Playback out of synch framewise with clip...

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prodigal

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Hi all, I've been using FCP for about 4 years now, and have never had such a problem. The problem I'm experiencing is such as this:

I am editing together a fan video for my school of a particular film. I ripped the film from DVD, then imported it as a Quicktime.mov file which I am using as a basis for editing in Final Cut. The problem I am having is when I play a clip in my timeline, it is somehow out of synch with the original capture in terms of frames. It's about a second or two "behind" what the actual clip is. This makes the clips uneditable because everytime I scrub through or try to cut up a piece, when I play it back, it's a second or two behind in time than what I just edited. Literally, if I press Prev. Frame or Next Frame, when I hit spacebar to begin playback, the image changes, and I get something simply out of synch with what I was editing frame by frame. Has anyone experienced anything like this? It has been really frustrating because I've been baffled as to what could be the problem. Thanks to anyone in advance for helping me out here.
 
jumpthewire said:
sounds like a frame-rate issue. make sure your clips & sequences match


shawn
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That's what I thought as well. But the clips and sequences match up perfectly. And to make it even stranger: in one sequence which uses this .mov file, I don't have this problem. Yet in another sequence using the same exact file, I do. And both sequences are identically set up.
 
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I'm having the same problem with fcp but I'm capturing with my dvx100a in 30p in a 29.93 time line. It captures in sync but looses it while I'm editing it.
 
Still can't figure out what the problem is. But I'm using a temporary fix of simply adding a generic filter to the clips which has no effect on them yet requires me to render them, fixing my issue for the time being because I guess the video is being rewritten. If anyone can help with the actual problem though, it would be much appreciated.
 
There might be a setting in FCP program that will lock timecode down..sound like a drift between your computer and how you captured the footage. I could be just a box that needs to be checked to lock timecode to your computer. If you do a lot of this type of work, the using a external timeclock might be your answer. I use a MOTO MTP and synced all my hardware to that common machine so it reads only one timecode. It's useful for music but i suppose it would be the same for video.
 
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