converting video to audio only

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saintj
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converting video to audio only

Post by saintj » Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:57 pm

Hi,
We have a 2 and a half minute video recording done in Photobooth. We'd like to just use the audio portion and edit it to add sound effects. I'm a complete beginner...
Where do I start?
Any tips and pointers would be greatly appreciated.
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steve
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Re: converting video to audio only

Post by steve » Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:34 pm

Install Audacity 1.3.13 and FFmpeg
http://audacityteam.org/download/
http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.ph ... tallffmpeg

Then try importing the file.
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Re: converting video to audio only

Post by kozikowski » Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:36 pm

Two ways that don't involve Audacity are recording the music from the Mac itself with SoundFlower. Open the work in Photobooth and use the Export features.

If you have the FFMpeg extensions loaded in your Audacity, you could try and open the movie cold. If that doesn't work, then you're stuck with the other two options.

You can also try to drag the movie into iMovie and produce the export there.

FFMpeg.
http://audacityteam.org/download/

SoundFlower.
http://cycling74.com/products/soundflower/

Photobooth.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=688803

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