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video delay
Hi,
After setting up FCP 6 on my new Mac Pro I have encountered a very annoying problem:
there is slight delay between video and audio which makes accurate editing impossible. It says all is in synch but the video is delayed by at least a couple of frames. Played back a video outside FCP and it was fine.
Can anyone solve this?
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3 Replies
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You need to tweak your audio monitoring in:
Final Cut Pro > System Settings…
Then go to the Playback Control tab.
Change the value in Frame Offset.
Repeat until your monitoring is in sync.
NOTE
It is very important that you are sure that the footage you use to make this adjustment is in sync.
The Frame Offset is only adjusting your monitoring to account for the different paths your audio and video are traveling on the way out of FCP.
This adjustment could easily HIDE a problem with footage, or lead you to believe there is a sync problem with good footage IF you make your initial adjustment with footage that is not in sync.
Best,
Tom M
Best,
Tom Meegan
Woven Pixels, LLC -
Thanks for the info. I’ll try that.
An interesting fact I came across:
When I convert my timeline setting to Quicktime H264 it’s in synch. I have always worked in DV PAL, so that seems to be a problem. I know my original footage is fine and in synch when I play it back OUTSIDE FCP.
Any extra thoughts?
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make sure all your settings match up, capture settings, sequence settings, etc. If it’s just a one time deal you can always unlock the video and audio by selecting the clip then using Command – L, then slip one or the other a couple of frames forward or backward till it’s synched. Good luck!
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