[Jordan Wilson]

I can get it to sync the clips individually just fine.

I’m just looking for kind of like a “batch” sync. Multiple, shorter video files to a longer audio track.

Like I said earlier, I haven’t had problems with clips from different cameras recording the same thing.

I’m looking for advice on syncing multiple, sequential clips from the same camera to one longer track of audio.

[Jordan Wilson]

What do you mean when you say “append the other 4 clips to it”

It still has to be synced. When the camera shuts off due to a time limit, there is still a few seconds before it starts to re-record. So unfortunately you can’t just slide the clips in there without manually syncing, which is what I’m trying to avoid.

Obviously in this case, it’s no big deal and I’ll probably just end up doing it manual. But I’m looking in the future for other projects with hundreds of clips and dozens of audio tracks.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

[Jordan Wilson]

Matt,

I do have FCP7. But I’m trying to migrate to FCPX. And one of the features I was most excited about was the “sync” which so far has been pretty disappointing.

But I hope I’m just missing something….

[Jordan Wilson]

Couldn’t say it any better.

[Jordan Wilson]

Thanks for the input.

I’m a dual shooter…. stills and video. So the DSLR is what I’ll probably stick with for the foreseeable future.

Also, I feel spoiled by the IQ of the DSLRs. I’ll take my $5k worth of bodies and lenses over any $5k traditional video camera. For what I do, at least. I’m not saying that’s a blanket rule that applies for everything. But most of my stuff is sit down interview/static shots.

Sure it’s a pain to deal with the audio syncing and the lack of focus tracking. But I’ll take those cons when I see the image a 7D and a 85 1.2 can produce.

Also remember, everyone’s definition of “video camera” is VERY different.

[Jordan Wilson]

Thanks for the input.

I’m a dual shooter…. stills and video. So the DSLR is what I’ll probably stick with for the foreseeable future.

Also, I feel spoiled by the IQ of the DSLRs. I’ll take my $5k worth of bodies and lenses over any $5k traditional video camera. For what I do, at least. I’m not saying that’s a blanket rule that applies for everything. But most of my stuff is sit down interview/static shots.

Sure it’s a pain to deal with the audio syncing and the lack of focus tracking. But I’ll take those cons when I see the image a 7D and a 85 1.2 can produce.

[Jordan Wilson]

Thanks for the link, Geoff. I tried this, but it’s a little different than what I’m trying to do.

In that video, the multiple video clips all contained the same content. Ex: All the video clips contained minutes 1-4 from 5 different angles and a 4-minute audio track)

For my purposes, I have 4 different clips. (Minutes 1-10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, for example.) And than I have 2 different audio clips (both 40 minutes). I’m trying to find a way to easily sync them all.

Now, I know I could just use the “sync” command to first sync Audio 1 with clip 1 (minutes 1-10). Then, I could cut the rest of the audio (minutes 11-40.)
Then I could move on and individually sync the other 3 clips to the audio and cut the corresponding overlap. Once I do that, I’d have 4, 10-minute clips all synced and I could make a compound clip. (Then I’d have to repeat this WHOLE process for the second cam).

This is similar to how I did it in the past with FCP7. And although it’s pretty easy to do, it’s pretty time-consuming as well. That’s one of the reasons I purchased FCPX…. the promise of sync. But so far, it seems like the time it would take me to go through the aforementioned steps is about the same it would be to manually sync the waveforms.

So essentially, I need to know if there’s a way to sync multiple shorter video clips to a longer audio clip.

[Jordan Wilson]

And isn’t the whole point of the “sync” feature in FCPX to sync external audio to…. say…. a DSLR?

I’m asking a question about a built-in feature of FCPX. So by you questioning my camera usage, you’re actually questioning Apple, which has defined pro NLE for years.

Now… back to my question. Is there a way to sync a compound clip?

[Jordan Wilson]

So the paradigm shift of people putting away their P2s and their EX1s and their XL H1s in lieu of DSLRs…. they are all using the wrong camera?

As far as higher-end wedding production, there’s more companies using DSLRs than not.

[Jordan Wilson]

And I actually had two cameras. And two wireless lav feeds.

So the more I think about it, it would be more work to use this amazing “time-saving” feature in FCPX than it would be for me to manually match levels in FCP7.

Or am I missing something here?