07-19-2013, 08:31 PM | #1 |
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importing video, separate audio??
Hello, there
I want to use reaper for post production style video music composing.. Currently I have trying to import a video with Insert - Insert Media menu... but I cannot see the frames of the video, and also just one track opens with the audio and video at the same time... I dont understand this behavior.... I have FFmpeg.dylib installed.. I read the whole post production wiki page but nothing there about this... Would you please be so kind and show me how can I get a normal behavior (protools behavior more or less) with video so I can stop worrying about if using Reaper for post production or not... All I need is to be able to see frames and separate see the video audio separated from the video... Thanks a lot |
07-20-2013, 12:51 AM | #2 |
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If you're talking about seeing images of the video on the timeline, this isn't implemented in REAPER.
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07-20-2013, 01:55 AM | #3 |
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Reaper for post has still some things to implement
for it to become a fully functional tool, but in general it's very workable as it is. Regarding audio/video separation, you can easily just duplicate the video item to another track and glue it to itself, which will create an audio item of that second copy, while you just mute the track output of 'video' track and that's that. Personally I prefer exporting audio separately to a .wav from video editor anyway. If by seeing frames you mean on actual item, as Fran said - this is not yet implemented. Of course video output works just fine when scrolling the edit cursor when working, so it's not a huge setback if you are familiar with the footage you are working on, and/or aiding yourself with project markers. Make sure you switch to video ruler units (HH:MM:SS:FF) and adjust the project framerate (in project settings) to fit the video format. The grid however does not follow the ruler units (it is always musical - bars/beats), so that is a definite workflow setback. But again it's temporarily workable by accurately positioning your edit cursor to specific frames using "jump to time/marker/region" dialog. Judging by current development focus it is not so likely that these pending issues for post will be resolved any time soon, but the devs just might surprise us. For the price, stability and customization, I am easily working around the current issues for my video needs. What you will choose depends on your needs and available options. e |
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Aiding to project markers? you mean using markers manually?? Quote:
please explain a little that I so bad want to use Reaper for film scoring... I come from Protools but if the workarounds are not so much of a pain I would do it definetely.... it is so much better for my VI's.. anyone that does profesional scoring here that can chime in?? I need to know if I could jump!! hey thanks a lot ErimM, very helpfull |
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on video output always displays the current frame where the edit cursor or start of the item is. I'm basically trying to make an argument that it is not hard to make edits and place items where you want without seeing still images on the actual video item. Of course, that does not mean I wouldn't mind having that option. I use project markers to mark certain regions of video, so I can navigate easily to the parts I want to edit. Quote:
always follows musical grid. So when you need to have certain events snap exactly on certain frame, you enter it manually so that the edit cursor moves to that position, than the items can snap to it by moving it with mouse or running an action. In the end, the best way would be to test it out yourself and see e |
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07-20-2013, 05:48 AM | #6 | |
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you know what i mean?? should I use the snap cursor to left edge of item command?? yeah i think that s the answer... Hey EricM... thanks More workarounds are welcome Thanks |
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07-20-2013, 10:22 AM | #7 |
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video and reaper
I fiddled around some years with Reaper and video. Then I moved to Mac and suddenly video was much easier with Quicktime, h264, ProRes etc. Have two editors, Premiere and Final Cut Pro, lately I have ended up with FCP. Its very quick to edit video and works fine for me. Then if you use Logic, you will find a much more integrated way of working. Logic will detect the scenes in the video and create markers. When you have done you music you can add the sound to the video without rendering the video again, over and over if you adjust the music.
I guess some other software like Cubase and DP will be nice as well.
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I just need to know if Reaper could do everything that is NECESSARY for video post production.. Also I dont edit video... all I do is scoring |
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07-20-2013, 12:52 PM | #9 |
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Special note : There are still small timing problems, like video frames appearing 1 sample too late, so do not rely on jumping to specific timecodes with the "Jump To" view. In many cases right now, this displays the previous video frame. The gentlemen at Cockos are working on the problem as you read this.
this is what I read here EricM about using the jump to... dialog http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=82459 |
10-10-2018, 01:36 AM | #10 |
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Separation of audio and video
Separation of audio from video track is easy: Item - right click - Item Processing - Explode multichannel audio to...
That will create separate audio subtracks (WAV) which you can easily drag anywhere in you project. Also very handy is muting audio in original track: Item - right click - Source properties (Ctrl-F2) - check "Ignore audio". |
10-10-2018, 02:51 AM | #11 |
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Orientation in video items can quickly be done by manually adding regions with corresponding names. (intro, fight1, kiss etc.) That's how i do it. Its a work around but in my cases only needs a few minutes to accomplish.
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