Playhead is not synced to Audio but is synced to Video

[John Pale]

How are you monitoring audio and video?

For instance, if you are monitoring video through a deck or camera via FireWire and audio through your computer’s audio output, they will be out of sync.

Describe your setup and we can take it from there.

[Greg Ondera]

I used to use Sony DVCam tape, which is a DV setting, but once I handed my tapes to a Canon user to log and batch, and of course it was ingested with Canon settings, which screwed the audio and video up considerably.

Greg Ondera
http://www.Plexus.tv
http://www.SurgeonToday.org

[Mark Madsen]

Hi and thanks for the help,

I used a Panasonic AG-DV2000p through Firewire ‘Log and Capture’ with basic tape into Final Cut 5.1. The Audio Video came in as Linked into Final Cut so I unlinked it.

Audio was out of Sync with the playhead so I started to Trim. But Trim wouldn’t help that anyway.

I am just using basic DV NTHC settings. Maybe it’s a “Capture As Is” type setting that’s doing it? Or maybe a setting on the DV machine.

I did try it before with a MiniDV without problems but having problems with the large tape.

[Greg Ondera]

Final Cut 5.1 may be part of the problem, as it can’t handle various formats in the same timeline as well as FCP 6 can. What happens if you ingest a piece of the footage again without unlinking it?

Greg Ondera
http://www.Plexus.tv
http://www.SurgeonToday.org

[Mark Madsen]

I will try that next. Also I am upgrading to the latest Final Cut on Monday so maybe I will try that first.

Thanks,
-mark

[Mark Madsen]

I selected in Audio/Video Settings “Built-In Output” for Audio Playback and bingo it works. The playhead is accurate with the audio track.

I also did upgrade to FCHD anyway. I need the SmoothCam features in Motion and Final Cut.