"Snapping" Video to Audio peaks

eheh wrote on 1/2/2003, 4:42 PM

I find it time consuming to move the video back and forth until it perfectly matches and audio beat (for example). Is there an "automatic" way to "snap" a video media to an audio peak.

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ibliss wrote on 1/2/2003, 5:13 PM

I tend to do the following:
1) create a loop region around the 'hit point' in the audio
2) Ctrl+left click on the video track to be moved
3) turn on looped playback & start playback.
4) use '4' and '6' on your keyboards numberpad to nudge the video back and forth in time.

If you need fine adjustment, either zoom in on the timeline or hold down Alt while pressing 4/6 - this will move the video exactly by 1 frame at a time.

Of course the 'official' way would be to use the snap offset feature. At the bottom left corner of each seperate event there is a small white triangle - click and drag this to move the snap offset on the event. Do this with the audio and video and line them up with ease....

PDB wrote on 1/3/2003, 4:17 AM

another more hit and miss approach is to listen to the audio, watch the waveforms and hit your "M" key when you hear/see a peak: that will set a marker in your timeline which you can then fine-tune your video to...anybody else use this approach?

TorS wrote on 1/3/2003, 9:23 AM

...anybody else use this approach?

I do.

Tor

eheh wrote on 1/3/2003, 10:20 AM

I do that too.
However, syncing every video event to such a marker (and adjusting for an exact sync) takes much time.
I wish there was a 'auto sync' button that would search for the audio peak and move the video accordingly.