2 - Blender Video Editing (Importing video)

[@tommytbonescramer3908]

Mikeycal, Thank you for your help learning Blender it's been 38 years since I was in school for TV and Radio Broadcasting well the changes in the industry are huge. I learned how to do all this with video tape and after school realized I had a face for radio and a voice for silent movies and became a sales person. Well lately I've been involved with a MeetUp Group in Chicago that dose gut rehabs on brick bungalow and I decided that it was time to get back to what I loved doing, editing TV and your tutorials have been a great help learning the tools of today big difference from from video tape. Thank you. Tommy TBones

[@castillelarkin]

Hello Mike, I just want to thank you again. 23 hours ago, "Blender" was just a kitchen device. After I found this open-source video editor and opened it, I was like, "wow. Guess it's time to start hunting down the KZbin tutorials." Your series was the first search result, and it walked me through start to finish, in a clear, methodical, complete, and organized fashion. Now, I have a video, complete with about a dozen clips, all overlapping, complete with some basic special effects! There was hardly anything that I needed to know that wasn’t in your tutorial. The clear title and detailed “table of contents” in each video were also a huge help. Now my first Blender video is complete, and before the deadline! (Extra bonus: I even had time to eat and sleep!) I don’t think I could have done it without your guidance. Have a blessed week man! You sure made mine...

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Awesome! Thanks for watching! I'm still adding to the series and looking for blender tutorial ideas. Let me know if you have any ideas.

[@castillelarkin]

+Mikeycal Meyers Thanks for the reply! At this point, the only things that I needed to do that weren't covered were the following: how to install Ffmpeg (not your typical exe file. Had to install a special program to unzip it, and then do some pretty strange things to get it installed) Use Ffmpeg (command prompt!!!). Also, how to reverse the playback of a clip (just the "backwards" checkbox). The only other things I can think of would be how to use text: titles, captions, subtitles. And how to insert pictures (even though that is fairly straight-forward!) Thanks so much man!

[@MatrixRevelada]

I had downloaded and installed Blender but had no idea how to start using it... seen a couple of your tutorials so far and am enjoying them a lot. Thank you very much and keep up the great work!

[@89Valkyrie]

It seems like such an easy and basic thing to do, but these small details might have derailed me mentally later on in my project. Thank you for the video. Short and informative!

[@GamerzShit]

I've watched your videos up untill this point and I'm loving it, they are so crystal clear. Explaining the words and everything makes it so much easier. Great stuff I hope I can find more to learn :)

[@MikeycalMeyers]

+GamerzShit Thanks for watching! I shoot my videos based around the way that I like to learn.

[@TheBigTricky]

i watched quite a few vids on blender, and they made me fell rather stupid , they went really fast (I know I can pause) but it just feels like there trying to get through this as fast as possible, however, in your tutorials , your taking time not just how to do the things i want to be able to do, but your showing me why, you show the reason behind the options, this is actuly making me learn the program and not just imitating peoples tutorials. Thx.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

TheBigTricky You made my day with that comment. People like yourself are the reason I created this channel. I wanted to start with the Blender program. But I plan on teaching a variety of other things with this same style. Thanks for taking the time to tell me what you think. I sometimes sit around wondering,"Am I connecting?" It's nice to hear when things are working.

[@MotoKaligawa]

It's my own fault, I've become lazy, but I started watching Mr. Meyer's vids and have been able to (re)set my Blender and get a few things done. He's clear and concise. Five Stars.

[@donphobos]

I use Sony Vegas (home edition) right now and like the interface. Tried earlier Premiere Pro, liked that as well. This one so far looks like a good blend, so I keep learning it. Good tutorial, thank your for sharing!

[@Merlin4Pres]

Wow, thanks for the fast response, brother. So, I checked the video that was exported from Blender to my storage file and there was no aliasing. It must be an aspect of the Blender display itself, which is fine as long as what I export looks proper. The export does looks slightly less saturated, but I hadn't even graded it yet. These tutorials are great and it really seems like a person (or company) could operate almost entirely off of open-source platforms, from OS to mixing music, word processors, and this awesome app. Keep up the good work!

[@derksh7447]

so when I put my vid into the editor it doesn't show all of my vid only a little bit of it do you know how to fix this

[@noyalmartin1871]

extend the start and end frames

[@theforestapp]

Great Videos Man! I really appreciate how well and in depth you explain things. being in depth is always a plus

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Thanks for watching!

[@dome204]

Awesome videos man! I've been reading through blender wikis and watching other videos trying to get the hang of blender, so far your series is top notch! Found my Blender Bible

[@MikeycalMeyers]

dome204 I'm grateful for all my viewers. They often teach me things just by watching and commenting on my videos. I had such great comments and suggestions in my 2013 blender series that I was able to remake and improve the entire series starting in late 2014. The greatest part about doing a popular series is that my viewers keep me on top of the latest advancements and video editing trends. My gift to them is to share the knowledge, that they have collectively contributed to me, back to the community through my channel. Thanks for watching!

[@thegreatwalrus9238]

I love you. It wouldn’t let me upload the file in ways other people have shown me. Thank you.

