Syncing audio and video with Kdenlive (manual method in postproduction)
Channel: Daniel Rosehill
Date: 2022-02-21

Kdenlive somewhat recently added an automatic feature for matching an audio track with a reference audio layer in order to automatically synchronize video and sound using the popular video editing software. The same process can also be done manually by eyeballing the waveforms of your reference audio and a microphone you want to use that to sync with.

For this demonstration, I read some sample text from Wikipedia's entry about Jerusalem. I recorded my first file using my Logitech C920 webcam and its built-in microphone while simultaneously recording myself using a lavalier microphone recording into the Zoom H1N field voice recorder.

In postproduction, I was able to import that file from the Zoom and then align its waveforms against those from the webcamn microphone's built in audio.

If you're just working on one track, this method is simple but effective. 

00:00 - Introduction
01:36 - Preparing reference audio track in OBS Studio 
02:33 - Grabbing file from SD card from Zoom (target audio)
02:55 - Opening Zoom H1N audio recording in Audacity
03:07 - Populating project bin in Kdenlive with files

By: Daniel Rosehill 

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