I shoot with 4 remote control analog cameras that feature 6 preset
positions each. I found that I can plug these in to USB capture
devises and then plug the devices in to the computer through a 4-port
USB-II PCI card so that I can view each camera through a separate
Windows Explorer window. I can also save thumbnails of each preset
position by clicking on "take a picture" in the side task bar. These
thumbnails line up across the bottom of each Explorer window for each
camera. I then use 2 monitors and tile the windows horizontally. The
computer will recognize all 4 cameras but the refresh rate is
substandard.
My dilemma goes deeper than that. I use Pinnacle Liquid Edition's
(LE) multi-cam edit feature in post to sync the separate camera views
and then switch from one view to another. It will also allow me to
see the audio wavelengths so that I can make my edits based on the
audio if I need to. I can move back and forth, from view to view in
real-time or frame-by-frame.
My problem is the time it takes to get the video on to the hard
drive. If I shoot a 2-hour event, it will take more than 8 hours just
to get all 4 veiws on to the hard drive before I can begin to edit.
Also, with LE, the multi-cam edit will only work with video that has
been captured with LE. LE will only capture one video feed at a time.
It will not use imported video with the multi-cam feature. To me,
this is a major shortcoming with LE. I'm open to using another
program that overcomes this limitation. Other than that, LE is
awesome!
I could use a separate computer for each camera with a separate copy
of LE on each computer and then try to figure out how to copy
specific files to the editing computer.
I tried mixing on the fly during the shoot but it's hard enough to
run 4 cameras at one time. I probably could do it that way but I get
much more control over the editing in post.
Any ideas?
Tim
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