James Mccosh
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Tero
There’s much more than that in the average video file.
Download exiftool from
https://u88.n24.queensu.ca/exiftool/forum/index.php?topic=2750.0
and have a look.James
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Dave
Oh no!
EXIF exists for video just as for stills. There is a free utility called exiftool, the gui version can be downloaded here:
https://u88.n24.queensu.ca/exiftool/forum/index.php?topic=2750.0
Using this, you can see all the metadata in a video file – there’s quite a lot, usually.
James
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Pete
But PPro doesn’t ‘know’ that Audition isn’t installed so it tries to run it anyway. The question is: how does Windows deal with the request? At the moment it invokes an audio-related program, in my case not a useful one.
Where in depths of Windows is there a reference to that program and its capabilities that makes Windows choose it? I have tried all the user-accessible file and program association pages and delved into the registry but I can’t make it out.
Using AAF or OMF is probably overkill for me, Audition is much more capable than an ordinary editor. All I need at the moment is to pass a .wav file to one of the programs I do have. I can make such a file in PPro, then dock PPro and run one to edit the file, then import it back in PPro. But wouldn’t it be nice and elegant to go straight there and automatically re-import as would happen if I did have Audition installed?
James
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Alex
I have tried all the various file and program association settings in Windows. I have tried uninstalling Wave Corrector – PPro made its .wav file but didn’t invoke any other program.
It’s a mystery to me why I get Wave Corrector when PPro ‘thinks’ it’s calling for Audition. If I could solve that one, maybe I could get another editor.
James
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Tero
It’s opening Wave Corrector, which I only use for cleaning up audio captured from 33 1/3 LPs. It cannot respond to a request to open a 32bit float audio file.
I don’t want to use Audition because it costs £20 per month, in addition to the rent for Photoshop and Premiere Pro, and I have perfectly serviceable editors already.
James
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Tero
But if PPro manages to invoke another program when Audition isn’t available, there must be something somewhere intercepting the request and making a substitution.
As far as transferring the audio itself, PPro simply creates a .wav file for Audition to open. So, if I can find how to change the program currently substituted, which is an audio application but not an editor, I could use one I already have.
I’m only actually trying to make life a little easier. In fact I can select “Generate Audio Waveform” which produces the .wav file. Then run Audacity or whatever before returning to PPro and importing the edited result. It’s just not elegant!
James