Syncing sound and video

[mrbelfry]

Hey there

I work for a church and we are currently looking at ways to film our worship services. I cannot give the camera's a live mix so I want to record everything, mix it and then put it on the video. I'm pretty sure I've got recording the service sorted out but I'm a little unsure about how to sync the video with the sound. Someone told me that software like cubase generates a time code that can be added to the video tape. Is this true and how does this cope with video tape changes?

I hope my question isn't to vague - I'm a complete newb and I'm hoping that things will make sense eventually!

Thanks

MrBelfry

[TimOBrien]

Digital video is a broad, deep and very technical subject. I would suggest you go to Barnes&Noble or Borders, grab a cuppa java and start reading or start ordering some books like these. (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Dstripbooks%3Arelevance-above%26rank%3Drelevance20041029rank%26field-keywords%3DDigital%252520Video%26store-name%3Dbooks/002-0645165-5370467)

[macouno]

It may be easier though to digitise your video and edit the sound in on a computer with something like vegas video. It's really tough to automate it.

[mrbelfry]

Thanks macouno

After reviewing the equipment that our video team have we've decided it would probably be much much easier digitising the video.