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Sound Compression Puzzle
I have a sound clip that is being messed up when compressed through compressor but not directly to QT. It is a three or four second sound bite, it plays perfectly when converted to quicktime, plays perfectly in the timeline, but then seems to slip if put through compressor. The sound is dialogue from an actor with a tremendous amount of buzz (haven’t yet gotten rid of that). When listening to the aiff after running through compressor, I hear the buzz but no dialogue…it must have slipped the sound. I copied and pasted the sound clip into another sequence and compressed it only to get the same result. If I convert it to quicktime then it plays perfectly. All the other clips from this media play fine…What The Hell?? I reconnected the media–didn’t change anything. Tried different compression qualities–no change. Restart–nothing. Hellllp…….I’m drowning……
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3 Replies
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Eric,
If your using compressor I guess your going to a DVD. Why not export the audio out of FCP as an AIFF file and then import it in to DVDSP and resync it? Save yourself the compression strangeness. I read thats what they were doing last year when Compression 1 was throwing everything out of sync. Just a thought.. I’m kind of having the same problem and looking for a work around.
Chris -
[chris] ” Why not export the audio out of FCP as an AIFF file and then import it in to DVDSP and resync it?”
The audio problem is a well-know bug using Compressor, and the suggested work-around is standard practice, BUT use the exact same in and out points.
You don’t need to “re-sync it” in DVDSP, just substitute the audio asset and continue authoring.
Cheers
Alexander -
Brilliant. So simple and easy, I’m sure it will work and will be putting it to the test as soon as I can get back to editing. Thanks guys.
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