Question about footage

Hi. I have uploaded photos, but not footage. I want to try to upload some videos. My question is, do they need to be muted? like without sound? Or can they have normal sound? If it's better to have them muted, do you know a good software to erase sound from videos without affecting quality? Thank you.

Short answer yes no sound. The problem with sound is that most camera microphones are not good enough to produce useable sound. External mic’s are but then you need to be careful about having releases for soundtracks that might have music or people talking, so no sound.

Most good editing software on the export settings allow you to deselect sound or video. I use Final Cut Pro on a Mac computer.

If the sound is natural to the video, such as the sound of a babbling brook in the forest, I will leave it. If there is any talking or other background noise that is unexpected (such as music ), I will delete it. I've taken to shooting videos and blocking the audio while shooting, so that I don't have to mute the sound later.

My favorite editing software for deleting audio is Corel VideoStudio. It has a nice feature (called "SmartRender") that lets you mute the audio with minimal re-encoding. It will preserve the original data rate, and it is much faster than a typical render. I also use Blackmagic's Davinci Resolve at times when it is the better choice.

However, as much as possible, I record the original track without sound. That way, the files can be uploaded directly from the camera's card.

There are many software for video editing.But Pond5 recommended mpeg streamclip which is easy to handle and moreover its a free software.You could easily convert your file into many formats specially in mov format.
You could get this software here
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-win.html
You could easily deleting audio with this software.

All my videos have no sounds. I use Powerdirector (cyberlink) for many years... very easy and i can do all my time lapse, video edit, 4k... for the (little) price, it work like a pro.

I use cyberlink as well one thing that suprises me is why sell 4 k clips for around a quarter of the average price on here and hd clips the same ?. I sell hd clips easily at 60-99$

@ DavidHornchurch, Don't you think you overstated this sentence? "I sell hd clips easily at 60-99$." The word clips refer to more than one sale does it not?

A few thoughts about sound. My preference is to upload the file directly from the camera, but there are times when I will put two or three clips together in a sequence. If I intend for a clip to be uploaded by itself and that clip should not have audio, I plug a connector into the audio jack on the camera to block the audio. That way, there is no audio on the camera file.

Since this camera records video at 4:2:2 10-bit, the video files will not work in the editing software I have. (Corel VideoStudio, Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve (free version) and CyberLink PowerDirector). The files simply will not run. As far as I know, editing software that will run these 4:2:2 10-bit files all cost a fair amount of money. The paid version of Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve will run 4:2:2 10-bit video files, as will Adobe Premier Pro. DaVinci Resolve Studio (which is what the paid version is called) costs $300 and Premier Pro costs $20 per month by subscription only. (There may be a few customers out there getting a $10 per month deal.) Other paid editing packages, such as the pro version of Sony Vegas and Grass Valley's Edius, probably can work with the 4:2:2 10-bit files. But they are all in the $300 and more cost category. My understanding is that the latest version of Corel's VideoStudio will play and edit 4:2:2 10-bit files, but can render only at 4:2:0 8-bit. Still, I might go that way if I didn't have a problem with VideoStudio crashing on my HP computer when playing Panasonic video files. (My Dell computer doesn't crash, but it's a lot slower computer.)

Until I get one of those software packages, there is no way I have to eliminate audio from a 4:2:2 10-bit video file and still keep it 4:2:2 10-bit. I have software from Panasonic that lets me trim the files, but it does not let me mute the audio. That's why I plug an audio connector in to block the audio. I can convert the 4:2:2 10-bit files to 4:2:0 8-bit, but that loses quality.

So to get the absolute best quality video and block out audio, my suggestion is to plug a dummy connector into your camera's audio jack. If your camera has such a jack.

I agree that 99.5% of clips you upload should have no sound. However, if you have a good mic with a wind screen and the audio is CENTRAL to the clip, I'd add the audio.

I shoot a lot of "real life" stuff. For example, firefighters fighting fires etc. Natural sound from a fire fighting scene would be EXTREMELY helpful when editing.

As an editor, I always look for a "natural sound" pop from video that I can add.

Just deselect the audio from your NLE when you export....or bring down the audio level on your camera.

That being said, if the audio is distracting or not quality, don't add it.