synchronising my sound track with video

[John Rofrano]

I convert my mpeg2 file from my camera into an avi file. using “any video converter” to get my mp3 sound track. I then import that mp3 and the video itself into Vegas. However the sound track is out of sync in vegas. How can i get them into exact sync?

Drop the MPEG2 file directly into Vegas and stop using converters and never use MP3 for audio. Always use WAV files. (but if you drop the MPEG2 file into Vegas you can forget about these conversions anyway because they are not needed)

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Mike Kujbida]

Why are you bothering to convert the source files?
Most (if not all) recent versions of Vegas can handle mpeg-2 footage.

[John Baldry]

because if i do not then then i have no sound at all in vegas.
just a video

[John Baldry]

because if i just import directly into vegas, i have no sound
just the video.
Using the converter lets me get the sound track
Trouble is, i cannot sync it properly

[Mike Kujbida]

What’s the make and model of camcorder?
Which version of Vegas are you using?
Is it Pro or Movie Studio?

[John Baldry]

JVC HDD 30gb everio
hard disk camcorder

vegas movie studio 9

[Mike Kujbida]

I’ve had students bring in older models of this camcorder and all I do is hook it up to Vegas with a USB cable and follow the prompts on the viewfinder screen to transfer the footage over.
Is this the way you’re doing it?

[Mike Hinkel]

What is the reason not to use MP3’s?

[John Rofrano]

What is the reason not to use MP3’s?

MP3’s are a highly compressed delivery format. They contain lots of compression artifacts and do not stand up well to editing and re-rendering. If you plan to edit audio, you want to edit the best audio possible and that means uncompressed PCM WAV files.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Mike Hinkel]

Thanks John, I know the quality of MP3’s are a lot less than desired so it only makes sense that the compression would take a beating when rendering. I have used a few in my little projects, but they are not bad.