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How To Sync Audio and Video Clips one by one Using Avid Media Composer 6
Hi Everyone
im editing a project using Avid Media Composer 6 and want to know How to sync my audio and video clips one by one using the software. Here’s what i’ve done so far after digitalising the footage and choosing what scenes to edit, i separated the audio and video clips and marked the clapperboards in the video clips and the audio clips ive labelled each clip and want to know how to sync the audio and video clips so that they are both moving together when you press play and the sound does not come before the image or the image does not come before the sound. Ive also tried to auto sync the footage several times but when the clip is played there is only a few seconds of audio and the image cannot be seen. I want to Sync the clips one by one without using autosync but dont know how to do it. Would be grateful if anyone can help?Thanks
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MC 6 and and auto sync? Not sure if there was for wave based only timecode.
I know I’ve done the 3/4 perf by hand and save it as subclips. -
You mention not wanting to use AutoSync, but that feature in MC covers many syncing options, including syncing by In points, which is what you appear to have prepared.
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Thank you for replying to my question Job, How do I Sync clips by in points using Avid Media Composer 6?
Laura
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Thank you for replying to my question Eric What is the 3/4 perf ? and how can i do it in Avid Media Composer 6?
Laura
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Auto sync can be done on a clip by clip basis. We’ll you need 2 clips selected of course. The video and audio. The relationship of the timing is set by the Timecode or an in point you set on each clapper.
Then you get a new clip that is the video and audio together.Pat Horridge
Broadcast & Post Consultant, Trainer, Avid Certified Instructor
Free online Tutorials at VET digital media academy online http://vimeo.com/channels/752951
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You will use the AutoSync process although it won’t be automatic. As others have mentioned you have already identified the common “sync” point via a Mark In point. All clips have to be in the same bin in order to work. Based on your naming convention, sorting on the “name” column will pair the clips together in ascending order.
- Highlight any pair of clips to sync
- select “Autosync
- Select options (Mark in), and whether you want to keep any audio that might exist on video, and what tracks you want to keep from the audio-only clip from the audio-only clip. This depends on your workflow preferences.
- Click OK
- A new subclip with video clip name + .sync will appear in the bin
Others have references subframe syncing. This is the ability to tighten the sync in 1/4 frame increments and is referred to as perf based syncing. But you need to be in a 35mm film project and all audio needs to be imported, not linked for this to work.
In other project types you can slip sync via source settings but is tedious and has some limitations.
Michael
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Hi Micheal
Thank you for responding to my qustion the steps that you have mentioned ive already done that several times, and when i go to play the clip once its been auto synced the clip only plays a few seconds of audio and the image cannot be seen . I want to sync the clips one by one without using auto sync but dont know how to do it. would be grateful if you could help me please?Laura
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Do the clips play all the way through before syncing them? AutoSync doesn’t prevent a clip from playing if the original clips also play.
Michael
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Hi Michael
Yes the original clips( both audio and video ) play all the way through before i synced them.Laura
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The only other way to do it is to:
- AutoSequence the video source clip. This creates a sequence with the same timecode as the source video.
- Edit your audio to be in sync
You can stop here and use sequences as the source, but that you lose some functionality such as sync break indicators and ease of use as you have to drag and drop sequences into a source monitor, not double click.
If you want to regain that functionality, with the sequence still in the record monitor:
- Mark In and Out so that the all tracks have media (no Avid timeline black between the marks on any track)
- Subclip that range out into a bin
- Rename as needed
- Select sequence(s) and select AutoSync
- Results in a subclip that is in sync and will behave like other source clips – basically the same end result as AutoSync.
Neither of these guarantee playback of the original sources clips won’t play to start with. You may want to transcode to an Avid friendly native format like DNxHD/HR first and ensure your drives and drive connection are fast enough to support whichever data rate you are creating.
Michael
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