[@startupinacar2794]

omg thank you. I've been using Openshot simply because I couldn't get myself to take the time to learn Blender. Finally I bit the bullet, I watched this ladies 50 minute video because I couldn't find any instructions in the documentation, then i found out the video and audio are not synced. You solved my problem. Thank you. Subscribed

[@MikeycalMeyers]

StartUpInACar Thanks for watching! Blender is a pleasure to use once you get used to it.

[@startupinacar2794]

Mikeycal Meyers Ha...I hope your right. every time I try to learn something new in Blender it's headaches + rage quit.. lol. Could you by any chance point me to documentation or a tutorial video that explains how to put a "black bar" or "blur" over top of sensitive information? I've got an email address and and API key i want to blur/black out... and I've tried coloring over the sensitive info with the "grease brush", but can't figure out how to apply that to only a certain portion of the video, and I tried "rotoscoping" blurring out the info, but I have an email address and an api key to blur out at the same time, and I can't figure out how to make two separate blurring spots. Like Holy guacamole.. all i want is a damn black bar to cover secret info.. but that is near impossible to figure out. Could you possibly either point me in the right direction in the manual, or make a video on it???

[@startupinacar2794]

Mikeycal Meyers of course... I think what I'm trying to do is called "masking" so.. I'll check that out :) ha..

[@MikeycalMeyers]

StartUpInACar You can cover stuff up by creating a image in gimp or photoshop and overlaying it. You can also keyframe the images position so it will move around.

[@Miata822]

This is a great series. So detailed and helpful. I have tried and failed to learn Blender before. For some reason I let the ads play all the way through. Maybe everyone should on valuable videos like these ;)

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Thanks for watching! More videos are being added to this series soon.

[@elmotox]

Excellent set of videos. Thank you SO much!

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Thanks for watching!

[@310thebank]

Excuse me sir i use blender for a while about animation modeling but what about video editing compare with sony vegus or adope premier pro whick and blender whick one is good to make advance video editing could blender do professional video editing ?? i find information on google they said video editing in blender is only good for basic video but for advance they tell me to use premierpro vegus I would like to know answer from you sir because you looklike to know blender well and i am blender fans too. thanks

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Sony Vegas and Adobe Premiere Pro are programs that are designed for Professional Video Editing. Blender can be used for Professional Video Editing too, but it doesn't have as many features. Having said that, I believe that Blender is the Best Free, Open Source, Cross Platform video editor on the Market. You can render video at 4K, You can do just about everything you need to do for a feature film.

[@einat1622]

Thank you for these videos series- this is exactly what I was looking for.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

+einat1622 Thanks for watching!

[@jdelectro]

Thank you for this. One question: What about videos with variable framerate? I´m having trouble matching the audio and video the way you mention. How is it done?

[@Olie956]

@Apentogo doesn't work for me. Thanks for the try dude.

[@Bonez0r]

This is answered in a different comment (joshua rene described a problem, then Mikeycal replied that it was caused by variable framerate). Quote: "you video were likely recorded at a Variable frame rate. Blender requires that video be a constant frame rate. You can usually Lock the framerate in most software but if you can't, you can convert the video to a constant frame rate using free programs like Handbrake.fr . In the video tab of that program there is a constant framerate option. It will fix the video for you."

[@DimitriBoyarski]

Actually pretty good. I've actually learned alot. Looking forward to actually completing the whole series. Thanks alot man.

[@evgeniyguzanov2711]

Thank you very much, Mikeycal! I am watching your videos on blender as a video editor. It is a very good, sturctured and interesting explanation. I didn't know that blender has this video option. Your videos are really helpful.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Evgeniy Guzanov Thanks for watching! Remember to like and share - it helps me a lot. :)

[@evgeniyguzanov2711]

Mikeycal Meyers I liked with pleasure all the videos I had watched! I've watched already 10 videos of this series. It is a great tutorial:)

[@enyoc3d]

you have a great teaching style - thank you for this series!

[@RLSmith1]

Good job. I've recently cut the cord with Vegas and Windows and was looking for a high-end editor. I think this will get it. Thanks for explaining it!

[@MikeycalMeyers]

+RL Smith Thanks for watching!

[@jjjim1]

Great video tutorial series! Quick question when selecting the video the video or audio in the video sequencer you show that you get a window to the right that shows the selected proprieties. I don't have that window, how do I reveal it? Thanks again!

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Hold the mouse cursor over the window that you desire to see the properties for, and toggle the "N" key.

[@ClaireInTheAire]

After using windows movie maker, having 20 channels to add video and audio makes me happy.

[@kumark2103]

This video deserves a like alone just for pointing out the Add button.

[@SIRA063]

I imported 2 videos into the same sequencer, so 4 strips, but the 2 videos I imported seem to have different frame rates. One video synchronizes the last numbers that you pointed out @4:15 at 30 fps, and the other one seems to get closer to synchronizing the lower fps I go, but it bottoms out at 23.5 fps. Any advice?

[@francoisBonin-phils]

Awsome tutorial thank you , i used blender in the past with x-plane tyo build air planes , i did not imagine it was good also for video editing...

[@magalinterfatch]

Hi Mikeycal. Do you know if with Blender it's possible to import an xml or edl coming from another software somehow? thx!!

