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  • Audio lags behind video by two frames.

    Posted by Zak Stoltz on November 15, 2017 at 5:22 am

    I recently discovered that any video I bring into premiere is two frames out of sync with the video leading the audio. I have tested and confirmed this using Catchin’ Sync: https://quietart.co.nz/catchinsync/

    VLC is in sync. Quicktime is in sync. It’s just Premiere.

    All the audio waveforms line up as they should. When I scrub through the timeline, everything seems fine and in sync. But when I hit play, the audio lags ever so slightly.

    Anyone have any thoughts on what could be causing this or how I can fix this?

    Zak Stoltz replied 8 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 6 Replies
  • 6 Replies
  • Zak Stoltz

    November 15, 2017 at 11:19 pm

    Yes, Dave.

    Whether a clip is in the timeline or source monitor, I have this problem. It doesn’t matter if the clip originated in Premiere or outside of Premiere.

  • Zak Stoltz

    November 18, 2017 at 3:20 am

    If I export a clip and play it in VLC or Quicktime, it plays back correctly. If I bring that exported clip back into Premiere, it’s two frames out of sync.

  • Chris Wright

    November 18, 2017 at 3:52 am

    if you transcode the variable framerate video with handbrake, the problem should go away.
    mediainfo should tell you if its variable framerate or not.

  • Zak Stoltz

    November 18, 2017 at 4:10 am

    It’s not a variable frame rate video. I’ve already checked.

  • Chris Wright

    November 18, 2017 at 5:00 am

    if you transcode to prores, cineform, or dnxhd, does the problem go away?

  • Zak Stoltz

    November 18, 2017 at 6:28 am

    Unfortunately not. I’ve tried with H264, ProRes and DNxHD.

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