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audio drop out
Hello I am using a g5 dual proc. and AFCP 4.5 HD. I finished a project and sent the audio out to be re-worked. I got it back as a aiff 48 khz. When I drop it in the timeline and sync it with the old audio, at certain points it drops out for about a second. I play the audio clip by itself and there is no problem. Put it in the timeline–problem. Same place everytime. I have cut the time line in one spot where there was a still, and freezed the frame and brought it into the timeline and placed it on a new track and the audio played. The setting for the project request 48 khz audio. As usual this could not be happening at a worse time. If this has happened to you I would greatly appreciate a work around. Thanks Michael
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There is a function in FCP that is often overlooked… and it can help with many audio and video “skipping”, “sticking” and “missing” problems.
You should “Mixdown” the Audio for playback before you dub out of FCP, or during the edit, if you have audio/video stuttering, drop-outs or freezes.
NOTE: Mixdown has even been demonstrated to help with slipping, skipping problems (or “missing” audio clips) for files being EXPORTED as QT (or similar) files out of FCP.
First, SELECT ALL of your audio tracks (highlight them) on the timeline, then:
Sequence Menu > Render Only > Mixdown.
You should see a dialog box telling you its rendering.
It might seem to make little sense that “Mixing down” even simple audio tracks will “fix” complex video “freezes” or random audio dropouts to tape or export, but it CAN.
NOTE: It does not matter of you only have one audio track, if there are random freezes during output, you should try the Mixdown.
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Try this. Bring the audio into quicktime and then try exporting it as a quicktime movie. See if this helps.
Good Luck
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Thank you but that does not work either. I have also tried mixing down the audio. If I cut the video track above the audio it plays, in other words where the audio drops out, I cut the video and remove it it plays. So it is something about the video the audio does not like.???
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You should try to recapture the clip(s) that cause the problem.
Then replace it (them) in the problem area(s).Could be a tape problem, a disk problem, or just an odd problem during capture.
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Did you ever find a solution? I’m having the same trouble, but recapturing the footage is not an option at this point.
Jason
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