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audio/video not in sync after capture
Hello Chaps
I’m hoping someone can help me with a problem. I’m capturing vhs-c tapes into Premiere 6.5 via my Pinnacle breakout box. All’s well until I drop a piece into the timeline and then the audio & video do not sync up. Nudging the audio track a little gets it in sync but as time goes by it will lose sync again. I’m stumped as to what I’m doing wrong but am hoping someone has the answer, Thanks in advance
Mick -
8 Replies
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Suspect you are dropping video frames on capture resulting in longer audio than video…
OR the Pinnacle BOB is a POS. -
Mike
Thanks for the reply. No dropped frames on capture, I can monitor this during download. If POS means what I think it does :-)) you could be right about that. I have used it before to do this succesfully, which is why I thought I must have a setting screwed up without knowing it. Does the sample rate of the audio have anything to do with this? 48khz as opposed to 32khz? I am stumped, but I do thank you for answering………
Mick -
It’s not worth waisting your time with external “boxes”. The best and flawless way to capture analog video is to hook up your analog source to your D8 or miniDV camcorder and capture via Firewire. Some newer cacorders won’t have this option, but most older ones have it.
Ervin
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Ervin
Thanks for your thoughts. I don’t have a device that will play the VHS-c that has a firewire port. If I understand what you are saying,…you do have such a device? Tell me how this is possible…
Thank you
Mick -
No Mick, I’m sorry, I was not clear enough. What I was trying to suggest is my own workflow: I take the signal (composite or SVHS) out of the player device (VHS-C camcorder or VHS player with adapter cassette in your case) and feed it into my old Sony Digital 8 camcorder. Most Sony camcorders have this feature that lets you record video from another device. But you don’t actually have to record and then play the tape back in order to capture it – the camcorder will instantly encode the analog video to digital and output it via Firewire, you just have to connect your camcorder to the computer and start capturing with Premiere. It just sounds complicated, but in fact it’s a really simple process.
I hope this explains it, if you still have questions, just shoot back, I’d be glad to further assist you.
Ervin
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And if you don’t have a digital camcorder, and have 200 bucks to spend, take a look at the Canopus AVC line of products, it will do the same thing, less painfully, that is convert analog to digital on the fly.
Vince
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Damn, you people are smart!
How the heck did you get so smart?
Why do all the really smart people hang out at the Cow?
Thanks a million, Ervin. I was able to hook the vcr up to my GL2 and digitize the footage and at the same time capture it into Premiere. Now, it’s just a matter of sitting and drinking beer while the footage gets transferred. You and Mike V. (who has helped me out of jams in the past) and Vince are champs for helping out. I’m not real good with these dang computers but if you ever have any beer drinking questions, feel free to send ’em my way. 🙂
Cheers
Mick -
Glad we sorted this out… just careful with that beer or your audio will get once more out of sync… 🙂
Ervin
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