[@po-wenshih4882]

Does Blender support interlaced video setting? My imported 1080i 29.97fps clip shows the video strip having twice as frame numbers as the audio. Do I need to convert the video to progressive first?

[@QueenFiria]

Hello mr Meyers. I'm taking a whirl at Lets Plays. When I import my video file with its audio, that imports fine. When I import my commentary audio it starts off synced fine, but gradually falls out of sync. It reads at the same FPS as my video, so I'm really at a loss for why sometimes it desyncs itself.

[@kangjin2863]

Hey,I want to ask for help! when I importing my slow motion video into blender,my video was recorded by iPhone 5s and the frame rate is 120.16,but when I enter this frame,the number on the audio and video strip doesn't match up,I just curious about that

[@alexanderjones7359]

Second time through the series, thanks for the vids!

[@MikeycalMeyers]

+Alexander Jones Third time's the charm! :)

[@ferretwrath22]

omg thank you so much you are a angel *hug* ^^ have a wonderful day (subed and liked) you don't even know I've spent the past hour and a half trying to find a virus free functional video editor i saw blender and needed a tutorial and here you are ^^ thank you sooo~ much

[@eshneto]

I am enjoying a lot your videos. Perhaps you could do a video explaining how Blender's interface works. I hade issues at first and had to go look elsewhere to understand the basic principles of the panes.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

+eshneto Good idea. The "layouts" are designed to simplify showing the Windows(panes) that function together. It often gets confusing because advanced users like to configure custom layouts that work best for their needs. This makes blender look different depending on who is teaching. I try to minimize this issue by setting the layout with the user in video #1 and always starting with that same layout in each video to minimize confusion. But widow panes can still be confusing when you are doing things across different layouts and your render is being modified by a pane that isn't even visible.

[@eshneto]

Now I understand how it works. Anyway, thank you for you great job on this tutorial. I am watching all of the videos from the playlist and they're really helpful.

[@2Pinnz]

Bless your soul for making this video

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Thanks for watching!

[@hanheeyang9837]

Thanks Mike for the helpful and slow vid. I just have a problem similar to Tumacro GG, but I have my files in a Hard Drive. I can movce files by the drag-and-drop method, but can't do it the other way. There's nothing in any of my folders, any help?

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Hanhee Yang My guess is that the File Filter option is ON. By default, Blender will try to filter out all files it thinks are not compatible with blender based on the file extension - (example: .mov, .mp4) There is a file filter button along the top of the file import window that you can click to turn the file filter on and off.

[@nathalievermeiren8394]

+Mikeycal Meyers Hi Mike, thanks a lot for the videos. I just started with blender, so they're really helpfull! I have the same problem as Hanhee I guess, but I can't find the file filter to turn it of, any help? thank you!

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Nathalie Vermeiren The way the file filter works is that it automatically only shows file types that are compatible. What is the extension of the file that you are trying to import? .mp4? .avi? If it isn't showing up in the list, you probably need to convert the file to something that is compatible using handbrake.fr/

[@tormentesgamemakers8406]

Hi Mikecal, would I ask you? if we have video with differents resolutions from differents sources, blender can mix them to the same resolution, i know than the quality could be lost, but the FPS ?

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Download handbrake.fr and convert any video to a different frame rate. Once the videos are the same fps, you can edit them with blender.

[@Karasaph]

Oh, the tipps were just what I needed. Tried to make my first youtube video in flv, but this didn't work, so I needed to reshoot it.

[@rutatutut]

Thanks bud! I woulda been screwed had you not pointed out the frame rate compensation @ 3:38.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Thanks for watching!

[@reuben4993]

I cant see my video on the top right!!! Help!!!!

[@livetgames1331]

Thank you so much! Definately helped me out with this!

[@jamiek9780]

Thank you for the videos, I have a question to do with importing, I have the files (.mov) but when I click Add, none of them seem to be there, I turned off filtering and still nothing, barely anything shows up. Am I doing something wrong?

[@SkyrimBeast]

Hi Mike, thanks much for these tutorials as they are extremely helpful. I play a game called The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim on my PC and my GPU came with NVIDIA Shadowplay. So lately, I've been recording video's and rendering them with Adobe After Effects. Well, long story short. I edited a sequence of video clips and had After Effects render them. 12 hours later, After Effects basically told me it couldn't continue and the output file may be damaged. I can't begin to express how disgusted I was. So in returning to Blender, I thought I would see how well it handles larger renders. It's been awhile since I've used Blender as a video editor and your tutorials helped immensely. Thanks again, Liked and Subscribed

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Just so you know, there is a maximum number of frames you can render in a single blender project. The limit is 300,000 frames. If your video is 60 fps, that would be about 83 minutes of video. I would recommend recording video at 30 fps to cut render time in half. Also, make sure you render out a short test render before doing the final render and be careful that you computer doesn't go into a suspend during rendering - that may be what caused the after effects render issue.

