? Sorry for these simple questions, but I'm a slow learner.

Mike

[Trevor Andrew]

With studio 10, I have no problem spitting audio from the video track on timeline. But after doing this, how can I reunite the two on the video track... a day or two later? Is splitting audio irreversable? No just hit the mute button to return the video's audio. delete the split audio

Also, what do I do when I need 3 audio tracks? On Studio 10 I find only two tracks for audio. Is there a trick I don't know about? Sorry for these simple questions, but I'm a slow learner. There are only two audio tracks, if you need more, render the project to one file, then use the two tracks again.
Mike

[blplhp]

Hi Trevor,

I don't know if Mike Warren was implying maybe that after he had split the audio from his video clip, that he may have done some editing to that split audio clip. If not, it inspired a question in my mind - for whatever reason, if someone edited the split audio clip and wanted to reunite it back into the original video clip, can VS10 accommodate that? And would it override the original audio clip still embedded in the video clip. On the otherhand, would there be a good reason to reunite it back to the video clip?

Intermediate renders are such a cool thing to get around some of VS10's limitations. There are so many edit features that can be accomplished thru intermediate renders. It definitely fosters creativity.

Thanks, Trevor.

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

The underlying question was----Is splitting audio irreversable?

Well no its not , you can always revert back to the original video and audio file.

When you split audio Video Studio does two things.

1 / mutes the video track
2 / creates a copy of the audio in the voice track

You can revert these conditions, delete the voice track and undo the mute.


If you split audio and then edit the audio file, you can then render the project to a new file.

This will combine the new audio with the video as a single file.



I have had reasons to split audio, but few and far between.

As a normal editing process I cannot see the reason to use this option, but the questions regarding split audio still appear on the forum.
I just wonder why users are taking this option.

Trevor

[blplhp]

Trevor,

Thanks. Those were my exact thoughts, too. Just wanted to get your take and your experience with it as well.

[rvtraveller]

I frequently use the split audio feature when I have a silent video to add, extra noisy audio track in a video or an inserted digital photo. I repeat an appropriate portion of the split audio track for continuity of the final result.