Can you do a video OVERWRITE (broll) versus INSERT?

cuttingfloor

Essentially my goal is to be able to work with the audio and video both independently.

I'm aware and thankful that there is an option to "unlink" the audio track from an existing clip in a sequence. But that seems to only let you move around the audio, and the video is still associated with the audio track - as in you can't REMOVE the video clip without removing the audio clip (though you can JUST remove the audio clip) I spent many hours working on the audio sound bites FIRST, to then just cover with various b-roll, only to find that if I try to "insert/add" a video clip in the timeline, it STILL pushes audiotracks forward even though they are on a separate soundtrack line. This is a very basic editing feature that should be allowed; to edit video b-roll over existing main video. I supposed I could technically do some master audio output then re-import the audio as a separate soundtrack, but that's a lot of steps and has little flexibility.

Any ideas?

xucaen

I don't know if you have found your answer by now, but they way I would do it is to use sound editing software to extract the audio clip you want to use, arrange your video clips in VP, then insert the audio.

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If you unlink the audio from your clip, it drops down to a lower track where it becomes a separate audio clip. You can move it about,and manipulate it as an independant sound clip. The video clip from which you took this audio can be removed from the sequence without affecting this sound clip on the lower track.

Also, as an alternative, If you right click the video clip in the Media list window you can save the audio as a separate sound file.

If you have unlinked your audio it will remain in position even if you insert more video clips, but obviously active sound on the soundtrack will move right.

It is probably best if you are doing a lot of sound manipulation and expect to have to add further video or sound clips, to unlink all the sound first (or mute the clips). Unfortunately VP 2.41 will not link a row of sound clips together so they can be moved en masse and remain in synch with themselves in the event that you add further film clips. If you do insert then each individual sound clip will have to be re-positioned individually, which is a decided drawback.

Nat