[@SkyrimBeast]

Mikeycal Meyers Yes After Effects has a limit as well. I think it's like 3 hours. As far as AE goes, I don't think I'll be using it to render anymore because it's such a RAM hog by design. I like how Blender does things in the background conserving in CPU power. I just hovered over your name and we have something in common. Here's a hint, it's located by the LAKE and full of WOOD. How about that

[@startupinacar2794]

I seriously can't believe it. I have edited a video in blender. lol. More power comes more responsibility I guess. You have to pay attention to every little detail in Blender. Thanks again.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

StartUpInACar Just remember to use this new power for good - No cat videos! ;)

[@startupinacar2794]

Mikeycal Meyers Okay, no cat videos I promise.

[@Jeffery1919LP]

Hey Mikeycal Meyers, I'm having a bit of trouble. I'm sure it's something simple. I have an HP Envy Notebook laptop. Extremely powerful for a notebook pc so there should be no problem there. (Has i7, lots of Ram, etc.) Whenever I try to add a movie strip from my recording software (Mirillis Action!) it comes up with "Error: File could not be loaded". It's originally recorded in AVI and at 30fps. Blender is set for 30 fps and all other settings are like you recommended. It can upload images no problem and I've tried converting the files to MP4 but still says the same thing. I'm currently on version 2.72. I had it working before but I had to reset my computer and re-program blender etc. Any ideas?

[@cookiebuster652]

Hey Mikey I have a question, at 3:50 the numbers you're talking about should be matching. Mine do except for the last 1 number, ( it's like this: audio: 34518 video: 34517 ) is this a big deal?

[@MikeycalMeyers]

I've had this same problem. I think that it is actually a glitch. I've noticed that if I copy the video file to a different directory and then import it into the sequencer, often that will fix that glitch. It looks like I need to make a bug report.

[@eaglecraft-gamingvideos-ro7697]

what do i do if my numbers are only 1 off and i cant custom change it to know?

[@chandraveersingh1515]

Thank you i found useful information fro this video

[@koukouvania]

Do you know if it's still possible to capture DV footage into Blender? and if not do you know what is the best way to do it? i have been doing it into quick time player but not sure sure if this is the best res. great video tho!

[@MikeycalMeyers]

koukouvania Grab a free copy of handbrake.fr/ and covert your DV video to a standard h.264 format. Once it is in a standard supported format, you should be able to edit it with blender without any problems.

[@koukouvania]

Mikeycal Meyers many thanks !!!

[@koukouvania]

dont think it does capture tho

[@maticbertoncelj9542]

you really helped me out right there! You are awsome

[@webSorin]

Cannot find the Add button, it's not were it appears in your video. My version is 2.7

[@Merlin4Pres]

Mikeycal, I have a bit of an issue. I successfully imported my clip and rendered it and such, with all of the specs lined up (frame rate, resolution, etc). It plays fine, actually it seems to be able to play the clip before even rendering it, but from the moment the clip is imported it displays some obvious aliasing, compared to the original that I have in my computer's storage. I've tried two codecs, XAVC-S and AVCHD and the both appear the same.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Merlin4Pres have you tried increasing the video bitrate. H.264 video codec should be used as your video codec.

[@duncanfirth]

I keep getting an error, saying that "The encoder timebase is not set" i have tried to edit the frames, VLC states i need 31.572571 frames per second but it keeps rounding up to 2 decimal places so i am always 1 frame out of sync. My video file is 16722, and 16721 respectively. I tried selecting custom and changing the frames and it does not select that value and also i still get the error when i try to click on Animation to generate the file. This is not working very well at all........

[@FrostFire1649]

+Mikeycal Meyers What is your computer recorder? Is it free and does it record in-game sounds?

[@MikeycalMeyers]

use this: obsproject.com/

[@leeupholdcards6659]

what if you have two videos of varying fps and you want to overlay?

[@ubuntujackson9133]

1:58 The frame rate changes from 30 to 60 when I import the video. What's the problem here? It makes everything so messed up.

[@biffy9863]

Unfortunately anytime I try to learn something from these type of videos something is left out. In this case it is where to find and how to import the demo videos "tears Of Steel' and Big Buck Bunny.' I like to follow 'step by step' but that is impossible without having the videos you are using. Please let us know where to get them and how to put them into the program so we can follow exactly what you are doing. Thanks. One more minor gripe, versions change so fast please, please, please... mention at the top of a series of videos which version you are using. Thanks again, I may sound like an old grouch but I do appreciate the time and effort you put into these things.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

I generally put "Tears of Steal" and "Big Buck Bunny" source links in each video's description. Below the time index. Here are both of them for your convenience: bigbuckbunny.org mango.blender.org You can always see which version of blender I am using because it shows the version at the top center of blender, next to the blender icon where it says 2.7x. Just make sure you are watching my 2014-2015 video series and you will do fine. This is my current video editing series that covers how to use blender for people using blender 2.71 and higher. All the things I show you in these videos work the same way on the most current version of blender, but when there has been a slight change to something, I put the correction in a highlight over the video. So make sure you leave the video highlights on when watching a video for the first time. Thanks for watching!

[@biffy9863]

Mikeycal Meyers Thanks for the quick reply. I must have missed the links to download those two clips. And thanks again for your time and effort in making the videos.

[@Remyueru]

can I still export it as 60 FPS even though Im working on 24 fps?

