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Music Video help!

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Bob Jovi

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jul 26, 2006
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London
Hi,

This weekend I shot a music video with one camera. I had the performer miming to the track but I forgot to use a timecode reference or clapper.

Now I'm having some difficulty matching up the vision and audio. Any help on any quick methods of doing this would be greatly appreciated.

Also I filmed it on a Canon XM2 in 24p mode (i think that's what it records in), will I have problems syncing it with my music as the sample rate may differ?? 29.97?

Thanks,

Bob
 
anim8or

anim8or

macrumors 65816
Aug 16, 2006
1,362
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Scotland, UK
29.97... is that the frame rate of the footage you shot on the camera??

If so that is NTSC.... i notice you are from the UK so you should be shooting at 25fps PAL.

The sound you have recorded will most likely be at 25 fps.... not that sound is measured in fps!
 
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xavpil

macrumors newbie
Oct 3, 2007
20
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Los Angeles
here's a solution

the only option i see is eye matching the video with the audio.
Make sure you turn the scrubbing on (FCP = Shift S).. THis allows you to scrub though the video and hear the audio track. This is the only way to match audi and video.
Here's what I'd do:
First work with the video to find a specific point that will be easy to synch from: drum, vocal, clap. Then put a marker.
Now open the audio track and work with the audio wave. and try to locate the point you've marked in the video. Add a marker in the audio track, and then align both markers (video and audio).
Repeat this step every-time you stopped the camera.
 
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