posted 10-16-1999 09:11 PM
What kind of out-of-sync is it? I know that sounds funny, but is it drifting, or is it suddenly out? If it's suddently out, then it may be something as simple as shifting the audio tracks into place and locking them to their clips. (It's really easy to let something slip when you start bringing in a lot of clips. I did it yesterday and had a bad moment before I realized it was my own fault.)If it's drifting you may want to try these tricks a guy posted somewhere else. His audio went out of sync and he was using a DC30+ and Premiere---
1. Set all frame rates to 29.97.
2. Set audio interleave to 1 frame.
3. Check the properties of each and every clip to make sure they are ALL identical in frame size and audio KHz as the first segment on the timeline - for example 640 x 480 at 44khz.
4. Turn off all background applications.
He did all of this after re-rendering clips that had many many edits. (He thought re-rendering allowed the system to pick up contiguous frames with having to seek multiple new positions in the original
clip---maybe, maybe not but it was the only way to resolve some of the audio
drift problems.)
You can also---
1. DELETE all previously made previews that were created as you worked through the timeline editing bits and pieces.
2. RENDER the audio for the whole portion of the project that would be put out to tape. This allows the audio files to be built in
contiguous drive space. (This is someone else's idea and I have no idea if it will work. I know he spent 6 weeks trying to repair a 53 minute movie with all of the audio out of sync.)
If none of this works, your hard drive may be so full that you are writing to the inside areas of the platter, which is much slower.
Consider uninstalling some software that you have copies of, then defragmenting your drive.
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posted 10-15-1999 03:23 PM