[@VED036]

Thank you for the wonderful video training programme. As I was making a study of the programme with the help of your wonderful training video, I experienced two issues. After the first few videos coming out extremely okay, some of the subsequent ones started displaying a lenght difference of 1 between the video and audio strips. Whatever I did as per the instructions in your video, (frame rate 15), and also after changing the frame rate to 30 via Handbrake, the numerical difference persists. Another issue is that when trying to Animate the edited video strip, I get the following message: QUOTE: timebase 999/1000000 not supported by MPEG 4 standard, the maximum admitted value for the timebase..........END OF QUOTE. Did I miss anything?

[@MikeycalMeyers]

1) This is an old glitch. Technically, it shouldn't matter if you leave it. The audio and video will stay in sync. Having said that, I have noticed that sometimes if you take the source video that is causing this error, and move it to another directory, it will import correctly. 2) Are you using a custom frame rate, that may be causing your timebase issue.

[@VED036]

I have moved one file to another location and tried it. However, the single digit difference is still there. However, this does not worry me much. I shall accept your assurance in this regard. However, not being able to use the Animation button is quite a block. I am just pasting here the Render Settings details as I find it after doing a Set Render Size: It is a video taken on Logitech Web Camera. After setting the Video Render Size, Display is: Keep UI X: 320 px Y: 240 px Start Frame: 1 End Frame: 212274 Frame Step: 1 Aspect ratio: X: 1.000 Y: 1.000 Frame Rate: Custom (1000.0 fps) FPS: 10 /: 0.010 Output Xvid Encoding: Format: Xvid Bitrate: 6000 GOP Size: 18 Rate Minimum: 0 Maximum: 9000 Buffer: 1792 Rate (Given under the GOP Size location) : 10080000 Packet Size: 2048 Audio codec: MP3 Could there be anything that I did wrong? I hope I am not taking too much of your time!

[@VED036]

I noticed that the error started quite suddenly. And it was definitely connected to the single digit (1) error in the strip lengths. I remembered that I had changed some settings in the Logitech Webcam controls. I went back, and changed the Antiflicker to Off. It was on PAL - 50 Hz. I do not understand what I did. However, on checking the video back in Blender, I found that the strip length have come back to normal and the Animation is working. I will check the results again later.

[@cardtist1]

After following your great tutorials...my first video turned out pretty good. Thank you so much! Then I went to create another one and whenever I upload or drag & drop a file - it shows the file in the timeline...but nothing shows up but black emptiness when I play the file? Any advice from anyone?

[@MikeycalMeyers]

David Hovasse Some things to check: 1) Does it have the same results when you add the movie with "Add" -> "Movie" in the menu? 2) Underneath the video there should be a channel setting. It should be set to "Channel: 0". 3) Did you change your render engine to "Cycles Render"? If so, set it back to "Blender Render" and see if there is a difference. 4) Make sure that you are running the latest blender, 2.72b.

[@cardtist1]

Mikeycal Meyers Thank you...I just had to go back to the "cycle render mode." I wonder why it doesn't go back to my original settings mode once I've rendered a movie?

[@koukouvania]

great videos! how do i import a video strip to go after one that is already there?

[@MikeycalMeyers]

+koukouvania 1) Click "Add" menu -> Movie 2) multi select the files you want to group import. Do this by holding "shift" while clicking files to select.

[@exodous02]

Hmm, with the videos I record with my Hero5 the number for the audio is always one number higher, like 21271 for audio and 21270 for video, is that a problem?

[@HistoryHighwithLisaMarrie]

Thanks for the very helpful videos, I am learning a lot and making the transition from Windows Movie Maker (Yuck) to something more advanced. I followed everything exactly in the video but my audio still doesn't sync up Any troubleshooting tips will be appreciated.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

thelmarrie Double check that the "Frame Rate" in your "Properties Window" is set to the correct frame rate. You can tell that the frame rate is correct if your Video Strip and Audio Strip are the same length and the same number of frames. If they match but it still doesn't work, make sure that "AV-sync" is turned on in the playback menu. If it still doesn't work, try resetting your computer. If it still doesn't work, the problem may have something to do with the format or codec that the source video is using. What type of Video are you importing? AVI, MOV, MP4... I know that WMV doesn't seem to work and some people have reported that 3GP files don't seem to work... By the way, thanks for watching!!!

[@HistoryHighwithLisaMarrie]

Mikeycal Meyers Thanks so much for such a prompt response! I checked all of the above and also reset the computer but it is still out of sync. I am importing an MP4 file. I have the encoding format set to MP4 and the output set to MPEG as well. Just before I hit send on this message I unchecked AV sync and now it is perfectly synced.

[@newventure4639]

Thanks for all your great vids about blender. I seem to have fallen at the first fence! When I try to synch my music with my video by changing the fps by left clicking, there is no change to the numbers at the end of the audio and video clips. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

simon radin What video format are you importing? And what did you record the video with specifically? This sounds like something that might happen when recording at a Variable Framerate.

[@newventure4639]

Hi there, Using a samsung android phones' video camera and mp4 .

