Multi Camera

I use a pair of VIRB Elites on my race car - one focused forward, one focused backwards.

When I use VIRB Edit and the video is longer than a single VIRB Files size - the two views have trouble maintaining their proper orientation in VIRB Edit. With the front being the A view and the rear being the B view - looking at the view line one can see where A stops, B goes on, A resumes on the line but B is now on top of the view line.

Why aren't they maintaining their proper view identities? Is it possible to correct?

As Info - the units are 'turned on' several minutes prior to activating the slider switches to begin recording. The rear view gets started first. At the conclusion of the session, the front view gets stopped first. The units are set up for Master/Slave operation.

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mmi16 over 5 years ago +1 verified

Switching recording mode to Economy HD which gives about 57 minute for each recording block. Most all of the sessions I will be using Multi Camera recording for will be concluded within that time frame…

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0 mmi16 over 4 years ago in reply to mmi16

One of my VIRB Elites has died. Of course since they have been out of manufacture for years, replacing it in kind seems to be out of the question. What is the possibility of getting a GoPro and having video in video work with it and my remaining VIRB Elite?

0 Max-17 over 4 years ago in reply to mmi16

I haven't tried it with a VIRB Elite but I'm pretty sure it worked for me with one of my VIRB Ultra 30s and a GoPro. If it doesn't work for you in VIRB Edit, it probably will in DaVinci Resolve or Shotcut (both free and very good).

If you can't turn them on together and facing at something like a wrist watch to manually sync the two videos, then turn them on then shot video of the watch with one cam for a few seconds and then with the other cam. Then back at home trim the start of each video so that they both start at the same real time. You might be off by a few frames but only a fraction of a second if you're careful. After that, PiP and other synchronized editing should be easy. Good luck.

0 mmi16 over 4 years ago in reply to Max-17

Will give it a shot and see how it works out.