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I'm a genius! Solved sound sync with Atomos and D800

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June 24, 2018
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Cavemen have probably been doing this forever, but I finally figured it out.

I use a d800 and HDMI out to Ninja ( 1080p 24fps, DNxHD). Normally I sync sound with slate and little recording gadget ( TASCAM).

On one shoot I had a little shotgun rode on hot shoe of camera plugged into mic of camera, as a sort of 'backup'.

The man helping me on job (turning TASCAM on and off for takes) did something weird at one point and a few sound takes were no good after that.

Luckily I had the stupid little rode on top of camera and talent was close, so I used THAT sound. BUT discovered it was out of sync 3 frames. I had the slate to use and figure that out.

The sound gets recorded faster than video stream data can be compressed, so it's out 3 frames....sound coming first.

In editor, unlinking sound, and moving sound forward with mouse really was hard, cause it's not accurate and it's a hit and miss sorta operation.

I just realized a few minutes ago (cause I'm gonna go out with camera soon and shoot with that little shotgun on camera) that I can CUT at the end of 3rd frame, move CTI to that spot, unlink sound, and move sound with mouse and it will more or less SNAP to that CTI position ! HOW COOL IS THAT ??

I bet everybody already knew this but I just figured it out. Haven't tried it yet, but it should work fine.

: )

anybody else figure out any genius things lately ???

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haanuman

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Well that's pretty good to hear, well done!

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rodneyb56060189Author

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It was probably like that here about 100 years ago.

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People here have become insane with legal lawsuits and creepy 'rules'.

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rodneyb56060189Author

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There's some movie on here in Minnesota ( over the air broadcast via roof antenna ) called NAPOLEON, about a puppy that travels across the Australian Outback to find a home. But I got soccer on now so I'm bummed out I will miss seeing what it's like to be in a country where you can shoot anything you want without tons of stupid 'permits' and insurance, etc.

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rodneyb56060189Author

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To research how to arrive at costs for shooting in local little State Park if I need insurance for liability and a 'business', etc. (in order to get production insurance, I asked some friends about stuff and one thing I got from a nice man is the AICP bid form thing..

I think this is all the pages but don't take that as gospel truth. But it give you idea what's involved.

yikes

insurance is basically (production ins.) a percentage of overall budget. Liability for company ( naming specific location entity ( like state park ) is also a byproduct of this overall deal re: costs and time and locations per job. Which eventually has to satisfy the LOCATION (in my case a little State park with a huge ego.

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rodneyb56060189Author

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very cool. I love pickup trucks. Had old one a long time ago. Had a bad wrist pin on one piston and you could hear it when owner started it. Offered him a price and he took it a few weeks later when nobody else wanted it. Rebuilt engine and it was cool after that.

That was around 1972 in Denver. Used to play pickup softball games in city park ( Cheeseman ? ) with both males and females playing. Was great fun. Used pickup to get dirt from one part of park and bring it to softball field to fill in bases and areas that had standing water from rain the day before. Park Rangers let us do it. Was cool.

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rodneyb56060189Author

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I got in touch with a 'farm' nearby, which is part of a park system ( kind of like a state park, but it's not a state park - hard to explain without giving details ). Anyway, I asked if I could have permission to go there and pull over to the side of the road (in the park area which is extensive) and set up camera on tripod and shoot stuff for personal enjoyment ( no client, not commercial ). The minion who got my request sent me an application ( $25.00 /hour ) and also request production insurance ( liability insurance naming the specific park ) of about $1,500,000.

To get the insurance I would have to establish a sole proprietorship or LLC.

There is farm land there and also animals like horses and cows and sheep etc.

So, after due consideration I had a I AM A GENIUS moment ! I'm just goin to go there, pull over, and shoot.

What's the worst that could happen ??

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Ussnorway7605025

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in Australia you can just go take your photos from the road

or you can cross a fence to get the shot and even open a gate (close it behind you!) as long as that gate isn't locked ... no permission needed

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rodneyb56060189Author

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wow, what a cool truck ! high suspension so you can go off road … stretched cab for extra storage inside. Very nice !

John T Smith

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Toyota makes a 4 wheel drive model that sits higher, but since I don't do off road driving I got the 2 wheel drive model

I can carry a full square yard of potting mix or a 1/2 yard of gravel... or cardboard to the roof level

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rodneyb56060189Author

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aha. Good going on making nice area for her to work. Trevor did a fantastic job pretending your truck was in back yard. Took time and came our really funny. That was nice of him.

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rodneyb56060189Author

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Very cool. I had never seen those washers before. Good to know. Would be good for plexiglass and other plastics too.

For controlling outdoor light coming into windows at 'locations' ( if you're gonna shoot there on and off for a long time, like a season of TV episodes, for example ) people use various methods. One is to 'tent' off the area (side of house, etc. ) with black so it's totally dark, and lights are added inside the tent to put light in the windows, doors, etc. But sometimes (like a skyscraper that has a fairly narrow balcony running length of building ) you can put up sheets of color temperature Orange ( see FULL CTO color correction ), and sheets of ND. These are 'hard' sheets, rather than the 4 foot rolls of CTO and diffusion stuff available from Rosco and Lee filters. Although there wouldn't be wood on a modern skyscraper to use the screws and washers you posted, there would be some places where it could be used, rather than the fender washers I've used in the past. Metal washers sometimes crack the plastic if you aren't careful.

Thanks for sharing info !

YOU'RE A GENIUS !

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rodneyb56060189Author

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Roscolex Acrylic Panels | Rosco

John T Smith

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Roof panels are galvanized steel... wife has some sun sensitivity so to stand and work at the bench she needs total shade

Also, I park my truck in the front of the garage, not in the back where she does plants

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rodneyb56060189Author

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Looks really nice. Color is cool, and stuff on shelves looks pretty. Is that roof translucent where light goes through it ? I can't tell.

Everything back there looks airy and open and functional.

Good job !

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rodneyb56060189Author

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curiouser and curiouser ! hehe, thanks for new pic.

You still have those nice fish in garden ?

John T Smith

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Different house now, and only goldfish in the current pond

I built the shelves to the right go in the wall in a bathroom, and wife changed her mind... so now screwed to a 4x4 roof support so she has a place to put her stuff as outside decorations

Trevor.Dennis

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https://forums.adobe.com/people/John+T+Smith wrote
I built the shelves to the right go in the wall in a bathroom, and wife changed her mind... so now screwed to a 4x4 roof support so she has a place to put her stuff as outside decorations

Nice idea John, but wouldn't it have been easier to use a bit of wood?

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rodneyb56060189Author

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Wow, that looks really pretty. Nice job ! To me that would have qualified as an " I am a genius " moment....putting wall where door used to be !

John T Smith

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I don't know about being a wood working genius (I measure twice, and my cuts are still sometimes wrong) but I can for sure say I was tired at the end of the work day... but I did have to agree with her that the wall (and the covered area) came out OK

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rodneyb56060189Author

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talk about ingratitude ! Remember all those hours you spent getting her set up on her own computer and making everything work well ?? !!! You should have at least got a chocolate cake for THAT !

John T Smith

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Our garage is about 50 feet long (and one car wide) with a lift door at both ends... former owner would drive in the front with a boat trailer, and straight out the back... My latest project was in 2 stages

1st was to lock the double wide back door in the up position, and build a wall to close that end to then use the inside as a weather tight work and storage area (the old lift door was warped and leaked... a lot)

2nd phase was to add a roof and build an 8 foot wide bench so wife can have a covered area for working with plant pots

Pay at the end of the day was a beer (after I went grocery shopping and bought the beer)

But she did say "job well done" for both the wall and the covered area