Premiere Pro CS5.5 - Syncing two videos 50i/25p

[Matt Thomas]

I'm currently trying to edit a live event and sync up the two cameras so I can do a multi-cam edit, but one of them seems to gradually speed up slightly (like it shows 2 frames before the other one), like it's 24fps or something, but it Premiere says it 25fps. I know one is 50i though, the one that gets in front, would it being 50i cause it to not sync up?

I try and re-sync up, and it just eventually starts to slip out of sync, any ideas?

[Zoran Vincic]

It's normal drift when there's no genlock, just work around it, re-sync when necessary, no big fuss.

[Noa Put]

Not sure if that is normal behavior for a video camera, I have been doing several multicam shoots over the past years with different brands of camera's mixed and never seen the footage slip out of sync (and I don't use genlock), also not with 25p and 50i mixed.

[Matt Thomas]

Well, in the past I've not noticed it when using two of the same cameras, but this event shoot didn't want the extra expense of hiring in cameras so I had to use what I own.

[Noa Put]

Do you ave any other NLE you could try importing those 2 deviating camera's and see if it's still off?

[Matt Thomas]

No unfortunately, I'm going to try re-ripping the footage with HDVSplit instead, see if that makes a difference.