Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

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Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostFri Feb 13, 2015 6:01 pm

We notice Audio Sync Problems when capturing long VHS Tapes of 3 hours or 4 hours in PAL SD ProRes422. The Audio goes more and more out of sync. We have this audio gaps only with the Intensity Shuttle USB and not with the thunderbolt version. (OSX Mavericks on MacMini i5 Dual Core 2.5Ghz)

Has anyone an explanation?
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostFri Feb 13, 2015 7:30 pm

Sounds like it's dropping frames on capture. What software are you using to capture with?
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostSat Feb 14, 2015 10:07 am

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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostSat Feb 14, 2015 1:05 pm

Do you have it set to stop capture if frame drop occurs?
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostSat Feb 14, 2015 1:10 pm

no - this function I have disabled. I checked the speed of the disks and it's OK for SD capturing. I will observe this problem further, because not all capturings have a gap.
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostSat Feb 14, 2015 1:28 pm

It's not a drive speed issue, but a source issue. If the BM device doesn't receive a full frame then it drops that frame and you get sync issues. This will show up if you have it set to stop on dropped frames.
The usual way round this is to send the signal through a timebase corrector to clean up the source signal before feeding it to the BM device
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostSat Feb 14, 2015 1:58 pm

of course we are sending analog vtr signals always through a TBC …otherwise it would not be possible to capture an analog signal coming from a VHS or Video8 etc. (except it has a reliable built in TBC)
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostSat Feb 14, 2015 5:04 pm

Actually it's down to the condition of the tapes on whether you can capture them without a TBC. I don't have an issue capturing most of my tapes through S-video without a TBC, but then they are in pristine condition.
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostSun Feb 15, 2015 1:37 pm

Adam Simmons wrote:Actually it's down to the condition of the tapes on whether you can capture them without a TBC. I don't have an issue capturing most of my tapes through S-video without a TBC, but then they are in pristine condition.


Wow that's very interesting - What Type of VHS- Machine exactly do You use for capturing without a TBC?
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostSun Feb 15, 2015 3:11 pm

Just a standard consumer player
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostSun Feb 15, 2015 3:59 pm

Adam Simmons wrote:Just a standard consumer player

so You are lucky … because this is definitely an accidental exception.

We work with over 20 different SVHS/VHS machines (professional, industrial and consumer types) and with none of them You can digitize a whole VHS tape directely (without TBC) into a BMD capture device. Not even a brand new, factory made VHS movietape would work. It always results earlier or later in some sync problems e.g. black frames or similar. That's why a good TBC is a MUST for digitizing good result from a analog videocassette.
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostSun Feb 15, 2015 6:11 pm

It's not an exception. I'm a system builder making video editing systems, and also have clients who don't always have to use a TBC to capture in. Not all tapes come in, but usually my clients only find out about having to use a TBC when they hit a tape that doesn't work. I often get calls where they say they have been using the BM device for a year or two, and suddenly they have a tape that doesn't work at which point I explain to them about needing a TBC to capture that tape.
I'm not saying that using one isn't advisable, just that it's not always necessary.

As to a factory made VHS movie tape, then I wouldn't expect those to come in without a TBC as they have copy protection
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostThu Feb 19, 2015 3:00 pm

Audio Sync Problems with SD Capturing through an Intensity USB Shuttle remain, although we have over 100 Mb/s Read/Write and no dropped frames during capture (and playback). We have changed the Capture Harddisk and the TBC but anyway audio is delayed on long 3 hours recordings.
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostWed Mar 25, 2015 10:46 pm

I am basically a neophyte working with a video system, but I have been slowly learning as I go along, so please have a little patience with me. Our church bought a video system that included an EVI camera that we capture through a Intensity Shuttle USB and Media Express which ran through a Dell Windows 8.1 Desktop. Our computer was a Walmart special with no way to upgrade anything, so we purchased a RAIDMAX 4.0ghz FX-8350 8-core gaming computer NVidia GTX 650 with 8g of RAM with Windows 7 Professional. First the Media Express would not "see" the Intensity Shuttle, and then only after I upgraded to Media Express 10. None of my clips are more than 30 minutes long, but almost immediately the audio starts going out of sync. Can someone explain to me what is happening here, and what I need to check? (I did not check out dropped frames... not checked) -Help would be appreciated!
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostThu Jul 16, 2015 11:27 am

I also have Audio Sync issues with the Intensity Shuttle USB. HDMI / S-VIDEO / TBC or not all result in audio drift... :roll:

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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostThu Jul 16, 2015 4:43 pm

Downgraded to version 9.7.9 Beta and it works in Sync ! Very strange.

Any solutions from the Blackmagic guys for support in the "newer" version ?

