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Subject:Still Image with audio?
Posted by: capturevid
Date:10/17/2005 9:29:06 PM

I'd like to spice up a voice recording by showing a still image while the audio is playing. I could drop a still image into Vegas and encode the audio as a video file, but I really want to keep filesize at a minimum.

Is there anyway to display a still image while audio's playing and keep a minimum file size?

In Sound Forge, within the 'Summary' button on the 'Save' window I notice I can add a 'Picture' in .bmp, .cur, or .ico. I've tried adding a .bmp, but it doesn't have the effect I want. Actually, I'm not sure what it does.

Any help is appreciated.

Subject:RE: Still Image with audio?
Reply by: rsp
Date:10/18/2005 4:21:20 AM

Where are you gonna use this project - web , dvd or elsewhere?

Subject:RE: Still Image with audio?
Reply by: ForumAdmin
Date:10/18/2005 7:10:35 AM

The image you can include with summary information has to be a 16-color bitmap (limitation of the DISP chunk in the RIFF (.wav) format). But that's not something a typical media player would display anyway.

If you wish to include a still from Sound Forge, it can be done. You'll probably need to first ensure that QuickTime is installed. Then you can either Attach a still in the Video section of File->Properties, or just open it outright and insert or paste the audio into the new window.

But it's still essentially a video stream with a single, repeated frame. Hence, you'll have to save it as video to .avi, .mov, .wmv, etc.

So this is really just emulating the same thing you're doing in Vegas, but bypasses its stills file plug-in by defaulting to slightly hidden QT capabilities.

J.

Message last edited on10/18/2005 7:10:49 AM byForumAdmin.
Subject:RE: Still Image with audio?
Reply by: capturevid
Date:10/18/2005 4:54:33 PM


It's going on the Web. I'm now think Flash would be a viable solution.

Subject:RE: Still Image with audio?
Reply by: rsp
Date:10/19/2005 3:46:07 AM

Software like Swishmax will allow you to bring in mp3 or wave and add pictures and use that on the web. You might even add some pictures and fade in/out to keep the viewer's attention.

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