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Activity Forums Adobe Premiere Pro Audio drifts out of sync over time

  • Derek Steen

    April 19, 2017 at 7:46 pm

    I’m also having this issue with audio not syncing correctly. I’ve read through this thread and watched many YouTube tutorials which claim to solve the issue — to no avail.

  • I’ve used Handbrake to force the video into a constant frame rate (29.97 fps; MP4), but that doesn’t seem to solve the issue.
    I’ve tried speeding up the video to match the length of the audio track, but that doesn’t help much at all.
    I’ve tried copying the MTS file and changing the file extension (container) to .MOV. (Some people claim this works.) Doesn’t work.
    I’ve tried creating a Premiere Sequence based on MTS settings, Handbrake MP4 settings, and the WAV audio’s settings. Nothing seems to work.
  • Here are my basic settings (detailed metadata further below):
    VIDEO – AVCHD (MTS) 29.97 fps; AC-3 Big, 48kHz
    AUDIO – WAV (PCM, Little), 48kHz

    Any thoughts? Am I missing something?

    Full metadata for video:

    Format : BDAV
    Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
    File size : 3.99 GiB
    Duration : 27mn 27s
    Overall bit rate mode : Variable
    Overall bit rate : 20.8 Mbps
    Maximum Overall bit rate : 24.0 Mbps

    Video
    ID : 4113 (0x1011)
    Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
    Format : AVC
    Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
    Format profile : High@L4
    Format settings, CABAC : Yes
    Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
    Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=15
    Format settings, picture structure : Frame
    Codec ID : 27
    Duration : 27mn 27s
    Bit rate mode : Variable
    Bit rate : 19.6 Mbps
    Maximum bit rate : 20.9 Mbps
    Width : 1 920 pixels
    Height : 1 080 pixels
    Display aspect ratio : 16:9
    Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) fps
    Color space : YUV
    Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
    Bit depth : 8 bits
    Scan type : Interlaced
    Scan type, store method : Interleaved fields
    Scan order : Top Field First
    Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.316
    Stream size : 3.76 GiB (94%)

    Audio
    ID : 4352 (0x1100)
    Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
    Format : AC-3
    Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
    Format settings, Endianness : Big
    Codec ID : 129
    Duration : 27mn 26s
    Bit rate mode : Constant
    Bit rate : 384 Kbps
    Channel(s) : 2 channels
    Channel positions : Front: L R
    Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
    Frame rate : 31.250 fps (1536 spf)
    Bit depth : 16 bits
    Compression mode : Lossy
    Delay relative to video : -67ms
    Stream size : 75.4 MiB (2%)
    Service kind : Complete Main

    Full metadata for audio:

    Format : Wave
    File size : 220 MiB
    Duration : 26mn 32s
    Overall bit rate mode : Constant
    Overall bit rate : 1 158 Kbps
    Producer : Pro Tools
    Encoded date : 2017-04-17 12:34:29
    Producer_Reference : J7I3HwTgFwbaaaGk

    Audio
    Format : PCM
    Format settings, Endianness : Little
    Format settings, Sign : Signed
    Codec ID : 1
    Duration : 26mn 32s
    Bit rate mode : Constant
    Bit rate : 1 152 Kbps
    Channel(s) : 1 channel
    Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
    Bit depth : 24 bits
    Stream size : 219 MiB (99%)

  • Jens Reiterer

    August 14, 2017 at 12:40 am

    I had the same problem with a lot of different clips with different fps that lead to audio sync problems. I used a program called iSkysoft Video Converter to change the fps of the clips and replaced them. Worked very smooth. The program isn’t too expensive either. Its really worth it. Saves you a lot of time!

    Best regards, Jens

  • Andy Patterson

    August 14, 2017 at 1:21 am

    Have any of you contacted Adobe about the sync issues? I would like to think a fix could be part of a new update.

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