Video Sync

PaulJG wrote on 9/14/2010, 10:07 AM

RE: two camera wedding, same cameras, both synced prior to wedding using "free run" for the time-code. I checked the time-code and it is correct.

For some reason when I lay out my video using the time code it seperates all the clips from each camera with its own video and audio time-line. (note that I have done this many time with out this issue)

They are in the correct time. So just to see what would happen, I created the multi camera edit setting and of course ended up with hundreds of videos windows in the view section.

What setting would make it so it does not take each of the two video time-lines and separate them into the hundreds of clips on individual time-line?

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JackW wrote on 9/14/2010, 11:26 AM

I'm not at my editing computer, Paul, but I believe under "Options" in VidCap there is a choice of whether or not to ignore in-camera scene breaks when the tape is captured.
This should take care of your problem.

Jack

PaulJG wrote on 9/14/2010, 12:18 PM

Thanks for the reply.

If I recapture and do want you said, wouldn't it make a one continuous file?

The footage in one camera is about 1.5 hours long, spread out over 5 hours. I need the clips to be separate to sync to the appropriate time.

PaulJG wrote on 9/14/2010, 12:24 PM

This is two of the ways I tried it. Perhaps there is a step I am overlooking.

Proseger:

1 - Start New Project
2 - Choose Quantize Frames
3 - Depress gnore Event Grouping
4 - Select clips from menu and put each camera on separate tracks.
5 - Sync using time code
When I do # 5 I end up with 96 tracks or 48 video tracks. I have 179 clip all together in footage.

None are lined up correctly. All over the time line, some grouped other just alone.

So now I tried it a different way.

#1-3 the same way.

4 - I select from media bin camera 1 media, right click, then arrange using time code. It imports them in order but with 224 track or 112 video. I do the same for Camera 2, and raises the track to 332. Note one cameras has some additional tracks.

5 - I create Multi-Camera. It joined together
The video seems to be synced with a half second difference. That I usually have as the two camera will drift a little over a few hours.

6 - I enabled Muticamera editing. I have a ton of little windows.

Both ways I try it, it make a ton of tracks. Only the 2nd way get the video synced

Tom Pauncz wrote on 9/14/2010, 1:10 PM

Paul

I have done a few multi-camera shoots, so...

I would capture just as you do now - scene detect will give you multiple clips.

Put each camera's multiple clips on separate tracks - video & audio

Now use PluralEyes to sync. process does not take long and it will save you a ton of grief.

After this, select all tracks and and 'Create Multitrack', then 'Enable Multitrack'.

I did this with three cameras - two of them were continuous run, so one event only and the other had multiple clips. PluralEyes had no problems.

Tom

JackW wrote on 9/14/2010, 10:03 PM

"If I recapture and do want you said, wouldn't it make a one continuous file?"

Sounded from your post that making a continuous file rather than numerous small files was what you wanted to accomplish. Guess not.

Jack

PaulJG wrote on 9/15/2010, 12:26 PM

I just tried putting the one camera on one track.

Hit the Lay out media to the time code it again puts each video on its own video and audio track. Their position in the in the time-line is correct.

How do I get Vegas not to create a time-line for each individual clip from the single camera?