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Drifting
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I've been doing the video/audio syncing thing for on-track vids for several years. A tip or two, if you're so inclined:
Start recording before you even buckle in. You'll waste a little extra flash card space, but the reason will make sense in a moment. Once you have both/all cameras recording, silence everything else in the car and clap once, really loudly. Make sure your hands are cupped just so and you hit them together properly so there's a good *crack*
Why? You'll use that as your audio sync point. Each camera's recording will have a *crack* in it at the same spot. Using a real video editor (I love RaceRender and use it all the time, but it's not a real video editor) with a timeline, you can line the videos up based on that *crack*. Then trim that section out, mute one of the camera's audio, and export the new video.
What video editing software to use? I'm subscribed to the Adobe Creative Cloud suite which gives me access to all of their production tools. You don't need to do that if you don't want; I'm sure there are less-expensive (but not free..) NLEs out there. I just happen to really like Adobe's Premiere Pro for this task.
Start recording before you even buckle in. You'll waste a little extra flash card space, but the reason will make sense in a moment. Once you have both/all cameras recording, silence everything else in the car and clap once, really loudly. Make sure your hands are cupped just so and you hit them together properly so there's a good *crack*
Why? You'll use that as your audio sync point. Each camera's recording will have a *crack* in it at the same spot. Using a real video editor (I love RaceRender and use it all the time, but it's not a real video editor) with a timeline, you can line the videos up based on that *crack*. Then trim that section out, mute one of the camera's audio, and export the new video.
What video editing software to use? I'm subscribed to the Adobe Creative Cloud suite which gives me access to all of their production tools. You don't need to do that if you don't want; I'm sure there are less-expensive (but not free..) NLEs out there. I just happen to really like Adobe's Premiere Pro for this task.
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I've been doing the video/audio syncing thing for on-track vids for several years. A tip or two, if you're so inclined:
Start recording before you even buckle in. You'll waste a little extra flash card space, but the reason will make sense in a moment. Once you have both/all cameras recording, silence everything else in the car and clap once, really loudly. Make sure your hands are cupped just so and you hit them together properly so there's a good *crack*
Why? You'll use that as your audio sync point. Each camera's recording will have a *crack* in it at the same spot. Using a real video editor (I love RaceRender and use it all the time, but it's not a real video editor) with a timeline, you can line the videos up based on that *crack*. Then trim that section out, mute one of the camera's audio, and export the new video.
Start recording before you even buckle in. You'll waste a little extra flash card space, but the reason will make sense in a moment. Once you have both/all cameras recording, silence everything else in the car and clap once, really loudly. Make sure your hands are cupped just so and you hit them together properly so there's a good *crack*
Why? You'll use that as your audio sync point. Each camera's recording will have a *crack* in it at the same spot. Using a real video editor (I love RaceRender and use it all the time, but it's not a real video editor) with a timeline, you can line the videos up based on that *crack*. Then trim that section out, mute one of the camera's audio, and export the new video.
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,308
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From: Raleigh North Carolina
I've been doing the video/audio syncing thing for on-track vids for several years. A tip or two, if you're so inclined:
Start recording before you even buckle in. You'll waste a little extra flash card space, but the reason will make sense in a moment. Once you have both/all cameras recording, silence everything else in the car and clap once, really loudly. Make sure your hands are cupped just so and you hit them together properly so there's a good *crack*
Why? You'll use that as your audio sync point. Each camera's recording will have a *crack* in it at the same spot. Using a real video editor (I love RaceRender and use it all the time, but it's not a real video editor) with a timeline, you can line the videos up based on that *crack*. Then trim that section out, mute one of the camera's audio, and export the new video.
What video editing software to use? I'm subscribed to the Adobe Creative Cloud suite which gives me access to all of their production tools. You don't need to do that if you don't want; I'm sure there are less-expensive (but not free..) NLEs out there. I just happen to really like Adobe's Premiere Pro for this task.
Start recording before you even buckle in. You'll waste a little extra flash card space, but the reason will make sense in a moment. Once you have both/all cameras recording, silence everything else in the car and clap once, really loudly. Make sure your hands are cupped just so and you hit them together properly so there's a good *crack*
Why? You'll use that as your audio sync point. Each camera's recording will have a *crack* in it at the same spot. Using a real video editor (I love RaceRender and use it all the time, but it's not a real video editor) with a timeline, you can line the videos up based on that *crack*. Then trim that section out, mute one of the camera's audio, and export the new video.
What video editing software to use? I'm subscribed to the Adobe Creative Cloud suite which gives me access to all of their production tools. You don't need to do that if you don't want; I'm sure there are less-expensive (but not free..) NLEs out there. I just happen to really like Adobe's Premiere Pro for this task.
I actually do this with all my videos. I don't use pro-editing tools because this is an occasional hobby for me so price is important but everything else JVP stated I actually do. I also walk from the passenger side of the car to driver side front fender and do **three big claps** before getting settled. This adds a video cue along with the audio cues.
