Audio & Slide Synchronization

[JEB]

Hi,

This may well have been suggested before if so forget this. It relates to the synchronization of audio (called from Project Options) and slides.

What I would like to suggest is that thought be given to providing some sort of “live” visual indication as to which Proj. Ops. audio track is being played in relation to any particular slide.

I should at this point indicate the particular type of situation that I feel this would be of great help.

I am presently compiling a large (target 30 minutes) documentary type show, which as you can imagine has a considerable amount of voice over. I am at the point where I am trying to aligned images with the script (which in itself is still subject to a limited degree of edit). I am recording these “pilot” voiceovers and placing them in order in Proj.Ops. and then moving slides where appropriate. When this process is complete and I am happy everything is reasonably synchronized the script will be re-recorded, background music and sound effects mixed off line and then imported to PTE as one single track for final synchronizing.

What I would like to suggest is a tag or flag be inserted at the start of each track as it appears on the timeline or perhaps better still (or as well as) in a box in the status bar below the timeline. I would suggest that to keep the status bar tidy the track number rather than file name would be sufficient. I believe this would help enormously particularly at early stages of editing.

Regards

John

[Guest Yachtsman1]

Hi,

This may well have been suggested before if so forget this. It relates to the synchronization of audio (called from Project Options) and slides.

What I would like to suggest is that thought be given to providing some sort of “live” visual indication as to which Proj. Ops. audio track is being played in relation to any particular slide.

I should at this point indicate the particular type of situation that I feel this would be of great help.

I am presently compiling a large (target 30 minutes) documentary type show, which as you can imagine has a considerable amount of voice over. I am at the point where I am trying to aligned images with the script (which in itself is still subject to a limited degree of edit). I am recording these “pilot” voiceovers and placing them in order in Proj.Ops. and then moving slides where appropriate. When this process is complete and I am happy everything is reasonably synchronized the script will be re-recorded, background music and sound effects mixed off line and then imported to PTE as one single track for final synchronizing.

What I would like to suggest is a tag or flag be inserted at the start of each track as it appears on the timeline or perhaps better still (or as well as) in a box in the status bar below the timeline. I would suggest that to keep the status bar tidy the track number rather than file name would be sufficient. I believe this would help enormously particularly at early stages of editing.

Regards

John

Hi JEB

I had the same situation a couple of weeks ago, suggest you read the solution from this post. http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9000

Regards Yachtsman1

[JEB]

Hi and thank you for your reply Yachtsman1.

I have had a look at the suggested post but on this occasion I don't think it helps me.

HOWEVER, I have now discovered that, as usual, PTE and Igor are away ahead of me!

I have only now noticed that a thin blue vertical line extends above the wave form in Timeline view indicating the end of each audio file!

Just what I wanted!

It would be nice if the file name appeared somewhere as well but you can't have everything.

Or can you, Igor?

Thanks again.

Ever learning.

John