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Audio Issues with Conforming
The Problem:
After capturing hours and hours of footage (whole tapes at a time) I discovered that every clip (60 – 90 minutes long) began perfectly in sync with the audio and got worse and worse as the clip went on, finally ending about 16 frames out of sync. Because of the progressive nature of this problem I can’t simply slide the audio over a certain number of frames to correct it.History:
Last year I was capturing clips into Premiere in 18 min segments because any more than that and the program would come up with an error that said that it had reached the maximum file size. It was a brutal process to say the least. This year I was researching another problem and ran across part of the Premiere manual that says that it isn’t the program that induces that file size maximum, but rather it’s the file format of the harddrive. After discovering this I converted the file system on the external 1TB Harddrive on which I was storing and editing the video from FAT32 to NTFS. The literature said that this would solve my problem, and indeed it did … partially. I went along capturing whole tapes at a time with one click of a button. I finished all of my capturing and began separating clips only to discover that the audio was out of sync in all of my clips.Solution?:
So I’m wondering if anyone has any ideas for possible causes or more importantly, solutions. One suggestion that I found online was that this was happening during the conforming stage of the capture of each clip. Their proposed solution was to capture the clips outside of Premiere and then simply import them later. I checked and it is only in Premiere that the files are out of sync. The original .avi’s work perfectly in Windows Media Player. If capturing them some other way will indeed work, are there any suggestions as to what program I can use successfully to do that (I’m not extremely excited about going out and buying a whole other program unless that’s completely necessary) Any help at all that you can give me would be SO much appreciated.-eric
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5 Replies
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Are you editing in a sequence/project that matches your footage’s sample rate?
Some camcorder settings allow you to record at 32k (usually set to long play), others at 48k. Check you footage properties and make sure it matches on the timeline.
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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I am also having issues with Conforming files…in my first efforts to capture HDV footage from my Canon HV30 to Prem Pro v.3.2.0.
I encountered Out of Synch issues after capture (I’m told, caused by dropped frames from tape defects or timecode breaks). Now, I’m trying to manually capture smaller segments (avoiding the timecode breaks) but am having Prem struggle with Conforming for a 32-min clip. It never finishes…s/w goes “Not Responding”.
Are there any general recommendations for Prem CS3 users who want to capture HDV from their tape camcorders? Should we even try to create an HDV 1080i30(60i) project? Is it futile? Will something like HDVSplit remedy the situation?
Thanks, in advance.
– Mike –
HP desktop E6750 core 2 duo 2Gb dual 7200rpm internal SATA discs…one for video assets/project files. Vista Home Premium (32)
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[Eric Lines] “(whole tapes at a time) I discovered that every clip (60 – 90 minutes long)”
What kind of tapes are you capturing from and what preset are you using??
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Update to my earlier post:
I now use HDVSplit for capturing my HDV footage. Then I fire up Premiere CS3 and import the clips.
It’s a lifesaver…no audio synch issues, no major issues with dropped frames, clips are split according to the start/stop camcorder actions.
– Mike –
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sorry for the delay…just noticed your question
I use standard Sony mini-DV (Costco bulk package). I import using HDV 1080i30(60i).
– Mike –
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