Re: [Mlt-devel] Audio Mixing Question

[Jonathan T. <jon...@gm...>]

Thanks!  That worked great.


On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Dan Dennedy <da...@de...> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Dan Dennedy <da...@de...> wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Jonathan Thomas
> > <jon...@gm...> wrote:
> >> I am creating a Westley XML that is attempting to mix the audio of a
> >> background MP3 and a Video clip.  The background MP3 is 30 seconds long,
> and
> >> should have a constant audio level the entire 30 seconds.  I have a few
> >> photos, and a video that should play during the video.
> >>
> >> Example Layout:
> >>
> >> === photo ===     ==== video clip =====    === photo ===
> >>                            [      mix transition      ]
> >> =============== background.MP3================
> >>
> >> So here is the question, is there a way to maintain a constant audio
> level
> >> on the background MP3 when I'm mixing it with the video clip?  I created
> a
> >> "mix" transition for when the video should mix with the MP3, and I had
> to
> >> set both the start and end properties to "0.5", to get it to mix... so
> you
> >> could hear both clips.  However, the problem is that by setting the
> >> background level to "0.5", it drops the level... and thus the background
> >> music gets softer.  If I set both of the properties to "1.0", only the
> top
> >> most clip plays.  Am I just missing something obvious?
> >
> > Try removing the start and end properties and setting property "combine"
> =1
>
> Also set "always_active" =1
>
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