Would it be possible to add the format/codec Quicktime DV in Media Express tool ?

Also a "limit time capture" would be a great feature. (That you can set the capture time duration eg 30 minutes)
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostThu Jul 16, 2015 6:48 pm

Hi, I have the same issue with the Intensity Pro 4k on PC. Besides, crackles are often audible while capturing footage in Media Express and Desktop Video 10.4.2 still didn't fix the audio track encoding issue as I mentioned here:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=36652

I would suggest also a "manual video input signal" feature for future versions of Desktop Video, because the automatic signal detection doesn't work properly. The signal switches continually from PAL to NTSC and viceversa while reproducing some analog sources like VHS or U-Matic tapes.

Thank you.
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostSat May 12, 2018 3:39 am

Did anyone ever resolve these issues?

I am using an intensity shuttle and having real issues with audio sync transferring some old video8 (much in LP).

I bought an old Sony CCD TRV65E (PAL) to play the tapes, and I'm taking the video through a CYP CTB-100 time base correction unit (on auto, which it correctly identifies as PAL consistently throughout playback).

I get a large (5 seconds at times) audio delay. This in its self would not phase me to much as i can just drag it in to time, but the delay is inconsistent and varies greatly. Just short of time stretching between the rare moments i can find an audio/video cue that is well defined enough to manually sync, I'm not sure how to resolve this. I have about 30 hours over 18 tapes to go yet, and could do with solving it in capture.

Same problem occurs capturing with BM Media Express (3.5.5) and Premiere Pro CC (12.0.0) . Any help would be much appreciated.

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System is 4th gen i7, 16gb RAM, GTX 1060, capturing to SSD, HDD, USB3 HDD, all with same error.
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostWed Aug 01, 2018 11:02 am

I have the shuttle usb3 and had severe audio sync issue.

I was using version 10.11 so I downgraded to 10.4.3 and its ok again (as mentioned in this thread: https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4749).

Im going to raise a support ticket with them about it.

Edit: I should note Im using a time base corrector and was not getting dropped frames so its definitely a driver issue.
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostMon Jan 28, 2019 8:21 pm

TL;DR: To be able to capture with Intensity Shuttle USB without audio/video sync issues, downgrade | install Desktop Video 10.4.3 ==> audio/video sync WORKS!

Bump. Still broken! After ~3 years?! I just did a 84 minute capture from Sony EV-C500E (PAL) Hi8 deck (deck - TBC - IntensityShuttleUSB - Win10 PC) and at the end of the capture audio is ~5 seconds behind. As others have pointed out:

- Audio does not drift deterministically so this is impossible to easily fix in post by 'just' adjusting tempo etc.
- This does NOT appear to result of frame drops (MediaExpress configured to stop captures if frame drops detected)
- Was using latest version of Desktop Video 10.11.4 (10-23-2018) on Windows 10.

PS. Thank You Billy Blair for posting info on working version in this and other threads!!!!
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostFri Sep 13, 2019 1:45 pm

I had the same issue with the latest version of Desktop Video. I have uninstalled this and installed version 10.11.4 and the Audio Video lip sync issue has gone. Thanks very much for this information. I too was having to adjust the timeshift for the video to try and fixed the sync issue which was very time consuming. This will now save me a lot of hours.

I'm using Component Video and RCA Phono connections from my VHS player into BlackMagic Intensity Shuttle USB. (Windows 10)

Thanks
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Re: Audio Sync Problem with Intensity Shuttle USB

PostMon Nov 08, 2021 3:52 am

I just purchased an Intensity Shuttle USB 3 and I am experiencing major audio sync problems using Blackmagic Media Express. I can confirm than when I capture with Quicktime Pro 7, I do not experience any audio sync problems. So I'm quite certain the issue is with the software.

I read another post where someone said it's actually not a sync issue. They said if you capture 1 min. of audio/video you'll get 1 minute of audio, and in his case, 1:03 of video... He believes the software is replicating video frames.

I was capturing with a Canopus ADVC 100 and never experienced any audio problems like this. But that device stopped working.

I'm using MacOS 10.11.6 (El Capitan), and I can't upgrade because I'm still editing with FCP 6.0.6. The Blackmagic Desktop Video Utility is 10.4. The Media Express is 3.4. I need to capture SVHS tapes from a VCR. I was hoping to do this with Final Cut Pro. It recognizes the Blackmagic codecs but Log and Capture doesn't show anything.

When I use QuickTime Player Pro 7, the files are huge and for some reason, it captures 16 tracks of audio when there's only 2. So I'd like to get Media Express to work. I captured 2 hrs just fine using the Canopus device before it conked out, so the issue isn't the VCR or tapes.

What do I do?

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