Easy way to strip audio tracks from XDCAM clips at DVinfo.net

Brooks Graham · October 18th, 2009, 02:39 PM

Hey everyone!

I just spent the last week doing some (mundane) corporate work, filming six day-long meetings with an EX3 to find out at the end that they changed their minds and really don't want the video portion, just the audio for transcription.

Is there a fast and easy way on a Mac to crank out MP3 files from 45 hours worth of BPAV folders? Neither Clip Browser nor XDCAM Transfer seem to do what I want, and unless I missed something, MPEG Streamclip doesn't either.

If I can avoid it, I'd rather not have to re-wrap anything.

Thanks!

Jerry Porter · October 18th, 2009, 03:44 PM

Adobe Audition is what I use to strip audio from video. Works pretty well on everything that I have tried and it's fast.

John Peterson · October 18th, 2009, 04:18 PM

There are 2 tools you can try.

mp4Creator

MP4Creator Home

Mp4Box

MP4BOX Documentation - GPAC Project on Advanced Content

The GUI for Mp4Box is Yamb

http://yamb.unite-video.com/

And although I haven't tried it yet on MP4, I do most of my demuxing with Tsmuxer:

http://smlabs.net/tsmuxer_en.html

John

Brooks Graham · October 18th, 2009, 06:27 PM

Thanks!

I'll gives those a try.

Ola Christoffersson · October 19th, 2009, 05:12 AM

If you are on Avid Media Composer 3.5 or later you could use the AMA feature to open up the native files in a bin, throw them into a sequence and then export/audio/wav or aiff. That would be a one step stripping of the audio and would also give you the ability to sort your clips before creating audio files.

October 18th, 2009, 02:39 PM	#1
Brooks Graham Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 121	Easy way to strip audio tracks from XDCAM clips Hey everyone! I just spent the last week doing some (mundane) corporate work, filming six day-long meetings with an EX3 to find out at the end that they changed their minds and really don't want the video portion, just the audio for transcription. Is there a fast and easy way on a Mac to crank out MP3 files from 45 hours worth of BPAV folders? Neither Clip Browser nor XDCAM Transfer seem to do what I want, and unless I missed something, MPEG Streamclip doesn't either. If I can avoid it, I'd rather not have to re-wrap anything. Thanks! __________________ EX3, Z1U, FX1, D1X / NeXTstation Turbo Color / FCS3

October 18th, 2009, 06:27 PM	#4
Brooks Graham Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 121	Thanks! I'll gives those a try. __________________ EX3, Z1U, FX1, D1X / NeXTstation Turbo Color / FCS3

October 19th, 2009, 05:12 AM	#5
Ola Christoffersson Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 462	If you are on Avid Media Composer 3.5 or later you could use the AMA feature to open up the native files in a bin, throw them into a sequence and then export/audio/wav or aiff. That would be a one step stripping of the audio and would also give you the ability to sort your clips before creating audio files. __________________ Ola Christoffersson, Kamrat produktion, Stockholm - Sweden www.kamrat.tv

October 18th, 2009, 03:44 PM	#2
Jerry Porter Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Satellite Beach, Fl Posts: 784	Adobe Audition is what I use to strip audio from video. Works pretty well on everything that I have tried and it's fast.

October 18th, 2009, 04:18 PM	#3
John Peterson Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Monroe, NY Posts: 703	There are 2 tools you can try. mp4Creator MP4Creator Home Mp4Box MP4BOX Documentation - GPAC Project on Advanced Content The GUI for Mp4Box is Yamb http://yamb.unite-video.com/ And although I haven't tried it yet on MP4, I do most of my demuxing with Tsmuxer: http://smlabs.net/tsmuxer_en.html John