That process is fine except for the audio and video eventually fall out of sync, typically within two minutes. I've been down all the rabbit holes to ensure my settings in iMovie and on my iPhone are set correctly and they are.
If there’s a notable loss of synch’ in two minutes then I think it’s a settings problem.
If you’re in the USA you have various camera settings at 30 fps and 29.97 drop frame and non drop frame.
In the UK a camcorder should be 25fps and audio at 48 khz, not the CD rate of 44.1khz, and a webcam might be set to a different rate.
Select your video file and click Apple+i to get its data settings and then set the audio rate to match.
Thanks - my iPhone is shooting at 60 fps (according to what the iPhone screen shows). The info tab that pops up from the resulting video file doesn't give me any audio information - at least not that I can identify - besides the audio channels line that says Mono. Under Codecs it lists Timed Metadata, AAC, H.264 and I'm not sure if those mean anything. 1920x1080
The wav file I bounced out of Pro Tools is at 44.1kHz and 24 bits.
These are both representative of the files I would be merging in iMovie. Do you see anything in those settings that would pose the sync problem? Thanks so much for your time!
Just guessing here but what if you tried a quick test of shooting at 30 fps? Maybe Quicktime (with it’s ancient roots) is more comfortable with that?
I’m having a back-in-the-day memory of video/audio drifting because the audio was one rate but the video was 29.97 drop, or non-drop or even an actual 30 fps. Some of the joys of being in N. America.
ManFromGlass wrote: ↑Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:47 pm
Just guessing here but what if you tried a quick test of shooting at 30 fps? Maybe Quicktime (with it’s ancient roots) is more comfortable with that?
I’m having a back-in-the-day memory of video/audio drifting because the audio was one rate but the video was 29.97 drop, or non-drop or even an actual 30 fps. Some of the joys of being in N. America.
Thanks - I have tried each of the different video settings on the phone. The sync issue is presenting itself in iMovie when I try to merge a wav file from Pro Tools with a video file from the iPhone. QuickTime was just something I tried recording with because it was on my Mac already and seemed convenient - outside of the fact that it didn't work!!
So changing this in Pro Tools would potentially fix my sync issues?
Almost certainly. If you've already done some recordings export the audio at 48khz, it should sample rate convert without any artefacts.
I will be doing some more work this weekend and thanks to your advice I will hopefully have better results. My Focusrite interface is set to a sample rate of 44.1 and all of my audio flows through it. Would you think this needs to be changed or will just changing it to output the wav file at 48 be sufficient? Thanks so much!!
I'm going to go back to the task of trying to get OBS working, assuming that to be the method you would prefer, rather than having to sync your audio in post.
I have a new-ish M1 Mac Mini here, running Monterey. I am going to need OBS on it, and it had not yet been installed.
I ran the latest OBS Studio installer and made sure to allow the app access to the microphone in "System Preferences>Security&Privacy>Privacy>Microphone" as it requests during the installation. If you have not done that, then OBS will not have access to the inputs on your interface, and you may see the device, but get no signal. This is a known issue for audio apps.
Then in OBS Settings>Audio add your interface as mic/aux device. You should then be able to add it to the Sources device list.
Once done, I had no problems seeing my microphone levels (from my PreSonus interface) in OBS.
(I believe that you don't need to configure a special audio routing app unless you need to record or stream the desktop audio. I did not install any such app.)
P.S. Set your interface to 48kHz. It's the best option unless you are recording a CD.
sonics wrote: ↑Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:04 pm
I'm going to go back to the task of trying to get OBS working, assuming that to be the method you would prefer, rather than having to sync your audio in post.
I have a new-ish M1 Mac Mini here, running Monterey. I am going to need OBS on it, and it had not yet been installed.
I ran the latest OBS Studio installer and made sure to allow the app access to the microphone in "System Preferences>Security&Privacy>Privacy>Microphone" as it requests during the installation. If you have not done that, then OBS will not have access to the inputs on your interface, and you may see the device, but get no signal. This is a known issue for audio apps.
Then in OBS Settings>Audio add your interface as mic/aux device. You should then be able to add it to the Sources device list.
Once done, I had no problems seeing my microphone levels (from my PreSonus interface) in OBS.
(I believe that you don't need to configure a special audio routing app unless you need to record or stream the desktop audio. I did not install any such app.)
P.S. Set your interface to 48kHz. It's the best option unless you are recording a CD.
Huge step forward here, I think. I was able to plug a mic into the FR and it came to life. I recorded using my webcam and mic input on the interface and it worked! I hadn't tried that input (input 2) in the tests up to now. So...
I have an analog mixer that all my keyboards route through, then they run into my inputs 5/6 on the FR. Am I correct then in assuming I have to find a way to get OBS to recognize 5/6 before I have any hope of capturing that audio? That's the big hurdle at this point. If I can get that lined up I'm good to go!
You have my sincere thanks. You've helped me accomplish some goals here that I've been working on for many months and I'm grateful. Thank you!!
nickle15 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:59 pm
Am I correct then in assuming I have to find a way to get OBS to recognize 5/6 before I have any hope of capturing that audio?
I believe that would be done using the Focusrite Control app. That should allow you to route and control signals within the interface, giving you the mix of signals you want going into OBS. ...I think
nickle15 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:59 pm
Am I correct then in assuming I have to find a way to get OBS to recognize 5/6 before I have any hope of capturing that audio?
I believe that would be done using the Focusrite Control app. That should allow you to route and control signals within the interface, giving you the mix of signals you want going into OBS. ...I think
I bet you’re right! I’ll take a look. Thanks again!!!
