Guide · Action cameras

Drone and GoPro footage

Drones have no useful sound and action cameras record mostly wind. Here's how Waveline places them on the same timeline as everything else.

Action cameras: sound still works

GoPro, Insta360 and DJI Osmo cameras record sound, and even a muffled housing mic picks up the loud moments — music, applause, speech. Waveline matches them like any other camera. Add their folders as cameras and press Sync.

Drones: placed by their clock

Drone footage usually has no sound at all, so it can't be matched by sound. Waveline marks those clips red and offers two choices on export:

  • Keep in place — put each clip where the drone's clock says it was filmed. Close enough for B-roll over a ceremony.
  • Move to the end — keep them together at the end of the timeline, in filming order, to place by hand.

Set the drone's clock. DJI drones take their time from the phone when connected. If the clock was wrong, clips kept in place will land at the wrong time of day — move them to the end instead.

Tips

  • Give every drone and action camera its own folder, so each becomes its own track.
  • GoPro and DJI cards also hold small .LRV preview copies. Leave them out when you copy the card, or they show up as extra clips.
  • For 360° cameras, export the reframed clip first, or sync the .insv and reframe later.

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