Create Multicam Sequence Doesn't Work Unless Timecodes Overlap

[Fa310tx]

Hello...

I'm working on a project where different cameras were off/on, throughout the event.

Cameras are sometimes overlapping and sometimes they aren't.
I have timecode and tape names in all of them, so I assumed that creating a multicam sequence would be easy (select files - right-click - create multicam sequence - use timecode).Unfortunately, it breaks every time there is a gap in timecode (a period of time when no camera was doing video).

Why not just lay all the clips out in tracks and time and just leave black where nothing is there?

Why not give the editor the option of filling said gap with other content or removing the gap, at his/her discretion?

Why just fail?

Sure, it may be appropriate to give a warning.

Is there a way (other than manually timelining your clips) to create a multicam sequence when gaps are present?

JJ

[RobShultz]

Are all cameras recording audio. You could try syncing to audio instead of timecode and see if that works.

[Fa310tx]

RobShultz  wrote

Are all cameras recording audio. You could try syncing to audio instead of timecode and see if that works.

They may or may not have audio.

It wouldn't matter, though, as some were recorded at different times.

Thusly, the audio wouldn't match.

JJ