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Coolpix P Series
Any possibility of using an external mic with Nikon P600 while video recording?
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<blockquote data-quote="okulo" data-source="post: 529292" data-attributes="member: 40687"><p>If the camera and audio device are both set to the same sample rate, there is no reason for the synchronisation to slip.</p><p></p><p>Video recording devices default to 48kHz because that has been the standard but audio devices are often set to 44.1kHz which is CD quality. If you try to synchronise 48kHz with 44.1kHz, you will not be able to do so because the audio will be read at your project sample rate. I understand that some consumer level video editing software does attempt to resample on the fly but normally, if you import a 44.1kHz audio file into a 48kHz project, it will shorten by approximately 8%.</p><p></p><p>There is nothing in the manual about the audio sample rate, which is odd, but I would assume the it is 48kHz; it would be very unusual for a camera to capture audio at 44.1kHz.</p><p></p><p>The lack of a microphone input is seen by many as a serious shortcoming but for me it is not a problem. I would never capture audio through a camera except as a synching track - I have a separate audio recording device, a Zoom H6.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't hurt to insert a clap but it oughtn't be necessary. If you get the two audio roughly synchronised by any event, looking at the waveforms should show obvious correlations. For a an even quicker solution, there are applications like PluralEyes which can import all your footage and audio tracks and output them to a project native to a number of video editors, which include most versions of Final Cut Pro, Premiere, Avid Media Composer and Sony Vegas, with everything synchronised.</p><p></p><p>But I would say that if you have synchronisation slippage, there is something wrong with one of your inputs as the sample rates are standard and used throughout the media industries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="okulo, post: 529292, member: 40687"] If the camera and audio device are both set to the same sample rate, there is no reason for the synchronisation to slip. Video recording devices default to 48kHz because that has been the standard but audio devices are often set to 44.1kHz which is CD quality. If you try to synchronise 48kHz with 44.1kHz, you will not be able to do so because the audio will be read at your project sample rate. I understand that some consumer level video editing software does attempt to resample on the fly but normally, if you import a 44.1kHz audio file into a 48kHz project, it will shorten by approximately 8%. There is nothing in the manual about the audio sample rate, which is odd, but I would assume the it is 48kHz; it would be very unusual for a camera to capture audio at 44.1kHz. The lack of a microphone input is seen by many as a serious shortcoming but for me it is not a problem. I would never capture audio through a camera except as a synching track - I have a separate audio recording device, a Zoom H6. It doesn't hurt to insert a clap but it oughtn't be necessary. If you get the two audio roughly synchronised by any event, looking at the waveforms should show obvious correlations. For a an even quicker solution, there are applications like PluralEyes which can import all your footage and audio tracks and output them to a project native to a number of video editors, which include most versions of Final Cut Pro, Premiere, Avid Media Composer and Sony Vegas, with everything synchronised. But I would say that if you have synchronisation slippage, there is something wrong with one of your inputs as the sample rates are standard and used throughout the media industries. [/QUOTE]
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