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Participant
August 4, 2017
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Hi Buddies, Can we edit the Camtasia source file in the Captivate? Or Can we add audio to the mp4 file in Captivate? This mp4 file was published in Camtaisa.

  • August 4, 2017
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One of my associate has recorded the screen cast and published the file as MP4 format in Camtaisa. Now, we are using Captivate to record the screen cast? Can we take that MP4 file and edit in Captivate? Exclusively for adding audio to that MP4 file which is published via Camtasia?

I would be very much happy if our community help me on this issue?

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Correct answer Lilybiri

No, you'll need to edit the mp4 file in a video editor like Premiere Pro, if you don't have the original raw Camtasia file.

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Participant
August 4, 2017

Hi, I have the Campasia source file. Can we edit this in Captivate? I mean can we add audio frame by frame as we do in Captivate?

Lilybiri
Legend
August 4, 2017

You have to edit the Camtasia file in Camtasia.

Camtasia output is a video, video has frames. There are no slides in Camtasia, it is pure video. It has been a while since I used Camtasia, but I suppose you can add audio to the video, however synchronizing will not be as easy as in Captivate.


What you are talking about are the slides in Captivate, which is something differen. The default duration of a slide is 3 seconds. Each second is played in output with a default frame rate of 30FPS (frames per second)? This means that a slide of 3 seconds has 90 frames. When you add audio to a slide in Captivate, the slide duration will be increased to the length of the audio clip.

An alternative for the Camtasia video is a cpvc-slide, capture as Video Demo in Captivate. Then you'll be able to replace the audio in that video demo in the dedicated video editor.

Participant
August 4, 2017

Thank you!

Lilybiri
LilybiriCorrect answer
Legend
August 4, 2017

No, you'll need to edit the mp4 file in a video editor like Premiere Pro, if you don't have the original raw Camtasia file.