io Express sound out of sync

[Jeremy Garchow]

Are you monitoring the audio from the tv or the analog audio on the ioExpress?

Jeremy

[Nico Leunen]

I tried both options :

– analog audio output from io Express / video over HDMI to monitor (TV)
– audio over HDMI to monitor (TV) and using the TV audio output

Both had the same result : sound comes 2 frames early when playing.

When scrubbing, frame by frame, audio is in sync.
When I don’t use the AJA but use the DVI and audio line out from the Mac,
sound and picture are sync as well… but of course I want to use my AJA 😉

thanks for responding
Nico

[Jeremy Garchow]

My bet is that your tv is processing the video and not holding the audio back. Do you have another monitor to check it with?

[Nico Leunen]

Hmm. Didn’t know some TVs or monitors would do that.
I don’t dispose of another monitor with HDMI.
Could try a regular TV with analog video and see what happens.
Of course I have to work with this Eizo and via HDMI eventually…
Are you familiar with any possibility of setting up a delay for the video-signal ?
I have never come across anything like that in FCP.
I haven’t found anything like that in the AJA utility tool either.

I also mailed the AJA support people but radio-silence so far unfortunately.

cheers and thanks for thinking along,
Nico

[Jeremy Garchow]

All lcds have some latency, yes. I can’t remember on the ioExpress drivers, but there might be audio slew a they are on the iohd drivers. You’d have to check it’s in the control panel.

I would check with analog sources and see what you get. My bet is still on your monitor.

[Nico Leunen]

Hi,

I’m afraid you’re bet may be right.
I checked the manual for the EIZO Foris and it mentions indeed
a 2 frame delay.
It features a ‘game mode’ called ThruMode which should reduce
this delay to 1 frame. But still I’m stuck with a feeling of ‘soft sync’.
How unfortunate that this expensive, and good monitor has this delay.

I checked the Io Express control panel and there is no such thing
(as you mentioned for the IoHD) to compensate for the audio sync.

Later today I will check with a regular studio TV to see what happens.
It will be through sdi or component though, and not through HDMI.

I guess I’ll start looking for an audio delay device to compensate
my unlucky situation.

thanks for thinking along and I will keep you posted
Nico

[Gary Adcock]

[Nico Leunen] “Hmm. Didn’t know some TVs or monitors would do that. “

all plasma (Not LCD) TV’s show video 2 frames out of sync with audio.

Most cameras (pro and non-pro) record video 2 frames separate than audio.
Most DVCPROHD users did not ever notice until P2 came out, if you search here on the Cow you will find hundreds of posts on this subject.

“Are you familiar with any possibility of setting up a delay for the video-signal ? “
The IoXpress does not allow for audio slewing- you would need to do that in FCP or via an external piece of hardware.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows for the Digitally Inclined
Chicago, IL

https://library.creativecow.net/articles/adcock_gary/AJAIOHD.php

[Mike Mendoza]

Are there any decent consumer monitors with HDMI input that do not process the video and cause this delay?

I tried a friends LED monitor (Samsung) and also experienced a delay running Avid Media Composer via IO Express HDMI out to the LED monitor.

thanks

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