Hi SteveG,

In spite of what was already posted, I have done what I think you are trying
to do, but this is probably too late in coming to be of much use to you.
Check out this video I made with my RC float plane:

http://home.comcast.net/~videohost2/GooseLake.wmv

The initial sounds are from the video sound track. When the pictures
transitions from black and white to color, the video track is faded out and
the separate music track I laid down is faded in. The reverse happens at the
end of the video.

I did this by toggling on the timeline in WMM, and at the far left next to
the video title is a small +/- check box. Click it and it will show the
video sound track as a new timeline. You can then right click on the video
sound track and separate music sound track to mute them, fade them in/out
separately. As I recall, you may need to creat a split in the tracks with
the little "split" button on the lower right side of the video output window
to define the fade in/out points etc. I stumbled across this and just played
with it until I got it working. I hope this helps (maybe for your next
video) :-)

Tom

"SteveG" wrote:

> I'm editing a short, 5-minute video for a submission to a cable channel.
> While i know that Movie Maker is very rudimentary, it will hopefully serve my
> purpose.
> The problem I'm having is that I'm transferring my video via a firewire
> connection, which carries the audio track with the video. Then MM provides a
> secondary audio track so you can lay down background music, VO etc.
> Where I'm stuck is that I can't find any controls to edit the audio tracks.
> Specifically, I want to lessen the track connected to the video and bring up
> the music an effects on the secondary track.
> Any one know the secrets?
>
> SteveG
> --
> Thank you for advice & ideas!

Tom,
Thanks for the reply. Although it came too late, it did provide me with some
useful info to know about WMM. I also tried to view you video, but the link
was incorrect.

Steve
--
Thank you for advice & ideas!


"tomfrank" wrote:

> Hi SteveG,
>
> In spite of what was already posted, I have done what I think you are trying
> to do, but this is probably too late in coming to be of much use to you.
> Check out this video I made with my RC float plane:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~videohost2/GooseLake.wmv
>
> The initial sounds are from the video sound track. When the pictures
> transitions from black and white to color, the video track is faded out and
> the separate music track I laid down is faded in. The reverse happens at the
> end of the video.
>
> I did this by toggling on the timeline in WMM, and at the far left next to
> the video title is a small +/- check box. Click it and it will show the
> video sound track as a new timeline. You can then right click on the video
> sound track and separate music sound track to mute them, fade them in/out
> separately. As I recall, you may need to creat a split in the tracks with
> the little "split" button on the lower right side of the video output window
> to define the fade in/out points etc. I stumbled across this and just played
> with it until I got it working. I hope this helps (maybe for your next
> video) :-)
>
> Tom
>
> "SteveG" wrote:
>
> > I'm editing a short, 5-minute video for a submission to a cable channel.
> > While i know that Movie Maker is very rudimentary, it will hopefully serve my
> > purpose.
> > The problem I'm having is that I'm transferring my video via a firewire
> > connection, which carries the audio track with the video. Then MM provides a
> > secondary audio track so you can lay down background music, VO etc.
> > Where I'm stuck is that I can't find any controls to edit the audio tracks.
> > Specifically, I want to lessen the track connected to the video and bring up
> > the music an effects on the secondary track.
> > Any one know the secrets?
> >
> > SteveG
> > --
> > Thank you for advice & ideas!

Sorry about the link, Steve... it had an extra space on the end. This one
should work:
http://home.comcast.net/~videohost2/GooseLake.wmv

"SteveG" wrote:

> Tom,
> Thanks for the reply. Although it came too late, it did provide me with some
> useful info to know about WMM. I also tried to view you video, but the link
> was incorrect.
>
> Steve
> --
> Thank you for advice & ideas!
>
>
> "tomfrank" wrote:
>
> > Hi SteveG,
> >
> > In spite of what was already posted, I have done what I think you are trying
> > to do, but this is probably too late in coming to be of much use to you.
> > Check out this video I made with my RC float plane:
> >
> > http://home.comcast.net/~videohost2/GooseLake.wmv
> >
> > The initial sounds are from the video sound track. When the pictures
> > transitions from black and white to color, the video track is faded out and
> > the separate music track I laid down is faded in. The reverse happens at the
> > end of the video.
> >
> > I did this by toggling on the timeline in WMM, and at the far left next to
> > the video title is a small +/- check box. Click it and it will show the
> > video sound track as a new timeline. You can then right click on the video
> > sound track and separate music sound track to mute them, fade them in/out
> > separately. As I recall, you may need to creat a split in the tracks with
> > the little "split" button on the lower right side of the video output window
> > to define the fade in/out points etc. I stumbled across this and just played
> > with it until I got it working. I hope this helps (maybe for your next
> > video) :-)
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > "SteveG" wrote:
> >
> > > I'm editing a short, 5-minute video for a submission to a cable channel.
> > > While i know that Movie Maker is very rudimentary, it will hopefully serve my
> > > purpose.
> > > The problem I'm having is that I'm transferring my video via a firewire
> > > connection, which carries the audio track with the video. Then MM provides a
> > > secondary audio track so you can lay down background music, VO etc.
> > > Where I'm stuck is that I can't find any controls to edit the audio tracks.
> > > Specifically, I want to lessen the track connected to the video and bring up
> > > the music an effects on the secondary track.
> > > Any one know the secrets?
> > >
> > > SteveG
> > > --
> > > Thank you for advice & ideas!