Spot, thats a great idea, thanks. In addition you can give me tips to better the quality of the video, since its filmed outside during winter, snow all around, and the whole picture looks bluish (from the sky I guess). How do I take a 10 sec clip from the timeline, and how do I send it to you?

Thanks

thanks John,
im reading your tips now, gonna try using them.
regards

dse [at] sundancemediagroup [dot] com

Spot, its a 37sec AVI clip, snd the size is 140MB!! How is it that its so large? How am i able to send you that?

Strip out the audio only. Maybe render to a high bitrate MP3, like 128Kpbs or so. If you want to send the vid too, then render as a 512Kpbs WMV file. I'll still be able to hear/see what you want it to show.

great, ill render the whole thing at 512 WMV. give me a minute

Spot, Ive sent you an email. Im currently uploading the clip
Uploaded- and link sent
regards

I'll play with this in a bit, but at first listen...it sounds like you used the on-camera mic, and there is a lot of wind directly striking the diaphragm of the mic. That part of it is never going to be recoverable no matter what. The small ice sounds in there, cars moving down the street, etc...they can be dealt with reasonably easy. However, when the wind hits that mic...You're DOA. No recovery.
http://www.vasst.com/streaming/MiniFuzzy.wmv will show you a simple way to make a fuzzy to go over your camcorder if it's a palmcorder style.

thanks Spot. yea I used the on-camera mic, and I had a feeling it cant be fixed. I will look at the video now. Your input is much appreciated.

I def. need to get the fuzzy. Do regular stores sell it? Maybe I can concoct some home made "fuzzy like" device?

Check your email. I sent you back a veg. With some better plugs, you can do a marginally better job, but when that wind smacks the mic diaphragm...there is just simply no recovery. It's like a camera being hit momentarily with a white light so bright it kills everything in the shot. When that happens, there is nothing left to recover. It's the same with your wind.

The one you see in the video is a homemade fuzzy, cost less than .50 US. It's got a cut-up bra strap and the fake wolf fur you see there.

Put the clip in Forge and run clipped peak restoration. It will help reduce the noise, maybe to a more acceptable level. This only works on really bad stuff.

JJK

Would it be possible to rerecord the conversation in house using the actors involved? And then add it to the video? This would enable you to use most if not all of the sound captured on site but just enhance the worse part.