Handling more than 4 cameras in multicam mode

RoscoHead wrote on 8/14/2017, 9:08 PM

Is there any easier way to handle more than 4 sources in multicam mode? Currently if I want to switch to a camera that's not in the 4 previews, I have to right click a current track, deselect source, right click track I want, select source, then click the preview in order to switch. That's made even more difficult if the tracks are all minimised in the timeline - the target for the right click is very small. Is there any easier way to do it?

What would be really nice is if I could create groups of previews, eg:

Group 1 (drummer) - right, left, rear

Group 2 (guitar) - player, closeup, neck-mount

Group 3 (bass) - player, closeup

Group 4 (vocalist) - wide, closeup

Group 5 (band) - right, left, floating

Then to switch to one I'm not currently previewing, I just click the group, then click the preview.

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browj2 wrote on 8/14/2017, 10:02 PM

Hi,

Movie Edit Pro Plus/Premium can handle up to 4 cameras, beyond that you need Video Pro X that can handle up to nine. Don't know how your method could work in MEP"

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emmrecs wrote on 8/15/2017, 3:47 AM

Just to add to what John has written, reading your post seems to imply you have 13 different video feeds (if I have understood your "group previews" correctly). If so, I know of no video editing software that can handle so many. Even the extended facility of VPX' 9 cameras couldn't handle that number!

Jeff

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RoscoHead wrote on 8/16/2017, 6:04 PM

Just to add to what John has written, reading your post seems to imply you have 13 different video feeds (if I have understood your "group previews" correctly). If so, I know of no video editing software that can handle so many. Even the extended facility of VPX' 9 cameras couldn't handle that number!

Jeff

My thought was not to have more than 4 at one time, but to easily switch between groups of up to 4. So the groups you create would be shown (each with a single icon) somewhere on the screen (beside the previews, below them, wherever), so if you're currently viewing the vocalist wide shot and want to switch to the guitarist closeup, it only takes 2 clicks instead of 5 (two of which require very accurate mouse positioning if the tracks are minimised).

ROSCO