In sync when opened from bin, but not from timeline at DVinfo.net

Eric Goldberg · June 16th, 2007, 12:04 PM

I ripped a whole feature film DVD to my hard drive. Well I've tried this with a few feature films. I'm doing this just to practice making trailers. Anyway so I ripped the DVD to my computer via WMV rather than AVI because AVI would be too huge and it didn't work anyway. When I watch the movie in WMP it plays fine and in sync and when I import it into premiere pro 1.5 and double click on it it plays fine but when I drag it into the timeline the audio is not in sync with the video. Do you know what's wrong here?

Kevin Amundson · June 16th, 2007, 12:22 PM

I have found that Premiere doesn't like projects over 30-40 min. Premiere also has the habit of eating computer resources. How much RAM do you have? And what is your processor speed?

When your project is to big Premiere has trouble syncing the audio up to the video if you don't have enough RAM or your processor can't keep up.

Ervin Farkas · June 16th, 2007, 01:42 PM

It has to do, more than likely, with the way Premiere handles MPEG files. Premiere is built to work with source files (DV-AVI) and not further compressed delivery type files.

Try running your VOB files through MPEG Streamclip to fix possible timecode issues, then transcode to a more edit-friendly format like DV-AVI either with MPEG Streamclip or VirtualDub MPEG2. Even saving as MPEG from MPEG Streamclip should give you a better chance to edit the resultin file.

Eric Goldberg · June 17th, 2007, 08:31 PM

Thanks. I downloaded the mpeg streamclip. I exported as an AVI. I would do different compressors from the pulldown menu and the audio and video would play fine from the import to the bin but then when I put the clip in the timeline only the sound would play and I wouldn't see any video. Then I tried to Apple DV NTSC compressor and now the video plays in both places but the audio is all distored. I don't know why this is do you?

June 16th, 2007, 12:04 PM	#1
Eric Goldberg New Boot Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philadelphia PA Posts: 10	In sync when opened from bin, but not from timeline I ripped a whole feature film DVD to my hard drive. Well I've tried this with a few feature films. I'm doing this just to practice making trailers. Anyway so I ripped the DVD to my computer via WMV rather than AVI because AVI would be too huge and it didn't work anyway. When I watch the movie in WMP it plays fine and in sync and when I import it into premiere pro 1.5 and double click on it it plays fine but when I drag it into the timeline the audio is not in sync with the video. Do you know what's wrong here?

June 16th, 2007, 12:22 PM	#2
Kevin Amundson Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Prague, MN Posts: 112	I have found that Premiere doesn't like projects over 30-40 min. Premiere also has the habit of eating computer resources. How much RAM do you have? And what is your processor speed? When your project is to big Premiere has trouble syncing the audio up to the video if you don't have enough RAM or your processor can't keep up. __________________ Kevin \| www.kraentertainment.com A picture is worth 1,000 words \| A 2 hour film at 24fps is worth 172,800,000 words

June 16th, 2007, 01:42 PM	#3
Ervin Farkas Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta/USA Posts: 2,515	It has to do, more than likely, with the way Premiere handles MPEG files. Premiere is built to work with source files (DV-AVI) and not further compressed delivery type files. Try running your VOB files through MPEG Streamclip to fix possible timecode issues, then transcode to a more edit-friendly format like DV-AVI either with MPEG Streamclip or VirtualDub MPEG2. Even saving as MPEG from MPEG Streamclip should give you a better chance to edit the resultin file. __________________ Ervin Farkas www.AtlantaLegalVideo.com

June 17th, 2007, 08:31 PM	#4
Eric Goldberg New Boot Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philadelphia PA Posts: 10	Thanks. I downloaded the mpeg streamclip. I exported as an AVI. I would do different compressors from the pulldown menu and the audio and video would play fine from the import to the bin but then when I put the clip in the timeline only the sound would play and I wouldn't see any video. Then I tried to Apple DV NTSC compressor and now the video plays in both places but the audio is all distored. I don't know why this is do you?