Hear it but can't see soundtrack?

[mudcat Profile Private message]

I am a new Producer 4.1 user. I inserted a video clip of a song being sung into a slideshow I'm working on. When the show gets to that slide the audio comes through but does not show up on the soundtrack no matter what i try. Is there a short explanation for why? I want to split off the soundtrack from the video so they can be edited separately. Is that possible within Producer or perhaps another software? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

mudcat

[lennyman Profile Private message]

You need to extract the sound track and can do this with a free program called avi2wav. You can download it from http://avi2wav-extractor.findmysoft.com/ I have used the program and it works fine.
David

[mudcat Profile Private message]

Thanks, Lennyman,

I downloaded avi2wav...it keeps trying to open in windows media player but a box pops up saying windows media player cannot open it. How do I get it to open? Is there a specific program I should tell it to open with?

mudcat

[lennyman Profile Private message]

Hi
Not sure what has happened to your download. Try this link which will let you download a zip file. http://agrgic.tripod.com/avi2wav/ Then unzip it and run the file called avi2wav.exe
Any problems PM me and I can help you further
David

[mudcat Profile Private message]

In the end I Googled "separating audio from video" and discovered an easy way using my Adobe Premier Elements software--Just click the soundtrack and choose "Unlink audio and video" from the menu that appears. Viola! Thank you, lennyman (David)? for you help. I did finally get avi2wav downloaded as well.

mudcat