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Extracting soundtrack as MP3? (PE 7)

Nov 15, 2011 7:29 PM

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I have a client who wants me to extract just the audio from a camcorder video I did for her and provide it to her in MP3 format so she can listen to it.  Is this possible? How would I go about it?

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  • Bill Hunt
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    1. Bill Hunt,
    Nov 15, 2011 8:24 PM   in reply to DressageVid
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    You are probably best off Exporting/Sharing as a WAV, and then using a program, like the free Audacity, to convert to MP3.

     

    Good luck,

     

    Hunt

     
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  • Robert J. Johnston
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    2. Robert J. Johnston,
    Nov 16, 2011 12:04 AM   in reply to DressageVid
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    You would have to buy version 9 or 10 to have sharing to MP3. Version 8 may have it, but that's not a good version to get regardless.

     
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  • nealeh
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    3. nealeh,
    Nov 16, 2011 3:58 AM   in reply to DressageVid
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    There's a ton of free stuff around that can do the audio extract. e.g.: Free Video to MP3 Converter: How to extract audio from video to MP3 from DVDVideoSoft who have a large range of useful free tools.

     

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    4. DressageVid,
    Nov 17, 2011 10:19 PM   in reply to Robert J. Johnston
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    Thank you.  I've been wanting to upgrade anyway, one more reason to get it done.  Thanks for the tip on PE8, I'll stay away from that.

     
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    5. DressageVid,
    Nov 17, 2011 10:19 PM   in reply to Bill Hunt
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    Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try it out ASAP.

     
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    6. DressageVid,
    Nov 16, 2011 9:03 PM   in reply to nealeh
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  • nealeh
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    7. nealeh,
    Nov 17, 2011 3:20 AM   in reply to DressageVid
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    Weird. I'm not seeing any of the DressageVid posts other than the original. Identical symptom to an earlier one where Steve Grisettis' responses showed blank.

     

    I'm assuming a generic fault so, DressageVid, can you please post your replies again.

     

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  • Bill Hunt
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    8. Bill Hunt,
    Nov 17, 2011 6:53 AM   in reply to nealeh
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    Neale,

     

    Often, when one responds via a POP server (e-mail), and often over a phone, the text is often missing. Not sure if that is what is going on here, but that would be my guess.

     

    Hunt

     
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    9. DressageVid,
    Nov 17, 2011 7:47 AM   in reply to DressageVid
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    Apologies to all for responding directly to emails, rather than in the forum.  This evening, I will paste in my replies (as requested by nealah), may be a day before I can try a couple of solutions and report back.  All answers are helpful for sure, thanks much.  Off to work.......

     
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  • Bill Hunt
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    10. Bill Hunt,
    Nov 17, 2011 8:59 AM   in reply to DressageVid
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    That was what I had assumed. Not sure why POP servers often do not post text, but it happens often, and usually the poster does not even realize that it has happened. I've never researched it, as I always access via browser and HTTP, and I have never seen an explanation of what goes wrong, but something often does.

     

    Good luck,

     

    Hunt

     
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  • DressageVid
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    11. DressageVid,
    Nov 21, 2011 1:40 PM   in reply to DressageVid
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    Finally got the time to download and try the DVDVideoSoft program Neale recommended, and it worked great!  First conversion was way too big (3x the original file, which already had sound in MP3), but I changed the bitrate and got the output file down to a comparable size.  Thanks so much! 

     

    Bill's suggestion to export as WAV and then convert would have been a good choice, except I haven't seen (yet) how to get PE7 to export in any non-video format.  Perhaps when I upgrade to PE10  or 9 (Robert's suggestion), I'll see that option.

     
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  • Steve Grisetti
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    12. Steve Grisetti,
    Nov 21, 2011 1:43 PM   in reply to DressageVid
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    Have you tried Share/Computer/Audio File? (I'm not sure if that was in version 7, but it is in the more recent versions.)

     
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  • DressageVid
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    13. DressageVid,
    Nov 21, 2011 7:00 PM   in reply to Steve Grisetti
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    Ah hah!  No, PE7 doesn't have Share/Computer/Audio, but it does have Share/Audio Podcast with MP3 Audio Podcast as an option (default is AAC format, whatever that is  )    There's an "Advanced" setting that I don't quite understand, though.  Under Basic Audio Settings/Audio Quality, options are "Fast" and "High."  Is that akin to a compression setting?  "Fast"=more compressed and "High" closer to original in quality? 

     

    I'll try this podcast option another day -- have to troubleshoot CD burning tonight, it failed this afternoon. 

     
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  • nealeh
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    14. nealeh,
    Nov 22, 2011 3:45 AM   in reply to DressageVid
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    I recently removed my PRE7 (total commitment to PRE10 now !) but if memory serves me well the export audio feature is under File> Export. Only on the more recent versions did Adobe move them all to the Share tab (except for export of Titles which strangely remains in File> Export).

     

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