Rodolfo Medina <[email protected]> writes:

> I load a still image (say it image.jpg) in Cinelerra, then render it in .m2v
> format (say image.m2v) and then with ffmpeg convert it to mpeg format, say
> image.mpg.  Then I try to concatenate it to another mpeg file (say movie.mpg)
> in order to create a simple text presentation to it lasting some 10 seconds.
>
> Now, if image.mpg has no audio in it, the command
>
>  $ cat image.mpg movie.mpg > total-movie.mpg
>
> creates a new file in which the original audio of movie.mpg is shifted back at
> the beginning of total-movie.mpg, that I don't want.
>
> Then I want to add an audio track to image.mpg so that the original audio of
> movie.mpg cannot shift back.  What's the proper way to add such an audio
> track?
> I tried with `Audio > add track', but then in total-movie.mpg there's no audio
> at all.


John Coppens <[email protected]> writes:

> I haven't tried that, but I suspect that, if you add an audio track and
> render the movie, you will have to assure it's written with the same
> codec as the clip you want to append. (same codec, number of channels,
> and same bitrate too). I suspect your problem is that the player isn't
> capable to switch modes while playing (I think no player does that).
>
> You will probably see error message from the player log about that.
>
> So, make the image clip with cinelerra, and convert it to mpeg, making
> sure the audio gets to the same format as the second 'movie.mpg'.


Yes, I understand your suggestion.  In fact there is error message from
Mplayer.  Now, how can I know the format and characteristics (codec, number of
channels, bitrate) of `movie.mpg''s audio so to adopt the same for `image.mpg'?

Thanks
Rodolfo

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