Censoring Aduio in Quicktime
September 14, 2007 10:54 AM Subscribe
How can I censor the audio in an .avi file using Quicktime Pro?
I've got this hilarious video of my wedding reception "after party." It's comedic gold and I wanted to post it online for some other friends and family to see except that in two separate sections someone says something totally inappropriate. Thus I just need to either cut the audio at those two points (for like 2 seconds each) or dub it over with a censoring *BEEP* (which might actually be funnier). Using Quicktime Pro I've figured out how to overlay the current audio with other audio (i.e. inserting a soundtrack), but this doesn't actually remove what was said and it can still be heard over the insert. Can what I want to do be accomplished with QT Pro?
Video was shot as .avi.
I've got this hilarious video of my wedding reception "after party." It's comedic gold and I wanted to post it online for some other friends and family to see except that in two separate sections someone says something totally inappropriate. Thus I just need to either cut the audio at those two points (for like 2 seconds each) or dub it over with a censoring *BEEP* (which might actually be funnier). Using Quicktime Pro I've figured out how to overlay the current audio with other audio (i.e. inserting a soundtrack), but this doesn't actually remove what was said and it can still be heard over the insert. Can what I want to do be accomplished with QT Pro?
Video was shot as .avi.
Response by poster: Audacity, you say. I'll have to look into that. Thanks.
posted by Smarson at 11:45 AM on September 14, 2007
posted by Smarson at 11:45 AM on September 14, 2007
Best answer: Extract the audio from QT Pro (File -> Export) and open in Audacity or some sound editor. Blank out the bad bits and save. Open that new audio file in QT Pro, Edit -> Select All and Copy. Then open your video in QT Pro. Edit -> Delete Tracks... and remove the sound track. Then Edit -> Add
And you'll have new sound, and hopefully everything is still in sync.
posted by kamelhoecker at 12:06 PM on September 14, 2007
And you'll have new sound, and hopefully everything is still in sync.
posted by kamelhoecker at 12:06 PM on September 14, 2007
Response by poster: @ Kamekhoecker: Awesome. Thanks for the step by step. Follow-up question: Where should I look for a program that does all this?
posted by Smarson at 12:18 PM on September 14, 2007
posted by Smarson at 12:18 PM on September 14, 2007
Audacity The single best open source (free) audio editor available anywhere.
posted by worker_bee at 1:04 PM on September 14, 2007
posted by worker_bee at 1:04 PM on September 14, 2007
Note: if you want the "beep" instead of silence, Audacity can do that too. Use Generate-->Tone, and plug in 1000 Hz to get the right pitch.
posted by O9scar at 9:53 PM on September 14, 2007
posted by O9scar at 9:53 PM on September 14, 2007
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