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external monitor drifts out of sync!
Hi,
I am trying to play a DV sequence out of my MacbookPro and into an external monitor. I am running firewire out through a DV deck, and then S video into the monitor. I am running audio cables from the DV deck to the speakers.Under ‘Video Playback,’ I have ‘Apple Firewire NTSC’ selected.
Under ‘Audio Playback,’ I have ‘Audio follows video’ selected.When I play my sequence, everything seems fine. Then, slowly, it starts to drift, until it becomes clear that the audio and video are totally out of sync.
Why might this be?
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5 Replies
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Hi Elise,
i don’t know if your video and audio were recorded seperatly, but if thats the case, video and audio probably have different timecode settings. ( different framerates)
per second it wil drift a view frames appart.
i hope this is what your problem is. If not …good luck!grtzz
oscar -
No, all video was captured at once from mini dv tapes….
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Drift usually indicates an issue with the drives. Do you have slow external USB drives or the like?
Also, check If it plays back fine on your Canvas with no drift. If so, then I’d suspect the firewire device (camcorder).
Kevin Monahan
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Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro -
Thanks, Kevin.
There is no drift in the canvas so yes – I suspect that it is an issue that lies in the signal out of the computer. Perhaps it is the deck! Is there any ‘video out’ setting within final cut that I should be aware of that may be causing the problem though? -
Could this be because my new macbook pro might not have enough processing power to play out this video? And that using a tower would work?
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