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@Jets
I actually tried doing it that way before seeing your post and it does work but I just can't bring myself to do that as a long-term solution. I have a backlog of over 50 games plus future games, I'm not adding effects, transitions or anything, this is not a fun editing job and to repeat the same exact edit over and over ugh! I would think a general sports wizard could be developed where the editor does everything for you and activates whichever camera has the most action going on in the frame, and of course still leave you with the ability to go back and adjust each cut. This would work for hockey, basketball, soccer and other applications I can't think of. Would anyone else use this though?
@Teeman
I downloaded a free trial of the newest Magix movie edit pro premuim and the multicam editor has the audio follow video feature. In fact as far as I can tell there are no other options for audio source but you can still swap the audio out in the timeline after cutting the vids. There was also lag when clicking the live camera, about 2 solid seconds which for a fast moving sport can really make a difference. I still need to investigate however this could be a setting of some sort where I just need to tick a box somewhere. However so far there is nothing I like better about this editor over PD and it costs a good chunk more so that sucks lol.
Happy editing!
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Thanks you for your response! I believe I understand what you mean with the work around but for my needs (hockey) that will be too much work, I'm going to have hundereds of cuts per game and I play 2 or 3 games a week. I've only ever used PD so this is a bummer to me but this detail is a deal breaker. With everything the editor is capable of, this seems like a simple feature to have included and frankly seems dumb to have not included.. I mean only 1 source of audio for multiple cameras? Come on cyberlink, that is not a true multicam editor... Again, thank you for the quick response.
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I'm filming hockey games with 2 cameras, 1 at each end of the rink and my task is to cut from 1 camera to the other seamlessly depending on which half of the rink the puck is on. I've found the multicam designer easy to use, I can press 1 or 2 on my keyboard or click which camera I want to be the "live" camera. The problem is I do not have a seperate audio track to use, and I do not want just 1 camera as the audio source. When I'm recording in the designer and switch from camera 1 to camera 2 I want the audio from the corressponding camera to be used. The only way I can tell to accomplish this is to stop the recording, click the drop down menu to change the source audio every time I change cameras (which in a hockey game there is a lot of back and forth). This now makes the editing task go from mildly tedious to I can't buy this product because of this 1 thing.
So my question is is there a way to automatically have the source audio come from whichever camera is the live camera. Meaning while I'm recording and I click the live video to change from camera 1 to camera 2 I want the source audio to change to camera 2 the moment I click camera 2. Hopefully I've explained this well enough someone can understand what I'm talking about. I am running the free trial of PD15 and would like to purchase the program but this detail is a crucial one for me as I'm editing alot of hockey games. Thanks for the help!
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