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andyf19004958
Inspiring
May 28, 2018
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Multi Cam problems

  • May 28, 2018
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I used to be able to do this but something has changed and I can't make it work.  Any help would be appreciated - I'm tearing my hair out.

I use two GoPros to record my cover band.  The GoPros do about 18 minutes before they do a save, which creates a file.  So if I record a two hour gig, I'll have 6 or 7 files from each GoPro.  No problem, Adobe aligns the first clip from each GoPro using the audio.  I drag the other files to the timeline in the right order and I have the whole two hour show.  picture follows:

I create a bin, copy all those files to it, select them all (14 of them), right click and select create multicam source sequence and I get this mess - i.e. not one multicam sequence but 7.  they're all just over 18 minutes long.

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I'd butt them up end to end but it doesn't work that way.  The audio gets chopped off each one at the end.  Picture follows

What in the world have I selected/deselected by mistake or what am I doing wrong?  I've made probably a 100 of these videos using the exact same procedure and now I can't make it work.

Like I said, tearing my hair out.  Windows 10, 64 bit, plenty of horsepower.

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    Correct answer andyf19004958

    OK, I broke down and called Adobe.  I have the subscription, expected to be on hold for hours, thought it would take me an hour just to find the number on their site, etc.

    Got a hold of a guy, ended up screen sharing, etc.  All in all a very pleasant experience.  Forget about all that copying files, creating multi cam source sequence bs.  He couldn't figure out why it was doing that either. 

    Went at it from "nesting" and "enabling multi camera" and it worked.  Anyone wants to know more than that, we'll exchange email addresses.

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    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Brainiac
    May 29, 2018

    One way you could handle this would be put each cam's clips in a bin for that cam. Select all in a bin, make multi-cam sequence and it will make a "sequence" of that media. Flatten the sequence.

    Now take both "sequences" (that are really just merged clips) and create a multi-cam sequence.

    Neil

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    andyf19004958
    andyf19004958Author
    Inspiring
    May 29, 2018

    Neil,

    Tried it with no success.  When creating a multicam source sequence prpro wants/needs to sync up the clips somehow - audio, timecode, whatever.  Since there is zero common audio/video in those clips, prpro just says "couldn't sync the files".  Did I miss something in your response?

    I made a subsequence of each camera's clips - then created a multicam of those two subsequences and got one multicam source sequence with FOUR camera angles.  How does that happen with TWO cameras?  To add to the confusion, two of the angles are the same, one is camera 1 and the other is blank.

    After doing at least 100 of these multicam source sequences over the last two years, this can't be right.  Surely I must have clicked/selected something by mistake somewhere that is causing this but I can't figure it out myself.  Anyone???

    All the YouTube videos and prpro help stuff refer to ONLY one clip from each camera - it works just as shown (perfectly) if I use just ONE clip from each camera.  I don't see how that can be the answer as all cameras, GoPro or otherwise, eventually break video up into files of some size.  I could do two clips at a time if I wanted to be limited to only being able to edit/see 18 mins of the gig at a time.

    either Adobe updated something and broke it (or changed the method) for multiple files or I have done something to the program.

    Anyone please ????

    andyf19004958
    andyf19004958AuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    May 29, 2018

    OK, I broke down and called Adobe.  I have the subscription, expected to be on hold for hours, thought it would take me an hour just to find the number on their site, etc.

    Got a hold of a guy, ended up screen sharing, etc.  All in all a very pleasant experience.  Forget about all that copying files, creating multi cam source sequence bs.  He couldn't figure out why it was doing that either. 

    Went at it from "nesting" and "enabling multi camera" and it worked.  Anyone wants to know more than that, we'll exchange email addresses.

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