[Art Douglas]

Has anyone found the fix to this issue? I am having a problem importing DV footage shot on an XL2 mini-DV 4 years ago to apply to a demo reel, and it imports “fine” into Final Cut Pro v 6.0.2, but when it is played through either viewer or canvas/timeline, the audio is out of sync considerably — maybe off by minutes. Exporting the video plays a synced version of the media file that is nothing close to the clips I selected in the timeline. The audio seems to dictate what the “actual” video will ultimately be upon export. I applied temp filters to force a render, which after rendering corrects the problem, but this problem shouldn’t exist in the first place. Before anyone responds with an amateur, misinformed fix for this, I will tell you that I have already done the following:

1. Rebuilt directory structure on the external drive containing the media file
2. Played the media in QT Pro 7 (sync is fine)
3. Checked and matched sequence and clip setting based on FPS and AUDIO rates
4. Verified sequence and clip codec synergy
5. Checked the external drive for integrity and imported other clips from other directories on the same drive that don’t have this issue in FCP.
6. Verified the integrity of the FCP codecs by importing clips of identical settings from other folders, drives, etc.

Please don’t respond if your advice is to trash preferences. We’re beyond that.