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Colorful_art0D4D
Colorful_art0D4D
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October 15, 2018
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Super 8mm problem

  • October 15, 2018
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This seems to be a very complicated issue and I can't seem to find anything that has helped. I have some Super 8mm reels that I scanned to .tif files and I'm trying to edit them in Premiere Pro CC 2018. The issue I am having is with the sound. Because its rare to find Super 8mm reels with sound, I haven't been able to find anything that can help me sync sound with the video. The audio that I have was recorded with an old copy of the movie with a camcorder and my projector connected directly to my computer and recorded at 29.97 fps but the scanned film is 18fps. For some reason, no matter what I do, the sound and audio is not syncing correctly. I tried using a trial version of Audition to time stretch the audio to be the same time as the video and its still not syncing. I tried making the video 29.97 fps like the sound and it still doesn't sync. What can I do to sync the video and audio correctly?

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Correct answer chrisw44157881

maybe its not a crystal sync and changes the speed over time. you might have to cut it into parts everyone 5 minutes for drift or buy additional syncing hardware.  even the original sound might not be perfectly recorded. that, plus the possible drifting recording speed of the camera and the sync playback of the camcorder, you're looking at 5 or more layers of problems.

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Colorful_art0D4D
Colorful_art0D4DAuthor
Participant
October 15, 2018

Sounds like thats what it could be. What if I record the audio directly from the projector into audition? If the video is playing at 18fps, Audition should record the sound at the same speed right?

Colorful_art0D4D
Colorful_art0D4DAuthor
Participant
October 15, 2018

From what i can tell the scanned video is running slower than the audio recorded at 29.97. I tried time stretching the audio in Audition but it doesn't seem to be working. I tried syncing the the scanned video with the pre-recorded video with the camcorder manually setting them both to 18fps and from what i can tell, the scanned video is 2 seconds slower.

Mike Dziennik
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Mike DziennikCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 15, 2018

What is happening with the sync? When you sync it up at the beginning, does the audio lag behind or run ahead by the end? Using Audition to time stretch should work - can you clarify why it is not working?

chrisw44157881
chrisw44157881Correct answer
Inspiring
October 15, 2018

maybe its not a crystal sync and changes the speed over time. you might have to cut it into parts everyone 5 minutes for drift or buy additional syncing hardware.  even the original sound might not be perfectly recorded. that, plus the possible drifting recording speed of the camera and the sync playback of the camcorder, you're looking at 5 or more layers of problems.

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