Posted by Pat Horridge on 10/03/05 16:06

"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xpr7t.net> wrote in message
news:11k2h7pksg5lr65@corp.supernews.com...
> blackburst wrote ...
>> Again and again I hear anecdotal accounts that you've never experienced
>> out of sync audio from DV, with the implication that it doesn't happen.
>> I HAVE had several instances of this when dubbing from DV to DVD. So
>> maybe the problems are with DVD recorders and unlocked audio. You can't
>> deny that it happens occasionally because it HAS happened to me. And
>> I've worked in TV for a quarter century.
>
> Yes, I have seen exactly the same thing.
> But it has never been traced to DV sound being "unlocked".
> It is always found to be a problem elsewhere in the chain
> (where it could have happened to audio/video from ANY
> source).
>
> The connection between "audio drift" and "DV unlocked
> audio" just has no credible evidence that anybody here
> has ever seen. Dunno why/how you are obsessing on
> "DV unlocked audio"?
I suspect it a similar response to mine the first time I discovered about DV
audio being unlocked.
Being in the industry for some years now I immediately expected there to be
all sorts of sync issues.
Once I'd investigated and discovered that the unlocked actually means
loosely locked I was less worried and for all the years I've been using DV
in post I've never had an issue with sync related to unlock DV audio. It's
always been another post problem.
There are often issues with DVD recording and audio sync slippage (not here
at VET thank goodness) but it's not always DV related and I'm sure it's not
unlocked audio related.

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