Adding a blank audio track to a .mov file

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Adding a blank audio track to a .mov file

Hi,

I have a .mov file that I am trying to convert to MPEG-1 for burning to a VCD. I converted two .mov's that had audio in them, but now need to convert three that do not currently have an audio track. (Converting using ffmpegX)

I've created a blank audio file in Quicktime that is longer than any of the .mov's. Is there an easy way to add the audio track from the audio file to the .mov file without one? I could probably do it in iMovie if I can't do it with Quicktime, but would rather avoid that....

eMac, Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Jul 11, 2006 10:06 PM

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subgrav

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Jul 17, 2006 7:20 PM in response to maeks84

Open both files in Quicktime. Select All on the blank audio file, copy, then switch over to the MPEG-1 file.
Make sure the cursor is at the beginning of the film, then select "Add to Selection & Scale" from the Edit menu.
That should do the trick.
All of this, though, only works in QT Pro, which is very much worth it!
Good luck

Dual 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

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maeks84 Author

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Jul 19, 2006 1:23 PM in response to subgrav

Ah yes...I do believe that I had found that "Add to Selection & Scale" item when working with another project. Unfortunately, I had completely forgotten about it.
Finally got it to work by converting the vid to .m1v and the audio to .mp2, then muxing the two together. I think doing it in Quicktime would've been easier though.

Thanks

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