View Audio Wave

[patentoni]

A few weeks ago, I uploaded a video to Canvas, and when I entered Edit mode, I was able to see the audio file on the timeline. That made it really easy to trim my video, because I could see where the talking started and stopped.

It seems that now, all I can see are video frames, which are not nearly as useful. 

Has this functionality been moved somewhere else? If not, does anyone have a workaround? 

I've been telling everyone how easy it is to edit videos in Studio, and now.....not so much. What a shame to lose such a great feature!

[Chris_Hofer]

@patentoni ...

For clarification, which part of Studio were you using to edit your video?  Were you using the Screen Capture or the Webcam Capture option within Studio?  I ask, because the options to edit are different...depending on what you used.  Hope to hear back from you soon.

[patentoni]

Hi Chris,

Funnily enough, I tried it in both. I had imported a Zoom video, found that I couldn’t see the audio waveform, and after looking for info about the change, I posted this question. Then I actually did record a video in Studio, and at first I thought I was going to see the audio waveform when editing this video, because I did see it while the video was processing. However, when the video editor opened, the waveform had been replaced by the video frames. 

Thanks for your help!

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

@patentoni ...

So I've used the Screen Capture portion of Studio quite a bit more than the Webcam Capture portion of Studio.  I can tell you that accessing and editing videos via the Screen Capture is much more complicated than I feel it needs to be.  And, once you've uploaded a video to your Studio library from the Screen Capture area, you don't have all those editing tools that you used to have before.  The whole process to edit an existing video via the Screen Capture basically involves creating a very short new recording, stopping that one, and then you can access a screen that shows you any recordings Screen Capture recordings you've made that haven't yet been uploaded to your Studio library.  And, you have to be on the same computer (you can't access videos to edit from home that you recorded at work, for example).

So, with all of that being said, might you have used the Screen Capture portion of Studio?  It's just a guess on my part...but I wanted to provide you this extra information in the event it would be helpful to you.

[patentoni]

Chris, you were right.  Creating the short video and then adding the pre-recorded content as a clip IS the way it has to be done now.  I know for sure that I did not do that before, but that is the only way it works now.

When this spring semester started, and I had to create some new screen capture videos, I "found" the editing tools I was missing before, and I thought "Oh I must have been overlooking the edit option and trying to edit afterward."  So once I  knew the difference between the two sets of editing tools, and I thought about how to work around the limitation, I realized that what you said back in November was exactly the right solution, but I just couldn't understand what you were saying, because I was only focused on how I used to do it. I get it now, and you were right. Thanks (belated but sincere) for your help!