Adding background music to my project

Hi all, I need to make an instructional WMV video to show how to use a
certain
aspect of Windows. I used Media Encoder 9 to screen capture the procedure.
I then edited the video in MM2.1 until all the "bloopers" were eliminated.
After
that I added audio by narrating the steps that the user must follow. I
noticed that
MM2.1 added the narration to the Audio/Music track. Finally I added a WAV
music track to fill in holes at the beginning and end of the screen captured
procedure.

As a last step I would like to add background music to the narration at a
very
low volume to avoid being annoying, but I can't figure out how to do it. I
used
Google, but most of the results detail steps on how to add music or
narration
to the Audio/Music track, something that I already did, but so far I have
not
been able to find any info on how to add background music to the narration.

I noticed that the Audio track is empty, how is this used in the case
described
above, if at all.?

Thank you, Saga

Saga wrote:
> Hi all, I need to make an instructional WMV video to show how to use a
> certain
> aspect of Windows. I used Media Encoder 9 to screen capture the
> procedure. I then edited the video in MM2.1 until all the "bloopers"
> were eliminated. After
> that I added audio by narrating the steps that the user must follow. I
> noticed that
> MM2.1 added the narration to the Audio/Music track. Finally I added a
> WAV music track to fill in holes at the beginning and end of the
> screen captured procedure.
>
> As a last step I would like to add background music to the narration
> at a very
> low volume to avoid being annoying, but I can't figure out how to do
> it. I used
> Google, but most of the results detail steps on how to add music or
> narration
> to the Audio/Music track, something that I already did, but so far I
> have not
> been able to find any info on how to add background music to the
> narration.
> I noticed that the Audio track is empty, how is this used in the case
> described
> above, if at all.?
>
> Thank you, Saga
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If the Audio track is empty that indicates
that your video clip is silent and the audio
you hear is from the file you added to the
Audio/Music track.

If you save the project in a movie format,
..wmv or .avi and re-import the saved movie
clip as a new project...the sound will be on
the Audio track and you can add another file
to the Audio/Music track and then save the
completed file once again.

To save as an .avi movie file...
(and several other options)
Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
Choose...My Computer /
Next /
Enter a Name and a Save Location /
Next /
Show More Choices /
Other Settings /
Open the drop window and choose...DV-AVI /
Next /
Wait while the movie is saved /
Finish...

To save as a .wmv movie file...
Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
Choose...My Computer /
Next /
Enter a Name and a Save Location /
Next /
Tick...'Best Quality For My Computer'
Next/
Wait while the movie is saved /
Finish...

Also, you may find it useful to use
a custom profile:

Movie Maker 2 - Saving
Movies - Custom WMV Profiles
http://tinyurl.com/s2vgu

Creating Custom Profiles
for Windows Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/cuny7

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Thank you John,

You are correct, the initial (screen capped) WMV is silent. I did not
capture audio along with it.

I understand what you are suggesting, very ingenuous, I guess I
was hoping that I would not have to generate one WMV fiel, then
create a second project with it to include the background music,
but I will try that out.

Do you see any advantage to saving the first movie as DV AVI
as opposed to WMV? I know that DV AVI is higher quality, but
if I started out with WMV from a screen capture, will there be any
advantage to saving in DV AVI? Will the sound degrade if I save
in WMV?

Again, thanks for the suggestion.
Saga
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"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message news:O8S9bUdnIHA.5268@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Saga wrote:
>> Hi all, I need to make an instructional WMV video to show how to use a
>> certain
>> aspect of Windows. I used Media Encoder 9 to screen capture the
>> procedure. I then edited the video in MM2.1 until all the "bloopers"
>> were eliminated. After
>> that I added audio by narrating the steps that the user must follow. I
>> noticed that
>> MM2.1 added the narration to the Audio/Music track. Finally I added a
>> WAV music track to fill in holes at the beginning and end of the
>> screen captured procedure.
>>
>> As a last step I would like to add background music to the narration
>> at a very
>> low volume to avoid being annoying, but I can't figure out how to do
>> it. I used
>> Google, but most of the results detail steps on how to add music or
>> narration
>> to the Audio/Music track, something that I already did, but so far I
>> have not
>> been able to find any info on how to add background music to the
>> narration.
>> I noticed that the Audio track is empty, how is this used in the case
>> described
>> above, if at all.?
>>
>> Thank you, Saga
> ===============================
> If the Audio track is empty that indicates
> that your video clip is silent and the audio
> you hear is from the file you added to the
> Audio/Music track.
>
> If you save the project in a movie format,
> .wmv or .avi and re-import the saved movie
> clip as a new project...the sound will be on
> the Audio track and you can add another file
> to the Audio/Music track and then save the
> completed file once again.
>
> To save as an .avi movie file...
> (and several other options)
> Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
> Choose...My Computer /
> Next /
> Enter a Name and a Save Location /
> Next /
> Show More Choices /
> Other Settings /
> Open the drop window and choose...DV-AVI /
> Next /
> Wait while the movie is saved /
> Finish...
>
> To save as a .wmv movie file...
> Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
> Choose...My Computer /
> Next /
> Enter a Name and a Save Location /
> Next /
> Tick...'Best Quality For My Computer'
> Next/
> Wait while the movie is saved /
> Finish...
>
> Also, you may find it useful to use
> a custom profile:
>
> Movie Maker 2 - Saving
> Movies - Custom WMV Profiles
> http://tinyurl.com/s2vgu
>
> Creating Custom Profiles
> for Windows Movie Maker 2
> http://tinyurl.com/cuny7
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> Digital Media MVP
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
>

Saga wrote:
> Thank you John,
>
> You are correct, the initial (screen capped) WMV is silent. I did not
> capture audio along with it.
>
> I understand what you are suggesting, very ingenuous, I guess I
> was hoping that I would not have to generate one WMV fiel, then
> create a second project with it to include the background music,
> but I will try that out.
>
> Do you see any advantage to saving the first movie as DV AVI
> as opposed to WMV? I know that DV AVI is higher quality, but
> if I started out with WMV from a screen capture, will there be any
> advantage to saving in DV AVI? Will the sound degrade if I save
> in WMV?
>
> Again, thanks for the suggestion.
> Saga
====================================
I doubt that saving as DV-AVI will improve
anything and personally I find that .wmv with
the various custom profiles always works
for me.

Try experimenting...that's the only way to
know for sure.

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk