sound out of sync with video

[pavane]

hi
i have a number of videos where the sound is out of sync with the video picture.
an example would be RBD-303 where te sound is avout a good five seconds ahead of the action.
i wonder of anyone knows how to fix this at all? any suggestions or advice please.

 

[SamKook]

We'd need more details to be able to help.

First, is your computer powerful enough to play the video? If it's right at the limit, the audio can get out of sync when played back even if it's not in the video.

If you want a temporary fix, you can usually adjust the audio delay in the media player or codec your using. For specifics, we'd need to know which you're using.

For a permanent fix, you need to set the audio delay in the video container(avi, wmv, mkv, mp4, etc.) if possible or transfer it all to another container which has such a feature(like mkv, which you can set using mkvmerge), but, once again, we'd need to know which container the video you have trouble with are using

 

[pavane]

Thanks for the detailed reply. I will get back to you with more details soon.

 

[pavane]

hi
the media player I am using is VLC media player.
I am not sure what you mean by video container?
Hope that helps

 

[SamKook]

You can press the j or k key while the video is open to adjust the audio delay with VLC(see here: http://lifehacker.com/5910943/fix-out-of-sync-audio-in-vlc-with-a-keyboard-shortcut ) or you can set it manually in the audio preferences which is also explained by that link.

By video container, I meant what I put in parenthesis next to it the first time I mentioned it being either avi, wmv, mkv, mp4 or something else less common.

 

[pavane]

Thanks

Will try those key suggestions when I have a chance to. It will be sometime in the next 24 hours. And one it has been tried I will get back to you.

 

[pavane]

yes they work fine thanks. thanks again