Audio is not in sync with video

Hi, it happens because the original window was compressed in some way. If all other videos work, this is the only one not working, then the problem is with the video, not your burner or software.


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Harish

I would have a good look at whether you recorded in PAL or NTSC -- and see if that corresponds with how you are capturing your video in NERO.  

...also when you come to burn make sure your settings are correct: PAL or NTSC.

I find that Nero creates this problem depending on the drivers and codecs installed in the system and then again in Nero --a  double wham, you have to keep track of 2 sets of plugins, codecs, etc.  So if a windows update occurred after you returned home and changed a codec, but Nero was not updated, this kind of mis-syncronization will occur, not just in Nero, but in NeoDVD and many other packages.  I disagree with the statement that this is not software, I find it is ALL in the software.

If you still have the video on the camera, download it to MPG to the hard disk, and then update all the codecs and plugins in Nero, or if your system went through a windows update, try to roll it back to what you had before (best use of backups) -- then use Nero to burn it again without compression.

I've given up on Nero for DVD, and moved to Roxio, it is about comparable but more reliable for burning.  Alas, the audio is still sometimes off from the video, but at least there is not the video breakdown you describe.  Also, you should try the burned disk in a standalone DVD player, make sure the burner is not crapping out on you, or dusty.

As far as I know I haven't changed anything on the camera. I have a Sony DCR-TRV340 NTSC Digital 8 camera. I capture my video on the hard drive and then burn it to a DVD. Not real sure how to roll back to what I had before...... I know how to do alot of things, but when you get down to rolling back and fps rates I am lost. I can do step by step instructions most of the time. The video that I am downloading is about 50 min. The first part plays fine. Can you get a bad tape? Different people were using my camera on my trip but, I think all they did was push the record button on and off. At one point the tape did mess up. I pulled it out and a small portion was out. I put it back in and rolled the tape for awhile to get past that point. I know the video is in NTSC format when it is burned on the DVD. Does this help?
Salli

It is really simple to test the qulaity of the file.  Just re-record it to hard disk and save as an MPG file, and watch it fully from the HDD before burning.  If the MPG runs fine, it should burn fine.  If you have parts of the tape that are messed up by users, that will naturally show in the burn too.  Good luck

You can either view the parts of the tape that you suspect could be corrupted on the camera playback or during capture in the software video window.
If you are using Nero I would suggest trying to capture the video again -- select DVD capture option (see post above) -- watch the capture for problems. When burning make sure all settings are NTSC 29.97fps.

I am going to try to recapture today. I have already done that once and it was a little better but not perfect. It seems to be also skipping parts of the video. I will try and get back to you.
Thanks

Ok, I recaptured the video in DVD option, I was using DV-1. I guess that is the default or something. It played fine about halfway thru the dvd stopped and said unable to read disc. I am burning it again right now and will see if it is better. I have a G4 that I could capture it on but I would have to burn it on a cd in Quicktime.

Your digital8 camera does use the DV codec (digital video not DVD). It used to be fairly standard to capture this in avi format, but since you're going to DVD you can use Nero to capture straight to DVD format -- but the option will say: 'Select a capturing template': And the choices are: DVD, SVCD, Nero Digital, and Custom .
SVCD is a CD, Nero Digital is H.264 and your DVD player won't have the codec, and Custom gives you either AVI or MPEG-2.

Choose DVD and then click the 'configure' box and make sure the video mode is set to NTSC.

Don't forget to watch the capture for possible tape errors.

Good luck.

ok, I will get back to you.
Thanks

yeeeaaaaahhhh!!!!! I went back to the nero website and went thru the FAQ's and saw that when the audio hangs use the burn disc at once option. I did that and got a good burn. The audio is off a little at the end but, no big deal. It doesn't jump around and audio is gooood! Thank you for all of your help, I would have never found the problem without you. Thanks ThanksThanksThanks!!!!
Salli

Cheers. Did you capture using the DVD option?

yes I did. Everything was great! I learned alot too!!