Misc Questions
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:53 pm
I've just downloaded MQ/installed as a trial and have several questions. But first let me tell you what I'm trying to do. I have several virtual classroom educational session, the application that recorded the sessions will export to a WMV. When recorded the recorder starts sometime before the class actually starts and ends when the class is scheduled to end. Class sessions are 2, 4, or 8 hours in length. When the recorder is running it does not stop until the end of the class. The recordings include a LOT of blank space where the instructor is not speaking (class on break, class working on exercise, recording starts well before the class is scheduled, the class starts late or the class ends before the schedule time). When reviewing the class all of this blank time is really annoying. The actual presentation is a PowerPoint slide presentation with the instructor speaking, thus if the instructor is not speaking it is a blank space. It is my intent to (1) remove the blank spaces (2) split the class recording into chapter sections, thus I might end up with 6 chapter sections for a 4 hour class.
I'm new to MQ thus may have some really dumb questions (please be kind).
I've been testing with my first WMV file
1) When I save the file, it does not default to my source directory - is there a setting for this? I cannot find it?
2) When I saved the file the extension of the saved file is MQ I was expecting WMV - what did I do wrong? What the heck do I do with a MQ file?
3) Is there any way to make the darn preview window larger?
4) Is there any way to advance to a particular section, e.g. I just opened the file and now I want to advance to 3:46:06:343?
5) When attempting to set a mark for the beginning or end of a section I want to remove, is there any way to keep the screen from automatically scrolling? The auto scrolling is driving me nuts.
6) Just above the "track 1" section is a time toolbar - it displays Minutes:Seconds but the time display in the window just to the right of the super little preview window displays the time as Hour:Minutes:Seconds:thousands of seconds. Is there anyway to get a similar setting on the time-toolbar?
7) Is there any way to delete a section from all tracks at the same time? For my use, if the instructor is not speaking then I don't want any part of this section (I only have one audio track and one video track).
Is there any way to automatically delete (both the video and audio) if the speaker is silent for more than X seconds? This would really help me delete a LOT of blank spaces that I really don't need.
9) Is there any way to make the height of the audio track higher? Sometimes I want to see the exact spot that the instructor is speaking?
10) Is there any way to filter out noise?
I'm new to MQ thus may have some really dumb questions (please be kind).
I've been testing with my first WMV file
1) When I save the file, it does not default to my source directory - is there a setting for this? I cannot find it?
2) When I saved the file the extension of the saved file is MQ I was expecting WMV - what did I do wrong? What the heck do I do with a MQ file?
3) Is there any way to make the darn preview window larger?
4) Is there any way to advance to a particular section, e.g. I just opened the file and now I want to advance to 3:46:06:343?
5) When attempting to set a mark for the beginning or end of a section I want to remove, is there any way to keep the screen from automatically scrolling? The auto scrolling is driving me nuts.
6) Just above the "track 1" section is a time toolbar - it displays Minutes:Seconds but the time display in the window just to the right of the super little preview window displays the time as Hour:Minutes:Seconds:thousands of seconds. Is there anyway to get a similar setting on the time-toolbar?
7) Is there any way to delete a section from all tracks at the same time? For my use, if the instructor is not speaking then I don't want any part of this section (I only have one audio track and one video track).
Is there any way to automatically delete (both the video and audio) if the speaker is silent for more than X seconds? This would really help me delete a LOT of blank spaces that I really don't need.
9) Is there any way to make the height of the audio track higher? Sometimes I want to see the exact spot that the instructor is speaking?
10) Is there any way to filter out noise?