A audio / video project question:

[_sorrow_]

Hi,

I'm going over to a friends place later tonight to help him work on a poetry project. He has recorded the poem as audio onto CD, and his plan is to have a brief audio / video introduction, then his spoken poem, all followed by some photographs with a song playing for the conclusion.

So my question is: what programs / tools would you folks recommend for putting the A/V together, and eventually burning all of it to a DVD? We're also going to be editing some of the Audio, and putting the photographs in a sequence... kind of a Powerpoint style, but it has to be much more artistic that PP allows.

Any input is great, thanks!

[nextgenxbox]

Sounds like a real basic video so you could probably just use windows movie maker.... if ya need to chop up audio get audacity (its free too).

[_sorrow_]

Sounds like a real basic video so you could probably just use windows movie maker.... if ya need to chop up audio get audacity (its free too).

Hahaha, you know, for some reason using w. movie maker had not even occurred to me. Honestly though, i have never used it before, so i'll have to browse over the features to see if it can pull it off. And Audacity is a pretty cool tool that i have used once or twice before, and was planning on using :)

We have decided to put the project off until tomorrow, because I'm in the process of *ahem* uh, lets say acquiring Adobe Premier Elements, which will be another tool i've never used, but i hear its great for this kind of stuff.

Cheers for the input (and making me feel silly, haha :rolleyes: )

[wyrmwood]

I'd say Sound Forge and Vegas, but I'm biased (there's a pun in there somewhere)... PM me if ya want to aquire some, um, help with those programs...

[tokenuser]

Netstat wont do it unless you have pinged each machine.

Try "route print" from a command prompt. Again, it might be incomplete, but will be closer ... or use a network discovery tool.

[sugarsickness]

Netstat wont do it unless you have pinged each machine.

Try "route print" from a command prompt. Again, it might be incomplete, but will be closer ... or use a network discovery tool.I think you need more sleep

[tokenuser]

I think you need more sleep?? Weird ... I posted in the "Need a tool thread" ...

[masherscf]

Any half-way decent video editing software should do exactly what you need. This excludes Windows Movie-maker which isn't even half-way decent.

Unfortunately, burning it to DVD requires encoding an MPEG2 version. There aren't many free programs that will encode MPEG2 for DVD. However, if the video is short, maybe you should consider a VCD or SVCD. These are usually MPEG1. It'll look kinda raunchy on a big Screen, but conventional TV should look fine.

I often mix video clips, music and photos. I use Adobe Premiere Elements for all such projects. I find it works very well for short video projects. Of course, it's not free.

People keep talking about this Vegas. I gotta try that...

[_sorrow_]

Awesome thanks for the tips folks... and Token, yeah you should probably get on that whole sleep thing ;)

As things are right now, i think we'll be using Adobe Premier Elements, but nothings set in stone as of now. But if things do not go well with that, i'll definitely be looking into Sound Forge and Vegas -- if nothing else, the names are cooler haha

Regarding the VCD or SVCD idea, i'm not familiar, i know the project will be played on a projector in front of a medium sized class, so thats probably something to avoid.

[masherscf]

As things are right now, i think we'll be using Adobe Premier Elements, but nothings set in stone as of now.

Regarding the VCD or SVCD idea, i'm not familiar...

You should be able to author a DVD right in Adobe premiere Elements, so making a VCD should not be necessary. I only made the suggestion because MPEG1 encoders are easier to find for free than MPEG2 encoders. However, a good MPEG2 encoder should some with the Adobe software.

Good Luck!