Audio and video are not synched

Question

I'm just beginning with FXP X (8), and just added a file to my event library, and created a new project.  Dragged my first clip into the story line, and discovered that the audio and video are not syched.  This is original footage from a video camera, no modifications or added tracks.  But clearly the words of the speaker on camera are not synched with the video, both in the event library and in the story line clip.  Is this operator error (lol)?  TIA for any help, I'm stuck on square one.

Answer 1

You can right click on your clip in the storyline and Detach Audio.
After that, you can slide the audio until it's in sync or if it changes sync over the length of the clip, there is a way to correct that as well.
First, in the video, skim the playhead until you can see something that will "mark" a specific start of a sound and set a Marker (type M).  Then select the audio portion (already detached) and find the start of the matching sound and type M (adds marker to the audio.) Turn on snapping and slide the audio until the two markers snap.
If you need to correct sync drift, use the same technique for markers near the end of the clip, but instead of sliding the complete audio clip, Retime the audio clip (type command-R) (set the playhead over the video marker - snapping won't work when retiming) and adjust the end of the audio until the two markers match up. Preserve Pitch (from the Retime menu) should already be selected.
HTH