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Ahhh – I must apologise. Bit quick on the reply button!

It looks like it will work fine – even the batch processing. Thanks for the advice and a great tool!

If only it could also re-encode to smaller dimensions…

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Thanks so much for the quick reply. I’ve had a look at it, but I think it just does straight conversions. I actually need identical file names ‘muxed’.

Anybody know if this kind of thing exists?

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Thanks for the responses thus far guys. I think I may not have been clear enough in the original post?

The audio at the ceremony is not the problem at the moment. The lapel mic fed to the 2nd camera works really well and I sync it up afterwards. I also use another mp3 recorder attached to the lectern for any readings etc. and sync this up also.

The main problem I’m having is after the ceremony at the reception during the speeches. Although I haven’t had any complaints regarding audio, I know that it can be significantly improved. Obviously it’s impractical to use the lapel mic with multiple speakers involved, and generally by that time of the night, the videographer’s audio is the last thing guests want to concern themselves with.

I’m guessing that the majority of PA systems at reception venues have some sort of jack to get a direct feed out of that I can feed into the 3.5mm socket of the 2nd camera and record it to miniDV tape, or even better to the same connection of the iFP-899. Are XLR the “standard” when it comes to DJ or band setups? If so, I assume a XLR -> 3.5mm cable would suffice?

Thanks again and looking forward to any more responses!

wedding videos

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Mine cost A$100 which is about US$74. Probably cheaper in the states I’d say.

wedding videos

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Hi bml,

I use a BP-945 (genuine Canon) and also 2 generic branded batteries. They are marked as BP-941 (ass in China, made in Japan) and are 5500mAh which is larger than the BP-945. I have had no problems whatsoever with them.

Let me know if you have any more questions

wedding videos

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The Backtraxx library from Digital Juice is quite good. Covers multiple genres (weddings, sports, corporate, atmospheric etc.) over about 28 CDs. I believe they also have a Backtraxx 2 library out now.

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I use the XM2 (the same camera, but it PAL land) and use the Canon VL10 light. It is a 10W light and uses the same battery types as the camera. It’s more than bright enough for the bridal waltz.

Canon also makes a 3W light that runs off the accessory shoe power – not sure if that would be birght enough.

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Thanks everyone for your responses. Certainly given me something to think about!

Up until now I’ve gotten by just using the MKE300 directional mic, but it was definitely time to move up.

I think the MA-300 adaptor, in conjunction with the directional mic, will probably be the way to go in the long term, maybe with an iriver as a 3rd audio source?

At the moment though, as this next wedding is outdoors, I’ve thought of running the wireless mic through the XM2 input and hooking the directional mic up to the backup camera and synching up the audio in post. Although as I’m doing this solo, it does mean I will be looking after 2 cameras for a small period, but I think it should be OK.

The other alternative – without purchasing any more equipment, is to try and remove the wireless receiver from the accessory shoe and quickly change over to the directional mic. I’m not sure about how confident I would be about doing this in less than 5-10 seconds or so…

Any thoughts on this solution would be appreciated. Thanks for the responses thus far!