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wav file playback slipping out of sync
Hi
I am a bit stumped with an audio issue, and audio is not my field so I would appreciate some help.
I have edited a 1 hour show in FCP, exported a quicktime movie and OMFs for the dub house.
From the dub house I have received a stereo .wav file then I then lay back to my pictures.This has been the workflow for the previous 3 episodes and worked fine.
For the 4th episode the stereo wav that I am matching to my pictures slips out of sync gradually. I have spoken with the dub house and they are 100% certain that it syncs up all the way through when they check it.
When I look at the waveform in FCP the waveform actually matches that of the original quicktime audio so theoretically it looks in sync. When I play it back what I can hear from the wav is playing out of sync with both the pictures, the original audio from the quicktime movie and the waveform for the stereo wav that I am seeing visually!!!!!
I have tested it on FCP on my edit suite at work and my own laptop at home and it happens with both. I have also tried converting the wav to an quicktime file (audio only) and this makes no difference.
To give you the info:
pictures are: apple pro res 422, 1920×1080, 25fps
OMFs were made at 16 bit 48KHz.
Wav file from dub house is 16 bit 48KHz
Timeline settings in FCP are: Apple pro res 422, 1920×1080, 25fps, 48Kz, 16-bitThanks!!!!!
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Also just to add I have discovered that if I change the speed of this wav file to 99.9% on my FCP timeline then it syncs up fine. Don’t know if this helps shed any light on why/where the problem is.
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It sounds like you might have imported the wav file with the wrong settings in place. My tutorial describes the proper workflow to avoid these sync issues:
https://library.creativecow.net/lyon_matt/fixing-fcp-assets/1
see the second half (after the xml stuff).
hth,
Matt Lyon
Editor
Toronto -
Thanks.
That worked. I just set my presets and brought the wav back in and it synced up fine. Did an XML to check it was NTSC FALSE and timebase 25. All good, thanks!
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