MoviePlus X3: Video and audio not linked

[Ron99]

Some time ago I copied a mini dv from the camcorder to make a linear DVD and now want to edit it. The original tape is not available so I used the PC to copy the DV.

MPX3 has imported the VTS file but the audio and video tracks are not linked.(I discovered this after editing the whole project) I presume there is a way to relink them but can't find it in the help section.

[RichardS]

Originally Posted by Ron99 Some time ago I copied a mini dv from the camcorder to make a linear DVD and now want to edit it. The original tape is not available so I used the PC to copy the DV. MPX3 has imported the VTS file but the audio and video tracks are not linked.(I discovered this after editing the whole project) I presume there is a way to relink them but can't find it in the help section.

To link a video & audio track; select both tracks (click on one track, press the shift key then click on the other track).

With both tracks selected, click on the chain-link button above the timeline.

There's also a "link" item on one of the menus.

To un-link the tracks, select one track (this will also select the other track) then click the chain-link button.

[MikeR]

Originally Posted by Ron99 Some time ago I copied a mini dv from the camcorder to make a linear DVD and now want to edit it. The original tape is not available so I used the PC to copy the DV. MPX3 has imported the VTS file but the audio and video tracks are not linked.(I discovered this after editing the whole project) I presume there is a way to relink them but can't find it in the help section.

I presume that you imported a VOB file, not a VTS file. By 'not linked' I assume you means not synchronised. You may find that simply right clicking in the Media Pane and choosing Index may solve you problem. If not, you will have to drag either the video or audio clip along the timeline to synchronise it. These are several threads giving advice on how to do this.

[vshears]

Like Mike I am assuming that the material you are trying to edit is a VOB file and that the problem you are encountering is that the Video and Audio have lost synchronisation?

This is a well known problem, here I am quoting from the FAQ of a alternative MPEG editor, at..

http://womble.com/support/FAQ09.html

" 6. Since the editor is single file based, and since the DVD file system breaks one continuous movie stream into multiple 1 GB segments, this introduces video and audio discontinuities when loaded by the editor as consecutive clips. Those discontinuities may exhibit as loss of video for a maximum of one GOP (about half of a second) and as loss of audio for a maximum of two encoded sound frames (about 50 to 60 milliseconds). Worse still, this frequently destroys the original synchronization between video and audio. To work around this problem, it is always better to read the DVD disc into the computer as one single file by setting the "No splitting" option in a DVD reader."

One solution is to re-transfer the VOB useing DVD Decrypter available free from...

http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/

to produce a new copy of the material after first going into Tools, Settings, File Mode of DVD Decrypter and setting file splitting to "None"

This should produce a editable version that is in sync.

Alternatively I think you can do a similar job using the free version of DVD Fab?

[MikeR]

Originally Posted by vshears Alternatively I think you can do a similar job using the free version of DVD Fab?

... or DVDShrink.

[Ron99]

A few options to try, thanks everyone