So everyone here seems to be able to post a video of themselves playing.
I can do that too, but only with my telephone and I donāt like the audio of my telephone or lack of control I have over the audio.
So, I think I need some kinda movie maker program.
Something that I can put together with the audio recording Iāve made in my waveform12 audio program.
@mathsjunky suggested I should get imoive. But it seems that is for mac. I got windows.
Does anyone have any suggestion as to what is a good video program to get? Preferably a free download.
As of right now, all I can do is audio only to share here. I want to do video too.
I assume that Iām on the right track that I will need to mix audio and video to come up with some kinda quality video to share here.
I like what everyone shares here. I donāt like the quality of the video I shared.
If Iām on the wrong track. Please enlighten me.
Other than that, what do you use to generate video?
I assume Iāll be mixing the video (movie) with my waveform12 audio. Which I think is my goal.
Thanks Kieth for the links.
Looks like Iām opening a can of worms thatāll challenge my limited computer skills.
I had no idea that this movie thing was so complex to control.
If your PC has a camera (most do, these days) maybe use that? Much simpler, and the quality can be surprisingly good.
Canāt speak for the PC, but on my iPad, the included Photos app allows simple editing, like trimming off dead air sections from the beginning and end of the video.
If you are just doing simple videos to record progress, or to demonstrate some technical difficulty, thatās usually more than adequate.
My PC donāt have a camera, so that wonāt work.
I have downloaded the DaVinci Resolve.
Man, now Iām really hosed.
A operating manual thatās 4124 pages long!
Oh my. Thatās a pretty steep learning curve.
Itāll take me years to figure this out.
Weāll see how long I can hang with this.
All I want to do is not use my telephone audio and do use my daw as the audio source. Together.
Whether I can do that or not Iāve no idea.
I just wanna play my guitar and share a video.
At this rate, Iāll not play my guitar because Iāll be trying to learn how to manipulate a movie program.
Iāll see where this goes.
While I like to learn new things, this seems plain overwhelming. Wish I knew how to operate a computer better, but I donāt.
Thanks for everyoneās efforts in setting me in the right direction.
You can buy a webcam that plugs into usb. That will clip on top of your monitor and might be a workable solution for you. But, yes, I feel your pain. It is really hard these days to find a nice simple solution in computing. Everyone seems to think that giving you 10,000 options is a great idea, then in the update they make it 11,000.
Fear not, plenty on YouTube that has distilled 4,123 pages into the essentials with an 8min video (or two) ā¦ they always miss a page ā¦ or two ā¦ along the way.
BTW, nothinā lacking with ātelephone audioā, especially when your are plumbing through Zoom or YT.
Like your POV ā¦ āI just wanna play my guitar and share a videoā ā¦ Thereās always a trade-off in life ā¦ play music, or āfight the pinkā with RTFM ā¦both have merit, bud, but pave your own way.
Havenāt found a real step-by-step tutorial for how I do it.
So I made a little video just now for what I found the easiest way (after having struggled with it too):
Hope my ramblings are understandable it still went on for almost 8 minutes, but itās not that much information.
Tried to do it as step by step as possible, with not too much fluff, but Iām not experienced in doing tutorials so I hope it still helps.
OBS may be an option worth exploring. It is an open-source video recording app for the PC. I assume you record guitar and vocals through an AI (Audio Interface) into waveform12. With OBS youād be able to source the audio from the AI and using an add-on to OBS continue to use your phone as the camera (explained here).
I like this approach as once the sound setup is done, then there is no need to do any post recording editing. Many people keep the video as it was recorded ie from the moment of pressing record to hitting stop. The next step is to trim the video to make the video start and finish with the performance. You can then add some text up front, usually a song title to start and a thank you to finish. I expect that would be quite easily done in Resolve without needing too much study of the manual or tutorials.
I may consider one of them cams. Just for having it at about the proper height. My telephone seems to fall over and is hard to stabilize on the table.
And yep, everyone seems to think more is better. When many times, less, can be more.
For sure, I do use them videos and they are helpful. I will surely be seeking them out. But I still just wanna play my guitar.
Oh my! My goodness even. Thank You So much Marcel!
You really went the extra mile for explanation on this. I checked your video out just before I went to bed last night. Very good explanations. I will likely watch a few more times and see if I can start making some moves within the program.
You covered exactly what I needed. I just canāt thank you enough. Youāll be saving me hours of frustration Iām sure.
What ya covered there is just what I want to do.
I canāt thank you enough for taking āyourā time to make that excellent, educational video.
Now, weāll see if I can follow instructions. If I can, I should get me a good sounding video. Short of my playing of course.
Thank You David.
Yep, thatās exactly how I do my recording. AI to daw.
I had seen the OBS mentioned here before and wondered what was being talked about. Now I know.
Iāll be looking into this too. Thanks for the link.
