Slow audio playback in AE CC 2017

[maxb1758288]

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Made a video showing the issue.

Basically the song just becomes slower and slower when it's played back and it really hurts my project since I can't tell if the audio is synced or not.

General info:

MacBook Air

Latest version of AE CC 2017

[SpaceCorn]

Did you see my previous post right above this one where I mention changing the Sample Rate in your Project Settings? Thats the golden ticket for me. Change the sample rate then do another purge. Hope this helps you. 

[SpaceCorn]

This is going to seem too easy but first thing first, try restarting your computer first before any of the other suggestions. This very simple thing can solve it for some.

[filmographe]

thank you so much, i think it's kinda working for me

first time i ever log into my acc to comment on this forum, cause that comment might have saved me a lot of time

also ive noticed that ASIO (Device class in general preferences) plays just fine for me (i have a soundcard), but it's just playing at max volume  which makes it unbearable, and i cant seem to get any asio4all driver to work and provide a decent user interface either... but if the MME option starts glitching again ill dive deeper into ASIO.

Anyways thank you for taking the time to reply here and also i agree with you on how the "deal with it or use another software" attitude is so lame 

[P.M.B]

The truth is that if you need an accurate preview of more than a few seconds of audio you cannot rely on AE to provide that accuracy.  Is that BS?  Yes it is.  But it is also the reality of the situation.  Also in my experience you need to set the work area to a small area (4 or 5 seconds) and let it loop through once before you'll get an accurate preview.  Otherwise AE drops audio frames in order to give the "illusion" that it can playback audio.  For example, when I listen to a narration it might sound like the narrator dropped an "s" off of a word or even an entire syllable off the end of a word but it 99.9% of the time it's just AE dropping a frame.  So I have to adjust the work area to the few seconds around that area, let it loop though once and on the second playthrough I can hear accurate audio.  That's how I get around AE inability to playback audio in realtime.  It sucks but if I want accurate playback it's what have to do.

Yes it's super frustrating but It's also a waste of time appealing to Adobe to fix it.  If they could they would have by now so either they can't or they wont.  The "deal with it or use another software" is actually practical advice when you think about it.  I mean what is the alternative?  Waiting for Adobe to fix it?  It ain't gonna happen.

After Effects CANNOT playback audio in realtime for more than a few seconds.  And even for that few seconds you'll need a fast computer, cache drive, to make sure all your playback settings are optimized and apperently, according to someone here, to not move your mouse (i didn;t know about that trick) End of story.

So if you're a professional (or tryning to be) and need to get something done for a client, you do what you have to do to circumvent the softwares shortcomings. You "deal with it".

however If you're just a hobbyist working on a personal project who feels they should not have to do anything to get AE to do what it should already be able to do than you can just say "screw this software and screw your answer".  It's important to recognize the things we can control and the things we cannot.  But feel free to vent your frustration at either me or at Adobe.  It can feel good to do that.  But it wont change the reality of the situation.

[JCIOM]

changing the frames from 60 to 30 worked for me after effects cc 2021