I'm looking for a program that can replace audio in video streams, transcode Video/Audio to YouTube format, etc.
My main editor is Cubase (audio)/Resolve (video). Resolve doesn't do 384kbps audio output so I'm forced to use ffmpeg cmdline to replace its video stream with AAC audio. I'd love to get a commercial tool that can do this.
Any alternative to Apple's Compressor 4?
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- KVRAF
- 4345 posts since 8 Mar, 2005
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- KVRAF
- 3506 posts since 12 May, 2011
This doesn't work?
From the manual (page 1016,v8.5)...
Replacing the Audio in a Video File
Once you have edited all audio and MIDI data to the video and created a final mix, you will need to put the new audio back with the video. You can do this by embedding the audio in another stream within the video container file.
PROCEDURE
Place the left locator at the start of the video file in Cubase. This will ensure that your audio and video streams are synchronized.
Open the File menu and select the Audio Mixdown option from the Export submenu to export the audio file you wish to insert into the video container file.
From the File menu, select “Replace Audio in Video File…”. A file dialog opens prompting you to locate the video file.
Select the video file and click Open. Next, you are prompted to locate the corresponding audio file.
Select the audio file and click Open.
The audio is added to the video file, replacing its current audio stream
From the manual (page 1016,v8.5)...
Replacing the Audio in a Video File
Once you have edited all audio and MIDI data to the video and created a final mix, you will need to put the new audio back with the video. You can do this by embedding the audio in another stream within the video container file.
PROCEDURE
Place the left locator at the start of the video file in Cubase. This will ensure that your audio and video streams are synchronized.
Open the File menu and select the Audio Mixdown option from the Export submenu to export the audio file you wish to insert into the video container file.
From the File menu, select “Replace Audio in Video File…”. A file dialog opens prompting you to locate the video file.
Select the video file and click Open. Next, you are prompted to locate the corresponding audio file.
Select the audio file and click Open.
The audio is added to the video file, replacing its current audio stream
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- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
Yeah, I do it all the time. works right quick in Cubase Pro 9.
I stick 24-bit .wav in videos for Youtube. They're going to compress it to AAC, I'm not going to have them compress an already lossy file. H.264, 1920x1080. I typically render the file as video-only in FCP, & do the replace move in Cubase.
That 1080p vertical res. used to result in a 192kbps AAC but I don't think it does anymore.
I stick 24-bit .wav in videos for Youtube. They're going to compress it to AAC, I'm not going to have them compress an already lossy file. H.264, 1920x1080. I typically render the file as video-only in FCP, & do the replace move in Cubase.
That 1080p vertical res. used to result in a 192kbps AAC but I don't think it does anymore.
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- KVRer
- 19 posts since 10 Dec, 2012
I've always used Adobe Media Encoder for such things, since I'm already paying for CC for Illustrator, Photoshop, and Premiere (and occasionally Audition, but only when given Premiere projects to do sound editing on)...
Compressor has struck me, the few times I've used it, as needlessly "automatic". AME is far easier to set "manually" in an arbitrary manner!
To replace audio in an existing video, I usually just take it into Premiere for the edit, then use AME to output to desired delivery format.
As far as anything to do with streaming, I've used OBS for a while - free, a bit complicated, but gets the job done with minimal overhead.
Compressor has struck me, the few times I've used it, as needlessly "automatic". AME is far easier to set "manually" in an arbitrary manner!
To replace audio in an existing video, I usually just take it into Premiere for the edit, then use AME to output to desired delivery format.
As far as anything to do with streaming, I've used OBS for a while - free, a bit complicated, but gets the job done with minimal overhead.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 4345 posts since 8 Mar, 2005
I use Cubase 7.5 and the replace feature is a hit and miss. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. This is a well known issue with Cubase.
I'll check out Adobe Media Encoder. Actually YouTube recommends MP4 container though I'd love to provide WAVs you can't in an MP4 container.
I'll check out Adobe Media Encoder. Actually YouTube recommends MP4 container though I'd love to provide WAVs you can't in an MP4 container.
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- KVRist
- 195 posts since 12 Sep, 2015 from The Fortesque Mansion
Why not just script something?
I use a combination of MKVMerge (https://www.videohelp.com/software/MKVToolNix) and FFmpeg to build .MP4's with x264-generated video - the script goes something like this:
1) Check for an .m4a that matches the filename of the video (I create the .m4a with FFmpeg).
2) Set the frame-rate and mux the two files into a temp .MKV with MKVMerge.
3) Convert the temp file to an .MP4 with FFmpeg.
I've got software packages that can do this for me but in my opinion nothing comes close to bespoke x264 encoding from the command-line (I use the settings found here: http://www.x264bluray.com)
I use a combination of MKVMerge (https://www.videohelp.com/software/MKVToolNix) and FFmpeg to build .MP4's with x264-generated video - the script goes something like this:
1) Check for an .m4a that matches the filename of the video (I create the .m4a with FFmpeg).
2) Set the frame-rate and mux the two files into a temp .MKV with MKVMerge.
3) Convert the temp file to an .MP4 with FFmpeg.
I've got software packages that can do this for me but in my opinion nothing comes close to bespoke x264 encoding from the command-line (I use the settings found here: http://www.x264bluray.com)
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- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
I guarantee 'you can't provide wavs in an mp4 container' is not a true statement since I've done it literally hundreds of times.keyman_sam wrote:I use Cubase 7.5 and the replace feature is a hit and miss. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. This is a well known issue with Cubase.
I'll check out Adobe Media Encoder. Actually YouTube recommends MP4 container though I'd love to provide WAVs you can't in an MP4 container.
As to a known issue, Cubase does not like many codecs or players' exotic output. So. It's always mp4 or .mov here.
I don't have any real use for the larger file for youtube (long, long upload times) so it's mp4 these days. I replace the audio with a 24-bit 44.1 .wav or .aif. Always. And it sounds pretty good on youtube.
If you really want to work with video, Quick Time is the format.
And I experience the videos at home with the .wav file in the mp4.