Tming of audio and video are off if I select/start anywhere but @ the beginning of the project.

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mofoninja

Newbie Joined: Oct 15, 2011 16:18 Messages: 1 Offline

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Oct 15, 2011 17:11

Hello all. I'm trying to edit some video clips in time with some music cues in the audio track I'm using. My issue is that unless I'm starting from the very beginning of the project, the music is out of sync with the video so it's impossible to accurately time the video with the audio unless I start from the beginning every single time. It's getting time consuming and was wondering if there was a fix?

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Oct 15, 2011 23:49

My first thought is you do not have enough computer.

Post the requested information and maybe we can give some answers.
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/7958.page
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Berto2002

Member Location: Southend-on-Sea, UK Joined: May 23, 2010 04:16 Messages: 74 Offline

Oct 16, 2011 11:05

I believe you may be using an MP3 file that has a variable bitrate. You need to run your audio files through something like Format Factory to set a fixed bitrate and then re-add to your time-line. There are other posts about this on the forum. I had this problem and solved it this way. It would be nice if PD catered for varable bitrates but it doesn't seem to. I find all MP3 I download from Amazon have this problem so I now convert as a matter of course. AMD Phenom II X6 1100XT
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tonycog

Newbie Joined: May 23, 2011 22:52 Messages: 41 Offline

Oct 17, 2011 04:30

I had a similar problem and Berto's solution worked for me, even though I was not using an MP3 with Variable Bit Rate. I converted my MP3 to a .wav file and I stopped having the trouble.

Tony