What can I expect in this project ?

[ghoofie]

I have completed a project in VS9 and the main video portion is an mpeg file which I captured from an old OLD 8mm movie. Just for curiosity sake,
I save the project also in another project file name. I brought my original 8mm movie to a 'professional' who is gonna capture it, supposedly better, and give it me in an AVI file. I plan to open the new project file, turn off ripple editing, remove the mpeg video and drop in the AVI of the same movie. I have titles, lots of audio clips. How do any of you with experience think everything will line up ? Will everything still match (sound, titles) as they did with the mpeg file of the same movie ?

It'll be a few days before the file is returned to me, so just thought it would be fun to ask what to expect.

I was thinking I might have to adjust the sound clips a bit..move them back/forward slightly due to perhaps different speeds of the two versions of the same movie.

[sjj1805]

I'm not in front of my video editing machine right now but I think if you right click the video it gives an option to replace it with another.

If not then don't remove the video from the timeline but instead go to windows explorer and rename the source video. VideoStudio will then display a re-link message and you can point it at the avi file.

[Ken Berry]

I may be wrong, Steve, and am happy to be corrected, but I think that if you point to a different file after a Relink message -- and an AVI file is qualitatively different to an mpeg file -- the program returns a wrong file or wrong parameters sort of message and won't link to the new file. I suspect the only way of doing what ghoofie wants is to follow the procedure he himself has already outlined...

If the AVI file is exactly the same time length as the original, the amount of fiddling with the other elements (titles, music, voiceovers etc) should be minimal or non-existent. But we don't know whether ghoofie himself has used the entire original, or has subsequently cut out bits of it...

[BrianCee]

Have to agree with Ken - it is not possible to change to a different video in the timeline by re-linking - unless the new file is identical in all respects (which includes the length) to the "lost" one VideoStudio will reject it.

I think if I was trying to do what ghoofie is asking I would put the new file in an overlay track and sync it there and just leave the old mpeg one in the base video track.

[sjj1805]

Brian is on the right track (forgive the pun) and it will work, but not quite as Brian said.
Step 1. Create a new overlay track.
Step 2. Drag the existing main video straight down onto the new overlay track thus keeping everything else intact.
Step 3. Insert your new video onto the now empty main track
Step 4. You can now delete the original video.

This is one of those differences between VideoStudio and MediaStudio. Should you ever decide to upgrade you will find that MediaStudio allows you to right click - replace video. That though is another reason why MediaStudio is so much more expensive.

[ghoofie]

I may be wrong, Steve, and am happy to be corrected, but I think that if you point to a different file after a Relink message -- and an AVI file is qualitatively different to an mpeg file -- the program returns a wrong file or wrong parameters sort of message and won't link to the new file. I suspect the only way of doing what ghoofie wants is to follow the procedure he himself has already outlined...

If the AVI file is exactly the same time length as the original, the amount of fiddling with the other elements (titles, music, voiceovers etc) should be minimal or non-existent. But we don't know whether ghoofie himself has used the entire original, or has subsequently cut out bits of it...

Both the original mpeg and the avi (when I get it) or completely unedited. I'll report back if/how I get it all done. This is fun.

[ghoofie]

Have to agree with Ken - it is not possible to change to a different video in the timeline by re-linking - unless the new file is identical in all respects (which includes the length) to the "lost" one VideoStudio will reject it.

I think if I was trying to do what ghoofie is asking I would put the new file in an overlay track and sync it there and just leave the old mpeg one in the base video track.

What am I missing about this approach ? If I end up with a project that has an mpeg in the video and a new file (the new avi file) in the overlay track what happens when I render it ? Does the overlay play OVER the video track as the name might imply ? I surely don't want both tracks to play... LOL at myself.

[BrianCee]

Yes that is the whole object of the overlay tracks - they overlay the top track - depending on what options you choose regarding picture size , transparency etc.

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi boys

There is no reason why you cannot re-link an Mpeg to Avi, provided the Avi is the same length or longer.
The content of the video has no bearing on re-linking.

If the content of each video is identical then there is defiantly no problem, to achieve correct sync the first frame has to be identical.

If the Avi is longer then again provided the first frame is the same as the mpeg (as in content) Then re-linking will again happen and in sync¡¦.
The end of the last clip re-linked will be reduced to match the mpeg length.

If you have edited the Mpeg in the timeline, cut the video added transitions etc, all will be preserved.

As ghoofie has completed extensive editing, provided the first frames in each video match he should be able to re-link and maintain his edits.
Unfortunately this may mean adding or removing frames from the beginning of the Avi, then rendering the Avi. (make sure the avi is longer than the mpeg) This will do no harm to the original Avi and may be worth the effort.

Regards

Trevor