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Horrible white noise sound when I import (video)
I spent the past two days editing and converting my clips for the final edit. When I put them into FCP, all but one of the clips are totally f’ed.
I have a feeling it is because of the bit rate or sample rate, because all of them are different than the one that works. weird thing is i edited them all the same so i don’t know how they got like that.
anyways, is there a quick and easy way to fix this problem? this is my first video project and i have spent hours working on it up to this point. to encounter more errors makes me want to punch my monitor.
here’s the video so you can see what’s going on.
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Okay, I fixed it. There were two extra tracks in there that were the white noise problems. Got rid of that.
Now here’s the next problem that FCP has presented me. Oh what a great app this is… Apple sure knows how to keep things easy for users. This problem has been going on the entire time I’ve been working with FCP. I have tried hundreds of things to fix it, I have changed the bit rate, sample rate, I have done an extensive search in the forum for an answer, it is never answered to fix my problem.
When I import video into FCP, the audio and video are synced up fine. When I add my own audio to the video, it slowly goes out of sync. So I thought, “I know! I’ll just use ProTools to sync up the video, export it and then import it back into FCP.”
Well, it worked fine in ProTools. And it worked fine in QT, but then I import it back into FCP and this great app still doesn’t sync up right. I have been trying to deal with this problem for weeks now, and it is the only problem (of the many many many) in FCP that I have not yet overcome.
PLEASEEEE someone help me. All of the videos are out of sync.
I am using an external firewire800 hd for both the audio and the video, im using a MBP.
It’s funny, everytime I try the files out in another application (Premiere, ProTools, Garageband, Logic) it works fine. Synced up perfect. But in FCP it is not in sync. It makes my blood boil someone please help before I smash my computer.
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I use Pro-tools and Logic to mix my audio on almost every project, and these are up to 2 hours long. I’ve never had a sync issue, or at least I never had a sync issue that wasn’t my fault.
It sounds like you have a sample rate issue. Video codecs generally use 48k as the sample rate. If you have recorded your audio as 44.1k and then put it into a FCP sequence it will go out of sync. Or… if you recorded your audio as 48k but bought it into another audio editing program (such as Logic Pro) with the Project settings set to 44.1k, once again it will go out of sync.
Go back into whatever you used to create and/or mixdown your audio and check that all of the files you are using are 48k, check that the project settings are 48k. When you export it from Protools or whatever make sure you are exporting it as a 16 bit 48k file?
Yes it’s a tough learning curve but if you’re not interested in learning then I’d get out of the Video editing business now, because you will always strike things that are frustrating. No matter which program you use. These apps are called ProApps for a reason. If you want a simple, go use Imovie.
Ralph
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