2 camera angles, only 1 has audio

I'm sorry because I'm sure somebody's asked about this but I've spent an hour looking through the forum.
Video's a wedding with 2 DV cameras.....1 had audio piped in via the sound mixer.
I want to use the audio/video from the 1 camera and mix in video from the other camera when it has a better angle.
Can FCEHD do this? What's it called? Where can I learn how?
Thanks
Tim

This simplest way is to attach the same audio to both files, then you can cut between the two. Put the camera with the good audio in the timeline. Hold the Option key and select the video portion. Delete it. Drag the camera with the bad audio into the timeline. Hold the Option key and select the audio. Delete it. In the timeline sync up the video and audio. Once they line up in sync, trim the ends that you don't need. Select them both and press Cmd-L to link them. Drag the clip from the timeline back into the Browser and rename it. You now have two clips in the browser with the same good audio.

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