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InfinityCam
I downloaded and installed the VASST InfinityCam trial. I am going through the User’s Guide.
I have two HF S10’s in AVCHD, and a Zoom H4N recording 16 bit .wav. I opened Infinity-Cam, selected 4-CAM, and Create Tracks. I drug the Cineform .avi of the video files and the .wav audio file to the timeline. Lining up the clap-board point was easy, and it is within a frame. Is there some way to make it line up exactly?
The talk goes on for 1hr 53 mins. Using Cam#1 as a reference point, near the end of the talk (1hr 53 mins) the file from Cam#2 has drifted backwards by one frame, but the H4N .wav file has drifted backwards by six frames. I seem to remember some means of adjusting or shrinking events on a timeline. How can I do this? Thanks.
Norman Willis
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OK, I found it. I held down CTRL, and put the pointer over the bottom right-hand corner of the event. A little squiggly line showed up, and I was able to guess at an adjustment.
It will work for this project, so good enough for now. I take it there’s no way to get perfect synch without professional equipment, and a separate machine to generate timecode synching each camera?
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“Is there some way to make it line up exactly?”
Disabling “Quantize to Frames” (Alt+F8) allows you to slide your audio clip in far less than 1 frame increments.
Remember to enable it after getting it perfectly lined up.“I take it there’s no way to get perfect synch without professional equipment,…”
That is correct.
Having said that, I’ve read various posts over the years where editors are having to re-sync every 10 minutes under similar circumstances due to drift from an audio device so a 6 frame drift over almost two hours is a remarkable testament to the accuracy of the H4N’s internal clock.
The way you’re doing it is the recommended method and takes very little time so keep on doing it. -
Thanks, Mike 🙂
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