• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Audio Sample Rate Problem: Matching captured media with source tape

  Posted by Jerry Jones on September 19, 2005 at 11:00 pm

  I just installed FCP 5 — love it so far. Very nice.

  However, I’m capturing several clips that were logged in FCP 4.5. And each time following the capture, I get the following message:

  “The audio sample rate of one or more of your media files does not match the sample rate of your source tape. This may cause the video and audio of these media files to be out of sync. Make sure the audio sample rate of your capture preset matches the sample rate of your tape.”

  So far, when I play these clips, they seem to be perfectly in sync — no problems that I’ve noticed. But there must be some setting that I don’t yet have quite right.

  What do I need to change to loose the message at end of each capture?

  G5 Multi 2.4 ghz
  OS 10.3.9
  FCP 5.02
  2 gig memory
  Includes some external firewire drives
  Am working totally with MiniDV NTSC

  Thanks for the kind help.

  J. D.

  Jerry Jones replied 20 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  Bouncing Account needs new email address

  September 20, 2005 at 11:11 am

  Do some of the tapes (or sections of tape) have audio sampling rates at 32 kHz and some at 48 kHz?
  This is kind of issue the dialog box should address.
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  Jerry Jones

  September 20, 2005 at 6:40 pm

  No. They all have the same audio rate, and all were filmed by the same camera (Sony PD 170).
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  Bouncing Account needs new email address

  September 20, 2005 at 7:50 pm

  There could be an issue with info LOGGED in FCP4 and then captured inh FCP5.

  Or, it could just also be some “glitchy” tapes and/or gear.

  Are you playing on the same machine that recorded the tapes (the PD170)?
  If not, what deck or camcorder are you capturing from?

  Sometimes there are head-alignment problems between two units.
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  Try this…

  Create a NEW FCP5 project (call it “Test” or something).
  Open Log & Capture and manually set the exact same in and out points on a couple of clips (that gave you trouble in the old project).
  Capture them in this new project and see if the problem goes away.
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  Jerry Jones

  September 20, 2005 at 8:01 pm

  Thanks, Matte. I’m using a Sony Deck for capture. So I’m not using the same for both shooting and capture.

  I will try your suggestion to test.

  Thankfully, there seem to be no actual problems with sync. So it is just this pesky error message to resolve.

  J.D.

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