Old 07-11-2019, 05:11 AM   #1
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If I lay back a stereo master wav to a video film the export is 1 frame out, delayed from the master.

Does this happen for anyone else?

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Track 1 - Video from the editor which I will use to export (audio is a wip mix supplied by me)
Track 2 - Master stereo wav I have created
Track 3 - MOV render of the above two tracks (audio from video muted) from Reaper. 1 frame out.
Track 4 - Render of the Master stereo wav as a wav, fine.

I hope that makes sense! I have tried this on other projects with different videos and get the same result.

I have searched the forum and not found any posts regarding this. Forgive me if I have missed this, please point me in the right direction if you are aware of it.

Thanks for any help!

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Old 07-14-2019, 07:18 AM   #2
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Seems strange. But I don't get why you would render the video to .mov without audio in the first place. Or do you mean if you export it with audio, the video then is one frame behind? If that's the case, it looks like a bug.
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Old 07-16-2019, 09:37 AM   #3
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Seems strange. But I don't get why you would render the video to .mov without audio in the first place. Or do you mean if you export it with audio, the video then is one frame behind? If that's the case, it looks like a bug.
The audio is in place and synced when playing in Reaper. On export the audio is delayed by 1 frame. The screenshot shows this when the exported mov is then brought into a Reaper project.

I've tried this on two computers and get the same results.


Eliseat - Have you tried it?
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Old 07-16-2019, 12:32 PM   #4
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I just tried it with a video that I'm working on. I rendered the video (MOV, H.264, 30fps, 24 bit PCM) and then brought the render into the same project. Doing a null test, the audio nulls perfectly, so the one frame delay you experience does not happen here (Reaper v5.980/x64, W/x64).

Could it be problem with PDC, somehow?
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Old 07-17-2019, 04:54 AM   #5
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I just tried it with a video that I'm working on. I rendered the video (MOV, H.264, 30fps, 24 bit PCM) and then brought the render into the same project. Doing a null test, the audio nulls perfectly, so the one frame delay you experience does not happen here (Reaper v5.980/x64, W/x64).

Could it be problem with PDC, somehow?
Good shout Fabian! Appreciate your help.

I was running out a MOV with AAC audio. I just did a test again, both with AAC and PCM. PCM was spot on, AAC was a frame out. So it looks like it is to do with the codec. Could you try with AAC please? You may not have that option as you are Windows. I'm using the AVfoundation option when exporting.

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OK, I rendered with the following settings

and it is still fully in sync with the original. It doesn't null, of course, but the transients are at exactly the same places for the original and the rendered.
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It doesn't null, of course, but the transients are at exactly the same places for the original and the rendered.
If you change the audio output to PCM instead of AAC/128 it should null (random aside).
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If you change the audio output to PCM instead of AAC/128 it should null (random aside).
As already mentioned in my post #4 (https://forum.cockos.com/showpost.ph...66&postcount=4) above
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Now I have to actually read and pay attention.
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Old 07-23-2019, 05:48 AM   #10
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OK, I rendered with the following settings

and it is still fully in sync with the original. It doesn't null, of course, but the transients are at exactly the same places for the original and the rendered.
I think I've found the issue Fabian, with your help! Thanks for taking the time.

I was exporting using Apple's AVFoundation. Many years ago I found this to be better than using FFMPEG. Well it much faster to run out exports so opted ti use it as the main codec.

I updated to the latest FFMPEG 4.1.4 build today and used this as the export option, trying AAC 128, 320 and WAV. All exports were perfect, no frame delay with the audio.

I also tested AVFoundation again with the same results; WAV was fine, AAC was a frame late.

FFMPEG is still slower when exporting compared to AVFoundation but the time is negligible when runnin out short MOVS...and more importantly they are in sync!

I'd be interested to know if anyone else on a Mac has this issues with AVFoundation with AAC settings. Anyone care to test? If it is an issue hopefully Apple will fix it in the future.
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Old 07-23-2019, 09:25 AM   #11
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do my videos look 1 frame off? I use avfoundation on mac for all renders.
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Old 07-25-2019, 05:03 AM   #12
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do my videos look 1 frame off? I use avfoundation on mac for all renders.
Not that I've noticed. The nature of your videos don't often have tight edits to sync audio so it may not be so obvious. I must say, I've been using AVFoundation for years and hadn;t noticed the frame slip until a colleague pointed it out and we started testing.

Do you render out AAC or WAV?
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