Censor a Video

If you ever wanted to Censor Your Website a video you got off the Internet, this is the right place to find out how to.

Steps

  1. Open Audacity (Download it for free at the link below).
  2. Go to Generate>Tone.
  3. Set the frequency to 1000 and select OK.
  4. It will now be a 30 second TV beep. All of it is highlighted, so take the mouse pointer to the end and when you see a finger, click, hold, and drag it to the left until only one second is highlighted. Then click the trim button.
  5. Go to File>Export, then name it anything.
  6. Close Audacity and don't save. Open up Windows Movie Maker.
  7. Import the video and the beep.
  8. Drag the video into the timeline.
  9. Pause right before the bad word and click Split.
  10. Play again and pause again right after the bad word ends.
  11. Split again and the bad word will be one tiny clip.
  12. Zoom all the way in and click the plus sign next to Video.
  13. Mute the audio in the bad word clip.
  14. Place the beep right under it. You may need to shorten it a little bit and if it needs to be longer, place another beep right under it.
  15. Now replay the clip to see if it worked.
  16. Repeat for all the bad words until the video is a video suited for television.
  17. Note: You can also do this without using Audacity or making a beep. Just mute the audio to have silence during the bad words.



Things You'll Need

  • Audacity
  • Windows Movie Maker
  • A video to censor

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