Sync multiple audio and multiple video clips

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James3815

Newbie Joined: Sep 05, 2018 16:12 Messages: 4 Offline

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Nov 19, 2018 18:09

Power Director 16 Audio sync Problem

How do I sync multiple clips of video with multiple audio Clips?

I record video with audio on an iPhone. At the same time I record audio with a separate Zoom audio recorder. The iPhone and the separate audio recorder are not started and stopped at the same time. I have multiple clips from each device. Sometimes the audio on the separate recorder is in multiple files but the video is on one file. There is overlap.rM

I can easily sync one Video Clip with the audio recorder clip. Select both clips then click on “Sync by Audio”. How can I sync multiple iPhone clips with multiple clips from the audio recorder?

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Nov 19, 2018 19:02

There's no limit to the number of tracks you can sync at the same time, but it's going to be easier if you do it in reasonably small batches.

Hopefully you have at least a ballpark awareness of which audio clips might match your iPhone clips, and all you have to do is put them on the timeline in any order, on any track, then highlight a group of iPhone clips and the presumed matching audio clip, then click on Sync by Audio.

All the selected clips will be moved to lower tracks, and only one clip will be on each track to avoid overwriting any others. Any clips that don't match will be offset to the right of the group (they won't be underneath any others) so set them aside for another sync.

To keep the synced position when you relocate the clips up to a higher track, click on each clip one at a time and use the solid vertical red line (at the left edge) and/or the solid vertical blue line (at the right edge) that will appear to guide you as you drag the clip upward while the screen scrolls through the tracks.

As long as at least one of those lines is present and touching the edge of the clip you're dragging, you can release the mouse button once you've reached the desired track and it will be in the correct horizontal position relative to the audio track.

Be sure to save the project often!

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