audio track not in sync with video

[m005kennedy]

I used a logictec webcam to bring in me talking on an video clip into Permiere Elements. It is a low resolution clip at 680 by 480. Much to my surprise the audio track doesnt match my lips in the video clip. What causes this?  suppose I can readjust the audio clip to match the video but I would rahter not have the problem to begin with.  Is it a lack of sytem resouces? it was a very short clip. I could use other software to record but I was hoping to skip that step. What am I doing wrong?

[John T Smith]

Exactly what is INSIDE the video you are editing?
Report back with the codec details of your file, use the program below
Free program to get file information for PC/Mac http://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo/Download
- when you analyze your file in MediaInfo and post a screen shot in the forum, do so in TREE view
- post your information IN your message, not as an attachment that someone would have to download

Does your video use a Variable Frame Rate? See https://community.adobe.com/t5/Premiere-Pro/Variable-frame-rate-video-with-Premiere-Pro/td-p/4601935
If yes, use https://handbrake.fr/ open source transcoder/converter to convert to Constant Frame Rate

[m005kennedy]

I was capturing direct to Elements Premiere. That showed about a half second discrepancy between the video and the soundtrack. The soundtrack lagged. F I use the Windows software to do the capture the sound and video are synced and remain so when I imported them into Premiere. The computer saves them as mp4 files. It also is higher quality that trying to capture directly into Premiere Elements. I just thought I could capture directly but I do not get accepted results when doing that. The mp4 file import is higher quality and video and sound are in sync.

[Peru Bob · Accepted solution]

Go with what work best for you.  Sometimes we have to use more than one app to get the job done.

[m005kennedy]

You are correct. My impression is while Premiere Elements is feature rich it is a resource hog because of it. Being able to do some many things requires much more resources.  The few times I want to capture video from my web cam to end up in Premiere will just result in easier work flow if I use other simpler capture software.