Creative Communities of the World Forums

The peer to peer support community for media production professionals.

Activity Forums Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy Best Frame Offset for using Inbuilt Audio with FCP

  • Best Frame Offset for using Inbuilt Audio with FCP

    Posted by Ben Knight on December 12, 2012 at 8:11 pm

    Hi guys,
    I’m editing on FCP 7 using the inbuilt audio, and watching video on my computer… no external decks, monitoring, etc… just speakers plugged into my headphone port.
    What frame offset should I be using? I was on 0… and still felt that the video might be a bit behind the audio… but it won’t accept a negative value for Frame Offset.

    Any suggestions?

    Thank you!

    Ben

    Jaap Verdenius replied 13 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
  • 3 Replies
  • Jaap Verdenius

    December 18, 2012 at 4:18 pm

    I wonder if frame offset applies to this situation.
    Do you notice any difference when you set it to, say 30?

  • Ben Knight

    December 18, 2012 at 10:30 pm

    Oh, I haven’t tried that, but I certainly can. Working with 24 p pro res, would i still use 30, or 24? Can’t say I understand why your suggestion would help, but I thank you for it!

  • Jaap Verdenius

    December 18, 2012 at 10:48 pm

    It’s just to verify if the frame offset is influencing the latency at all in your setup.
    When you are using built-in outputs FCP should adjust this automatically.
    If you see no difference with the offset to 30 (which is max) compared to 0 then you know you have to look
    elsewhere for an explanation.

We use anonymous cookies to give you the best experience we can.
Our Privacy policy | GDPR Policy