Moving Video with Sound in Sync

dgdmn wrote on 5/14/2004, 3:56 PM

After reading the documentation I feel like I am missing something. "Just click on the event and hold the mouse button down . . ." But sometimes the audio moves with it on the timeline and sometimes it doesn't. And when it doesn't I have a mess. I cannot figure out how to do this consistently. When cutting and pasting a section I have found I need to select it and then also choose "Select all" from the edit menu to be able to copy both video and sound which is something it took me a while to figure out. This is the most frustrating thing for me especially when trying to make an overlap transition. So I end up with sound hopelessly out of sync.

I know I'm missing something simple. Please help

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IanG wrote on 5/14/2004, 11:19 PM

By default, the audio and video are grouped - they move together. This can be switched off with the "Ignore Event Grouping" button. Are you doing this by accident?

Ian G.

hbwerner wrote on 5/17/2004, 4:41 AM

Ian,
Thanks for curing my same problem. Now - is there a way to couple other track events to a clip? I add subtitles above the video line, and it's a pain to have to group all those to the right when I want to alter a clip length. I've tried the G route, but that is only a temporary bond.

dgdmn wrote on 5/17/2004, 12:28 PM

Thanks so much for your help. I believe that was my problem.

IanG wrote on 5/17/2004, 2:27 PM

>Now - is there a way to couple other track events to a clip? I add subtitles above the video line, and it's a pain to have to group all those to the right when I want to alter a clip length. I've tried the G route, but that is only a temporary bond.

I'm sorry but I don't understand the problem - can you elaborate, please?

Ian G.

hbwerner wrote on 5/19/2004, 10:20 AM

Ian,
Sorry I wasn't clear. First, when I add a subtitle to a clip on the overlay track(I haven't found out a way to overlay it on the video line), I would like the clip and subtitle to stay linked, or grouped, to that clip just as the audio normally is. I can click on the clip and subtitle, and type in G, but that only holds for an immediate action, and then ungroups itself.
It's not unusual for me to go back earlier in a production to alter or insert clips, and I do click on the first items to the right in the audio, video, and overlay tracks and then select all events to the end. If I slip up or just want to slide one event around (with it's subtitle), it would be convenient to have this be and established "group" just as the video is with the audio.
No big deal, but sometimes the next subtitle is off screen when I go to alter a clip, and sometimes I make a small change and throw all the subtitles to the right off position.

IanG wrote on 5/19/2004, 11:01 AM

I haven't seen this problem, so I'm going to have to flail around blindly! If you have an a/v clip which you want to group with a subtitle, you need to select all three. Once they're grouped, they stay that way until you ungroup them. Ungrouping can be done one track at a time, so you could (for no particular reason!) select the video, ungroup it, and leave the audio and subtitle still grouped.

I hope that helps!

Ian G.

hbwerner wrote on 5/20/2004, 7:40 AM

Ian - the grouping still doesn't stay grouped once I click on a segment elsewhwere in the time line. Am I missing a switch somewhere?
Bryan

IanG wrote on 5/20/2004, 11:14 AM

Bryan, unless I'm missing something obvious, it's a bug! Can anyone else duplicate this?

Ian G.