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Any camera with an accurate clock can record video timestamped so that the exact time of each frame can be known. Why do we need proprietary stuff like this wh

by RIMR 2y ago

Any camera with an accurate clock can record video timestamped so that the exact time of each frame can be known. Why do we need proprietary stuff like this when we already have a tried and true method for syncing multicamera shots? The iPhone and iPad should be perfectly capable of this. Every video you take should be compatible, and pooling videos from multiple people should allow you to sync and sequence the videos properly.

dylan604 2y ago
> when we already have a tried and true method for syncing multicamera shots? please inform me of these tried and true methods that allow you to take a mobile device that is not a dedicated camera and make it part of a multicam shoot. this is one of those things that shows how against status quo you might be. this kind of thing opens up multicam shoot to sooooo many more people than even BlackMagic's ATEM equipment did. People wanting to do traditional mutlticam shoots and all of the procedural nightmare that comes with that are free to continue doing it. Using something like this allows for so much more flexibility it strains credulity that you're unable to see it.
- sbarre 2y ago
  > please inform me of these tried and true methods that allow you to take a mobile device that is not a dedicated camera and make it part of a multicam shoot. From 2019: https://www.engadget.com/2019-09-11-roland-ios-app-creates-multi-camera-videos-in-a-single-take.html https://www.engadget.com/2019-09-11-roland-ios-app-creates-m... And the pro version, Roland AeroCaster: https://www.roland.com/global/products/aerocaster/ https://www.roland.com/global/products/aerocaster/ Also Filmic's DoubleTake has been out for years: https://www.filmicpro.com/products/doubletake/ https://www.filmicpro.com/products/doubletake/ Let's not pretend Apple is releasing some kind of breakthrough thing here that lets people do something they've never been able to do before.
  - linsomniac 2y ago
    Also Blackmagic Camera runs on iPhone and can sync multiple sources (they don't give a limit, I imagine if you had more than 4 iPhone/iPads it could sync them all). https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagiccamera https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagiccamera
amelius 2y ago
> Why do we need proprietary stuff like this when we already have a tried and true method for syncing multicamera shots? Because thanks to Apple, everybody and their mother can do it. The question is then, why is this on HN?

by RIMR 2y ago

dylan604 2y ago

> when we already have a tried and true method for syncing multicamera shots? please inform me of these tried and true methods that allow you to take a mobile device that is not a dedicated camera and make it part of a multicam shoot. this is one of those things that shows how against status quo you might be. this kind of thing opens up multicam shoot to sooooo many more people than even BlackMagic's ATEM equipment did. People wanting to do traditional mutlticam shoots and all of the procedural nightmare that comes with that are free to continue doing it. Using something like this allows for so much more flexibility it strains credulity that you're unable to see it.

sbarre 2y ago
> please inform me of these tried and true methods that allow you to take a mobile device that is not a dedicated camera and make it part of a multicam shoot. From 2019: https://www.engadget.com/2019-09-11-roland-ios-app-creates-multi-camera-videos-in-a-single-take.html https://www.engadget.com/2019-09-11-roland-ios-app-creates-m... And the pro version, Roland AeroCaster: https://www.roland.com/global/products/aerocaster/ https://www.roland.com/global/products/aerocaster/ Also Filmic's DoubleTake has been out for years: https://www.filmicpro.com/products/doubletake/ https://www.filmicpro.com/products/doubletake/ Let's not pretend Apple is releasing some kind of breakthrough thing here that lets people do something they've never been able to do before.
- linsomniac 2y ago
  Also Blackmagic Camera runs on iPhone and can sync multiple sources (they don't give a limit, I imagine if you had more than 4 iPhone/iPads it could sync them all). https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagiccamera https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagiccamera

amelius 2y ago

> Why do we need proprietary stuff like this when we already have a tried and true method for syncing multicamera shots? Because thanks to Apple, everybody and their mother can do it. The question is then, why is this on HN?