NIKON NOISE – RECORDING PROBLEM

the noise you hear is the focus servo mechanism.

If you get an external mic that will help - the video focus on Nikon is not the best.

Or try not to use autofocus

... real video demands manual focusing discussion.

To be honest, it is not that hard to take casual video, you just need to come to terms that video does not
demand the same amount of focusing as photos.

For home videos type of shooting, just focus at infinity. For example at 18mm, close down the aperture
to f8, focus on something that is at least 6ft from you, turn of AF.... there you go, for all intensive causal
shooting (ie home videos type of shooting) you are set and you do not need to refocus.

If you want professional looking videos, there a tons of other considerations (ie lack aperture control on
most camera+lens combinations, zooming - lack of power zoom, re-focusing for when you want to keep
focus with thin DoF), you DO need to learn focus pulling (manual focus tracking).

Zooming (changing FL) while shooting videos is the #1 tell of a home video, generally it is jerky and
nauseating (due to the changing FOV and related distortions), it only works under very carefully
considered situations and requires constant re-focusing, as well as constant aperture and T-stop...
basically don't do it, just walk towards/away

Even if the AF was silent, the hunting would be unacceptable for video purposes.

if you want stunning looking videos you'll need to manually focus. Auto focusing on most DSLRs will jerk
back and forth as it prowls a scene. The D5500 can get you great footage, especially with the right lens
for that creamy bokeh, but you'll need to practice, practice, practice. Get to the point where focusing
out and in is instinctive.

Next time set it to manual focus and slowly go back and forth with nearby objects. As long as your hand
is steady, your aperture is set right and you're going at a good frame rate (24 for cinematic, 30 for jack of
all trade, 60 if you plan on slowing things down later) you'll get some great sample results.

NIKON REDOCRING VIDEOS MORE THAN 30 MINUTES

Due to European tax laws at the moment you cannot go above 30 minutes.
But, I think that when decreasing the bitrate from 1.0x to 0.1x you get longer recording times but worse
quality. I definitely heard that this is possible but have need tried by myself as I'm more a scenic film
maker.

There is a feature in ML called movie restart that tries to restart recording after it stops at 30 minutes. It
causes about a second worth of dropped frames though. Can be found under movie -> movie tweaks
when the camera is in movie mode.

There are lots of issues when using a DSLR to record video. Basically, it isn't the right tool for the job you
are trying to do. Video cameras have sensors designed for video and still cameras have sensors best
suited for the demands of shooting high resolution single images. Large sensor video cameras that
mimic the cinematic look of film and DSLR's have special cooling features because as the sensor heats up
it develops more noise. Ok, so much for stating the obvious so short of suggesting to use a "real" video
camera for shooting long takes here's a few suggestions.

Here are some final pointers -- Get AC power adapters or tap into heavy duty batteries. Still camera
batteries aren't designed for the continuous load of shooting long video takes and might run out of juice
before your take is finished possibly corrupt the video file. If you want usable audio don't use the built in
mics as you indicated in your post. Either plug in an external mic or record to a dedicated audio recorder
and sync in post. With long takes you'll probably discover that the audio drifts so you'll have even more
work to do in post.

Nikon D5500 Video Setting Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbqHIi95FUA