[@MikeycalMeyers]

I've heard that smart phones will often record in variable frame rate and drop the frame rate in low light conditions. I think the advantage of Variable frame rate recordings is it requires less cpu power. The problem is that most video editors sync the audio based on a stable, constant frame rate. If there is a way to turn ON Constant Frame Rate recording for your phone, I would do that. Other things that you can do to improve the frame rate is lower the recording resolution and record in well lit locations.

[@newventure4639]

Brilliant. Thank you. I'm starting to think I would be better off buying a new or second hand camcorder. Any suggestions welcomed. Thanks sooo much for coming back to me.

[@MTieleman]

I have a vlc screencapture of 1.5 hours, that plays well, but will only import the first 20 minutes or so in blender. Any idea what could cause this? Can't find an answer (that works). I'm trying to speed this up and do a timelapse.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Blender has a 300,000 Frame limit. If your video is 60FPS, that would make it around 324,000 frames long.

[@wicert]

Just 2 questions pls: A file in 1080p with about 80000 Frames takes nearly 1 Hour to produce a proxy file. Is that normal ? When i do for example a movie project with maybe 100 takes do i have to Import all 100 files first to make the proxyfile in one run or do i have to Import a take, make a Proxy file and then the next one 100 times ?

[@MikeycalMeyers]

a video proxy needs to be made per unique video that is being imported into the VSE.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

so if you have 100 separate source videos, they each need a proxy. as for 1 hour for 80,000 frames, that could be normal depending on the original resolution and the percentage setting you are using.

[@LoveSunshine1221]

I had noproblem following the 1st. video . In this one Im not sure what is at 2.04 -tears of steel ? This is something you already did in a blender or it comes with files ??

[@theforestapp]

***** Tears of Steel is a movie created in blender by the Blender Foundation. he downloaded it.

[@joshuahavens4059]

My add button only has group instance, force field, lamp, camera, speaker, empty, lattice, armature, text, meatball, surface, curve, mesh. Camera doesn't do anything. Think your menus are a bit different than mine.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Use Add menu that is located below the Video Sequencer to see the options. The issue with blender is that it shows options based on the window you are using.

[@IkkezzUsedEmber]

for me it has a set maximum amount of "video" you can preview in the editor, so i can't really see if i made it correctly before i finished it and added it to my computer

[@MikeycalMeyers]

There is a 300,000 frame limit in blender. So that means we can do: 2 Hours 46 Minutes of video at 29.97 FPS 1Hour 23 Minutes of video at 60 fps If you need to make a video that is longer, you need to do it in multiple projects and stitch it together with FFMPEG "concatenate" feature. It takes seconds to join multiple videos together.

[@medotata5356]

I am confused by the list of supported file formats. I am downloading videos from KZbin, and none of the formats have the same name as here. Are .mp4, .m4v, .avi, .mov types of files really not suported??

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Walnut OfTerror Make sure that you download your videos from KZbin in mp4 format. KZbin will also provide them and webm format, which is currently not supported in the stable version of blender. Wonder tends to support the most common video formats. But webm and vp9 which are becoming more common are only supported in the latest unstable version of blender which should be out sometime this year.

[@RomansBookReport]

Thanks for these videos. You're great!

[@MeowGirlMeow]

Love your vids! They have helped me out a lot! I have not been able to sync up the audio and video because my video has a variable frame rate. Is there a way to convert it so that the frame rate is constant? Thanks!

[@MikeycalMeyers]

zatadome Thanks for watching! Try using a program called handbrake.fr/ to convert the frame rate.

[@MeowGirlMeow]

thanks!

[@cinquereletsplay7941]

zatadome freemake video converter is great for preprocessing variable framerate vids and cutting them.

[@MeowGirlMeow]

Cinquere LetsPlay ok thanks. I'll try that.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Download handbrake here: handbrake.fr/ . It's free and should be able to convert your videos without a problem. Thanks for watching!

[@AySplash]

I set my video to each frame and the audio still doesn't match. Whats going on?!

[@hadiaraad3382]

I can't import a video file, when I click on add, and then movie, only documents show up. I tried dragging the video to the editing program, but that didn't work either. Please help!

[@MikeycalMeyers]

If the video format is supported by blender, it should import by dragging and dropping the video from your favorite file browser to the Video Sequencer area. If it doesn't import it may be incompatible.

[@ken125y]

Wow! Thanks!

[@squishybubbles5337]

Mikeycal Meyers Do you think you can make a simple video on how to crop or fix the view of cell phone camera videos??? I hate the narrow view of cell phone videos and someone said that Blender can fix that problem easily, but I really don't know how to do it :( If you could help that would be great.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Squishy Bubbles You might find this video helpful: 19 - Blender Video Editing (Pan & Scan | Convert Letterbox to HDTV Full Frame | Jump Keyframes) It shows you how to make a video fill the frame.

[@phoenixmission]

When importing a video clip, both the video and the sound seem to automatically change the default framerate, thus having the same number extension.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Yes. After Blender 2.76, blender started auto-detecting the frame rate.

[@f12football14]

I have multiple videos with different resolutions, and when one of the videos doesn't match the resolution, it runs in slow motion. How can I fix this?

