angelhair00
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Hi.
Just recently the podcast host I work for began experiencing 2-3 second delays in the guest's audio in the generated video file. This delay is not occurring live on Skype nearly to the degree it comes out in recording. The host is not experiencing more than the average amount of delay during the recording/broadcast (no more than a fraction of a second), so this delay seems to be a local phenomenon. And to be clear- this does not happen to his audio/video. Just the guest connecting via Skype.
I understand that during calls on these apps that video and audio are subject to small delays and blips and such. But in this case, the audio is late up to 3 seconds, which seems massive to me. I've never encountered that kind of sync problem in my last 10 years of editing live videos.
I understand I need to have the host generate the log after the next weekly interview. However, I REALLY REALLY want to get this solved beforehand so we don't have it happen again, if at all possible.
This week the delay started about an hour and 40 minutes in after being relatively well-aligned for the rest. Last week, the entire interview had the guest's audio 2-3 seconds behind his video.
Understand that I am an audio/video editor, so I am used to aligning sounds with video. The problem is that the mkv file obviously provides a single video feed, where the host controls who is being viewed. Therefore, if I align the guest's audio with their video, there are instances where the host seems to be speaking over the guest for a few seconds each time he begins to speak. So, aligning the guest's audio with the video will not solve the problem. The delay is too long. The only other option is for me to chop up the video into oblivion and insert still frames to compensate for those seconds. It would look extremely unprofessional and janky.
I hope I am being clear.
Does anyone have any advice at all that I could forward to the host before the upcoming interview this weekend?
I do not have the time this week and next to connect with him and do a test call but perhaps he could find someone else to do it with.
Thanks!!!
P.S. Could this be happening during the remuxing process? The problem is that I *can* view the mkv file before remuxing, but for some reason I cannot hear the audio during playback- I have to import the remuxed mp4 into Final Cut or Logic so I can access that channel. For some reason it does not default to being audible in the playback. Therefore I am not sure how to inspect the mkv file to see if the problem occurs in remuxing. Because I cannot hear the guest's audio until I remux and import into an editor.
Just recently the podcast host I work for began experiencing 2-3 second delays in the guest's audio in the generated video file. This delay is not occurring live on Skype nearly to the degree it comes out in recording. The host is not experiencing more than the average amount of delay during the recording/broadcast (no more than a fraction of a second), so this delay seems to be a local phenomenon. And to be clear- this does not happen to his audio/video. Just the guest connecting via Skype.
I understand that during calls on these apps that video and audio are subject to small delays and blips and such. But in this case, the audio is late up to 3 seconds, which seems massive to me. I've never encountered that kind of sync problem in my last 10 years of editing live videos.
I understand I need to have the host generate the log after the next weekly interview. However, I REALLY REALLY want to get this solved beforehand so we don't have it happen again, if at all possible.
This week the delay started about an hour and 40 minutes in after being relatively well-aligned for the rest. Last week, the entire interview had the guest's audio 2-3 seconds behind his video.
Understand that I am an audio/video editor, so I am used to aligning sounds with video. The problem is that the mkv file obviously provides a single video feed, where the host controls who is being viewed. Therefore, if I align the guest's audio with their video, there are instances where the host seems to be speaking over the guest for a few seconds each time he begins to speak. So, aligning the guest's audio with the video will not solve the problem. The delay is too long. The only other option is for me to chop up the video into oblivion and insert still frames to compensate for those seconds. It would look extremely unprofessional and janky.
I hope I am being clear.
Does anyone have any advice at all that I could forward to the host before the upcoming interview this weekend?
I do not have the time this week and next to connect with him and do a test call but perhaps he could find someone else to do it with.
Thanks!!!
P.S. Could this be happening during the remuxing process? The problem is that I *can* view the mkv file before remuxing, but for some reason I cannot hear the audio during playback- I have to import the remuxed mp4 into Final Cut or Logic so I can access that channel. For some reason it does not default to being audible in the playback. Therefore I am not sure how to inspect the mkv file to see if the problem occurs in remuxing. Because I cannot hear the guest's audio until I remux and import into an editor.
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