ShurePlus MOTIV Video

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Why wouldnt there be a pass through lightning port that you can charge your phone while using this? I can only record 2 hour long sets before the phones dead, and if i dont stop the recording before the battery dies, the recording doesn’t save. Contacted shure support about this and they said it should save it to camera roll automatically if the battery dies, but i lost 2 hours of video this weekend. Not happy. Id recommend using the mv88 only if you do short videos. Anything longer than an hour or two is flirting with disaster. This app and the mv88 drain your battery in less than 2 hours with airplane mode on and the screen brightness as low as it goes. You also cant lock the screen to preserve battery life. It stops recording if you do that. Very frustrating.

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Update: It’s become unreliable. Apart from the level to make sure the shot is straight, I can’t recommend it anymore. I’ve had long sets ruined because the app just stops recording. This is after a reinstall. It used to be solid as a rock. I’ll stick with Filmic Pro. This app is very helpful in that it allows the mic gain of the MV88 to be controlled via the app and not have to switch to the default audio Shure MV app. Also, the peak meters are a welcome addition too (previously I used Filmic or Impact for the meters) but this is tailor made for the hardware. All in all, big thanks to the Shure team for a great piece of hardware and the standalone video app. Will update review after more usage and comment on any room for improvement.

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So far I like this, but on a couple of short videos the video freezes at the end while the audio continues. I just have to record a few seconds more than I need or use the iPhone camera app. On a 40 minute video I shot, the audio sync was off by 1 second immediately. I don’t know how long a video needs to be to have this effect. I was able to shift the audio in Premiere Pro. Also, I am not noticing any difference than when I use the iPhones built-in microphone. Maybe I’ll notice something eventually.

It would be great to have a remote control or a remote control app for my phone. This would make it possible to start and sop recording without having to jump up and down during a recording session. If there is currently a remote control that works with this app please let me know. I haven’t found one. Thanks Tim

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Often the app produces video files with the video and audio out of synch. While the video and audio are fine the sync issue makes it unusable. I have a 1 hour video that I’m trying to manually align to salvage. Using it to record is hit or miss. I’ve seen it stop on its own after recording 14 minute of video when there is plenty of storage space. The record button doesn’t always record. Net is 1 out of 6 times it’s recorded and produced an in sync video. Which is unfortunate because a lot of the app is very good, but it fails at reliably recording.