Adding separate audio clip to video clip - no waveforms on separate audio clip displayed

[PemburySinger]

Operating Windows 11

I just downloaded the latest version of Shotcut 22.12.21.

There was an earlier topic headed ‘The audio waves don’t appear on the timeline’. I can replicate the problem and offer a screensnip. See below.

There is now no option to tell the software to ‘show audio waveforms’. Even in the older version I had, when that was checked, it had no effect on the added separate audio clip.

This problem renders Shotcut useless for what I want to achieve, since I need to align the separate audio clip’s peaks with the audio of the video precisely, before removing the audio on the video clip.

[Alsuhail]

Sorry I do not have any solution, But on my PC working with WIN 7, I have the expeted waveforms… It could be an indication of the problem root.

[shotcut]

I am not able to reproduce it. Try: right-click the clip and choose Rebuild Audio Waveform and wait a little while to see if it appears; it is not instant.

@PemburySinger

useless for what I want to achieve, since I need to align the separate audio clip’s peaks with the audio of the video precisely

See also in the right click menu Align to Reference Track

Align To Reference Track

The Align To Reference Track tool allows multiple clips to be aligned to the audio in a reference track. This can be useful to align clips that were recorded at the same time from multiple camera angles. Align To Reference Track was added in version 22.06.23. [image] Limitations This tool can only be used to align clips with audio that is similar to the audio in clips on another track. Both the clip to align and the reference track must have audio that is similar so that the algorithm can d…

[PemburySinger]

Thanks. Rebuild Audio Waveform worked. Whilst writing this I have set the Align to Reference Track processing and shall see what happens. Nothing so far after about 15 minutes.