[@MikeycalMeyers]

+F12Football You can fix this by watching my current series. It covers this topic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gonClGuqorqhhck Thanks for watching!

[@geckowsmart]

Hey Mike - first of all, great videos - helped us a lot :) Could you explain how to use interlaced recorded video material (1920x1080 at 50i) in Blender? For normal there is a "de-interlace" button in other video editing softwares like final cut or something similar - it seems to work different in Blender?

[@pradyumansharma8247]

Thanks a ton !

[@koukouvania]

I have discovered that blender is great at importing mp4 footage which Premiere didn't like. (it caused probs in premiere with rendering even after i tried converting it to mpeg)

[@DavidBailey_aka_Tigger]

For the LIFE of me I cannot find it!! In one of your videos you mentioned a keyboard shortcut that will snap an object in the Sequence Editor to the current frame selected indicated by the green line. What was that key??

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Place the green line and press Shift + S

[@DavidBailey_aka_Tigger]

+Mikeycal Meyers GOOD GRIEF!!! THANK YOU!!! I have just spent an hour looking for it! I am making a cheat sheet for myself now so that never happens again.

[@SiddVodela]

Hello, I am having a problem. I actually put all the settings you asked us to keep in the previous video but when I imported my home video, the video was really laggy with a low frame rate even though I kept the frame rate at 30. I am using blender 2.79 and a lenovo IdeaPad 310.

[@SiddVodela]

I am getting like 2-11 fps

[@SiddVodela]

When I set the frame rate to 60, it is smooth for one second and then it again gets laggy.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Watch video 9 in the playlist, where it talks about blender misconceptions. It explains why playback slows down. In addition, watch the video on Video Proxy. Video Proxy is the way that we improve performance of playback in the preview window. kzbin.info/aero/PLjyuVPBuorqIhlqZtoIvnAVQ3x18sNev4

[@vuke6931]

Thanks for the help, I'm having a hiccup though. It won't let me load in any of my videos. I'm honestly not sure the problem... I know that most of them are saved in a flv file, could that be it? They are gameplay videos too, if that helps. I couldn't find the solution in the comments so I figured I would ask the source material :)

[@MikeycalMeyers]

+Suspendered convert your source videos to mp4 using Handbrake. Watch this video and skip to 5:30 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHmtY4pmhMuVapY

[@vuke6931]

+Mikeycal Meyers you're a legend mate. Thanks for the help, I'll be sure to do that. Seriously though, people like you, helping people out on your own time like this, you're just straight up making the world better. Rock on.

[@weatethepie]

hey can you do a video on how to get your settings for 720p60fps setting please, since youtube supports 60 fps.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

illusive chiken I believe it should work as long as the video is recorded at a constant frame rate.

[@bishallamichhane811]

Whenever I import a video , only white background is seen in the video sequence editor . I can listen the audio but video is not previewed.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

+Bishal Lamichhane Unfortunately, the white preview window usually means that your video card isn't supported by blender. Here is the official bug report: developer.blender.org/T37904

[@bishallamichhane811]

+Mikeycal Meyers thank you

[@andrewmedagalaxy]

I've been having some difficulty with my imported video. I followed your video exactly and it only presents a clip of the video, not the whole thing. What am I doing wrong?

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Andrewmeda Galaxy Make sure the "Frame Range" encapsulates the entire imported movie. The End Frame - in the properties window - should be set to, at least, as many frames as your entire movie. Also make sure that you are using a compatible video format: wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Render/Output/Video#Video_Formats Finally, It is possible that it is just a glitch too... Try resetting the computer if all else fails.

[@andrewmedagalaxy]

Mikeycal Meyers Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to respond to my question. This has helped me.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Thanks for watching!

[@hkinfo5510]

what type of screen recorder do you use please tell?

[@MikeycalMeyers]

HK Gaming and info use this: obsproject.com

[@_ch1pset]

I'm trying to import a video that's about 3 hours long and I need to trim it somewhere in the middle. When I try to import, blender only shows that it's 1:23:20 long. No matter what I do to the End Frame or Frame Offset, or Length, it remains at 1:23:20. The video was recorded at 60fps and I have the framerate set to 60fps. The Length shows that it's 300,000 frames but the video is 712,962 frames. I can't adjust the Length beyond 300,000. Start is at 0.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Blender only supports importing video that is 300,000 frames or less. You would need to use a program like FFMPEG to break the video into segments. Check this out (Cutting small sections): trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Seeking

[@_ch1pset]

+Mikeycal Meyers thanks, I did cut out the section I wanted but I still want to edit the video a bit. The section is also too long, so I'll have to split it in half.

[@TheGameizzonn]

Hi, Im trying to import a 1600x1200 60fps video into a 1920x1080 video. Whenever I do, the playback is very slow. The FPS is around 5-10 and the video itself us fitted into the 1080p dimensions. The video being fitted is not a big problem for me, but the playback rate is the main problem. I played around with the program before I ate dinner and literally came back and ran into this problem. Before, the playback was in 60fps and the 4:3 imported video was imported with black bars on the side which was what I was expecting. How would I fix this? I have a i5 and a gtx 960

[@stupid__aminal]

+Bsolz Having this same problem...

