sync multiple cameras and audio?

[amrrahmy]

is there a good way to sync multiple cameras?also video and audio?

[Emery Wells]

Not sure what you are trying to achieve but generally one would jamsync TC from an external source however I have not have had any success with Jam Syncing in B15 but I must be the only one because Ive never heard anyone else say anything about it.

A beer for anyone that can show me how they have successfully jam synced in B15.

[amrrahmy]

how accurate is that?(if it work?)
is there a way to make it frame accurate(make all the cameras sync at the same time(not sync the timeline the actual frames))? and also how accurate would it be to sync the audio(if audio was not recorded with red)

[ayarbro]

I can't show you cause I'm in LA, and not on a red job now, but I have been successfully jammed from the audio guys with b15. I think they synced me off of their digi-nagra?

amrrahmy, you can just sync the timecode on all cameras by "jamming" te cameras with a timecode generator. A second step which yo may want to onsider is genlock. Not sure if it actually works with these things, but you should be able to genlock the cameras together through the genlock port. Genlock will sync the scan lines on the cameras, so you won't see a scan line jump when you're cutting back and forth between two cameras.

[Emery Wells]

I can't show you cause I'm in LA, and not on a red job now, but I have been successfully jammed from the audio guys with b15. I think they synced me off of their digi-nagra?

amrrahmy, you can just sync the timecode on all cameras by "jamming" te cameras with a timecode generator. A second step which yo may want to onsider is genlock. Not sure if it actually works with these things, but you should be able to genlock the cameras together through the genlock port. Genlock will sync the scan lines on the cameras, so you won't see a scan line jump when you're cutting back and forth between two cameras.

Are you *sure* its working? Have you shot a TC slate, pulled a clip into RC and compared the RC TC readout to the slate? Also, have you tried 29.97 or only 23.98?

[ayarbro]

Haven't pulled stills, but have held the slate open to the timecode on the lcd and they match. I have, sometimes, noticed a drift. At which time you just re-jam...just like a slate. The trick I think I'll use on the next job is to just velcro a clock-it box on the side and have it constantly feeding the RED, so that it won't drift any longer. (That way I can get lazy with my slates ;).)

[Emery Wells]

Haven't pulled stills, but have held the slate open to the timecode on the lcd and they match. I have, sometimes, noticed a drift. At which time you just re-jam...just like a slate. The trick I think I'll use on the next job is to just velcro a clock-it box on the side and have it constantly feeding the RED, so that it won't drift any longer. (That way I can get lazy with my slates ;).)

Thats what we do. This is especially helpful on multicam shoots because you don't have to keep track of every time an AC power cycles the camera. However, we have had no success in B15.

Have you tried 29.97?

[Emery Wells]

Haven't pulled stills, but have held the slate open to the timecode on the lcd and they match. I have, sometimes, noticed a drift. At which time you just re-jam...just like a slate. The trick I think I'll use on the next job is to just velcro a clock-it box on the side and have it constantly feeding the RED, so that it won't drift any longer. (That way I can get lazy with my slates ;).)

Thats what we do. This is especially helpful on multicam shoots because you don't have to keep track of every time an AC power cycles the camera. However, we have had no success in B15.

Have you tried 29.97?

[Andrew M.]

Thats what we do. This is especially helpful on multicam shoots because you don't have to keep track of every time an AC power cycles the camera. However, we have had no success in B15.

Have you tried 29.97?

Did you have success with it on other builds?

[jimhare]

Can this be done wirelessly? I do multi-cam shoots and run guys all around a live theater.