Can Avid auto sync audio and video like Premiere and FCPX?

[Michael Phillips]

Correct – Media Composer does not offer syncing via audio analysis like Premiere or Resolve. The workflow is to export AAF and use PluralEyes – Here is a blog a did on the process: https://24p.com/wordpress/?p=218

Michael

[Scott Parker]

Waveform syncing apparently available in MC8.5

https://www.provideocoalition.com/kicking-the-tires-on-avid-media-composer-8-5

[Michael Phillips]

8.5 offers waveform syncing for multicamera grouping only, not so much for double system sound. I did write a blog offering a workaround on how to use it for syncing video + audio:

https://24p.com/wordpress/?p=280

Michael

[Igor Jovcevski]

Well, Avid can’t do it. You have 2 options really..
1.Entangle for Avid
2.Plural Eyes

Entangle is great and is still free in beta, you can try it for free (edit8.com)
Plural eyes has strange but workable flow.

[Shane Ross]

Avid CAN do it! Avid MC 8.6…and I think 8.5…has a feature to auto sync your footage via waveform. This is SINGLE TAKE only, meaning one clip of audio and one of video. If you want a timeline built with multiple audio and video clips all strung together, you’ll need Pluraleyes…but OLD pluraleyes. Version 3…Version 4 no longer works with Media Composer…doesn’t export AAF, only XML

Shane
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[Igor Jovcevski]

Single take is ok. But having whole structure broken down to sequences from loads of footage is better. Did you try beta Entangle for Avid?

[Nikolai Metin]

It says on the website that Entangle only supports AMA… doesn’t seem like that would fit into a lot of folks’ workflows. Am I missing something?

“I cut, I disco…”

[Michael Phillips]

Also, using Avid’s group by waveform for clip based audio sync can work, but it is a painful process if you want to keep clip name, and have it be a .sync clip that tracks out of sync in the timeline. I describe the process in my blog:

https://24p.com/wordpress/?p=280

If you just want to use it as a group clip, you can, but may have other issues arise later such as relinking and such if needed.

Michael