[@Meckan]

Great tutorials! But... I have a problem when importing movies. My audio strip appears normal at the sequencer with 11.854 frames and 6 minutes and 35.03 seconds. However, my video strip becomes 395.111.000 frames long and 2 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds in time. Both the audio and the video was 6:35.03 before I imported them to Blender and there is no way I can sync them by changing the FPS. Any idea of how to fix it?

[@Meckan]

Frame Offset is 0.394811000 but I don't know if that has anything to do with it

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Are you sure that the video was recorded at a constant frame rate (CFR)? If the video isn't a constant frame rate it will fall out of sync. You can use Handbrake to convert the video to a constant frame rate. ( handbrake.fr )

[@Meckan]

Thank you for replying, I will try that asap 👍

[@cookiebuster652]

this guy is a fucking genius! at first I had no idea where to start but thanks to mikey here I'm on my way to becoming a pro editter :)

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Thanks for watching. I'm planning on adding to this series starting in January. Stay tuned. :)

[@101hardware101]

Hi Mikeycal, I am trying to import a video form my computer. The video was made in a samsung ace2 mobile, but Blender gives me an error: " FILE....could not be loaded". What to do? Thanks The video properties says: CONTAINER: 3GP VIDEO DIMENSIONS: 1280 X 720 CODEC H264 30 FRAMES BITRATE. 12004 KBPS AUDIO MPEG 4 AAC STEREO SAMPLE RATE 48000hZ BIT RATE 128 KBPS

[@MikeycalMeyers]

+al or It may be that blender doesn't understand the 3GP file type. First, try changing FILE_NAME.3GP to FILE_NAME.mp4 to see if it will recognize the file. If that doesn't work, you will need to transcode the file to mp4 using my Handbrake transcoding instructions here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHmtY4pmhMuVapY (Start at 5:30)

[@arme154]

thank you so much

[@MikeycalMeyers]

ARME Thanks for watching!

[@saminatravels]

hey! I filmed something with my phone and Windows tells me that it's 24 fps, but even though I changed the frame setting to 24fps Audio an Video do not match. The video is 4seconds longer than the audio strip. Is it because it's an .mp4 file?

[@MikeycalMeyers]

No, mp4 should work fine with blender. It's possible that your video is actually 23.97 fps.

[@saminatravels]

Mikeycal Meyers I tried entering 23.97 but it only lets me enter 23.98, but they are stilled unmatched. hmm...I'll try to find out tomorrow what the real framerate is. I know just trusted the windows thingy, maybe I'll try VLC tomorrow :) Thank you you much though, you do a great job explaining everything, though I think it will take me some time getting used to this after always using Adobe Premier in Uni (and a camera where we could set the fps instead of my phone)

[@johnpersonage7220]

Wow this is some very tricky software to use. Not intuitive at all but your videos help enormously. I've just lost my menus and can't seem to get them back. So frustrating but hey ho..

[@MikeycalMeyers]

"File Menu -> Load Factory Settings" is your best friend

[@johnpersonage7220]

Got it. Cheers Mikey. Yours are easily the best videos I've found on KZbin regarding Blender. I've used various bits of kit in the past, but nothing like this package. I think I'm over the hump now and doing ok. I only make silly wee videos for work and my mates. Local football kind of footage and I stitch a few together and stick a title (plain JPG image. I'm not even going to try the fancy titles just yet) and end sequence on. Nothing fancy. Thanks again mate :)

[@daniellelibao5358]

my frame rates are always only one number off and i try to change the frame rate and they never match what should i do?

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Danielle Libao I've seen this glitch before. Audio and video should stay in sync, even if it's off by one frame.

[@CL-fg5ne]

Hi! I'm having trouble with syncing the video with the audio. No kind of FPS is syncing. The closest is 44. Could you help?

[@MikeycalMeyers]

If the audio is out of sync, it could be because the video isn't a constant frame rate. Is the audio strip and video strip the exact same length? They should be. You can convert you video to a constant frame rate using Handbrake.fr . I show you how to use Handbrake in video 17.2 of my series.

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Blender Video Editing (2.7X series [Current Series]): kzbin.info/aero/PLjyuVPBuorqIhlqZtoIvnAVQ3x18sNev4

[@Bonez0r]

Many videos are 23.976 fps, but Blender rounds it to 23.98 fps when I import it. I just did this with a video and it results in a 1 frame difference between the audio and video strips. I've been trying with the 'custom' fps option and fiddling with 'framerate base' (without knowing what it is) and I can get audio and video the same number of frames, but is there an easier solution?

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Cut the last frame off and everything will work. Blender sometimes adds an additional frame that is blank to the end of the strip. This is a long-standing glitch.

[@SpaceShift]

So helpful thank you. Also, 160 thumbs up and 0 thumbs down? Wow!

[@MikeycalMeyers]

Shifting Identities Thanks for watching and "liking." I am so grateful that people generally like my videos. I really put a ton of time into lesson preparation. In some cases it can take weeks to get things right.

[@SpaceShift]

Your welcome :P You deserve the subs and likes because you explain everything so well you don't miss a detail. People like that! Thank you for helping us