Making a movie?

Question

I made a movie using my digital camera. While filming there was talking in the background. i wanted it to be silent except for the music i put in using Windows Movie Maker. How can i mute the video?

If it makes a difference my camera is a Casio Exilim. I think. that's what is says on the front anyway.

Answer 1

i think, you can get an movie editing program that has sound features. this should be able to clean up unwanted sound when you are editing afterwards.

read about Final Cut HD.

apparently Final Cut Express 4, doesnt have sound features like it used to. so be careful of that particular program.

Answer 2

there are 2 ways.

the first way you need to go to the bottom where there is a long film strip type thing.  on the left there is a button that, if i remember correctly, is a speaker.  click it and drag the selector all the way over to the music note.

or, after you've imported the video and dragged it to the bottom, on the left there should be a tiny box by video.  click it.  it should show the audio for the video.  right click on the audio and click something like edit, then just click mute

happy vid making!!

Answer 3

Import your video clips into Windows Movie Maker. Make sure you are in Timeline mode. If you are in Storyboard mode, click "Show Timeline" near the bottom left of the screen, just above the storyboard, to get into Timeline mode. You will now see the audio and video separately. Right-click over each event's audio and select "Mute". You will see the audio waveform collapse to zero. Then drag the music you want to the separate Audio/Music track below and you are good to go.

Happy editing.

For a lot more about using Windows Movie Maker, I recommend http://www.papajohn.org/