Magpie or Papagayo Lip-Sync?
Ok, I've just gotten through learning Anime Studio Pro. It's like Toon Boom. I've been wanting to learn how to do character animation for a while and Motion is not the perfect solution. Cool thing with Anime Studio is the "bone" structure so you can build and manipulate characters and design custom "actions" to do common things.
Phenome Lip-Sync (exact mouth move matches) is done through an external program, either Magpie or Papagayo. Papagayo is free, but REALLY limited. But it basically makes a .dat file which consists of list of keyframe/frame positions and a corresponding "switch-layer." Makes it very easy to program lip moves quickly and send to Anime Studio Pro, or After Effects, Maya... etc.
My question is this : This concept of a switch layer is really powerful: Is there a way to do this in Motion?
FYI : A switch layer is like a group with a number of layers/drawings in it. Only one can be visible at a time. SO you can click on one and the others will all not be visible. Perfect for lip moves or expressions, hand positions, etc.
Motion seems to be limited to having to keyframe the opacity of EVERY other layer to do this.
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Wow! Okay that is the problem with someone who has never used scripts trying out a script with thin documentation. I was looking for the script in the "Scripts" menu. I now see it under "Window". Thank you Paul.
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Hi,
Has anyone had any good experiences with a specific Lip-Sync tool or Plug in?
I have created a set of PSD files with different mouth positions, showing various Phonemes. I have so far, only played a bit with Magpie - but I believe it is no longer supported or available for purchase. Our characters are still, so the mouth movements must be added in After Effects. I also imported each phoneme PSD file into after effects, layered them one per frame and sequenced them one after the other. I then add them to a background image using time remap. It works pretty well, but is rather time consuiming, and if it has to be done for a few hours of footage, well.... I know nothing comes easy, but that seems a bit rough to me.
Magpie had a pretty interresting export to After effects feature, that allowes the user to export the keyframe settings, and add that to the time remapped layer. Unfortunately, as mentioned, I think Magpie is no longer available.
Anyway,
Any suggestions from the forum for a good program, or plug in?
Thanks guys,
Have a great weekend
PierreThanks guys,
What I am looking for, is to put some sort of mouth (I say - "some sort", as I am still proofing either a simple black stripe, warped and distorted to actual mouth images drawn and coloured to match the characters) on our characters and have them speak, not 100% realistic, but to give them a little life. The characters are created from pewter, so movement is not possible on them.
I have seen the tutorial from CreativeCow for the time remapping and it looks like this will be the easiest option. I have done a bit of work with the distortion tools in the past, and it also looks pretty good mind you.....
I found a pretty cool program called Magpie, that allows you to create a set of mouths, then by assigning and tweaking settings, the program can take a section of sound, and automatically assign a mouth image to that section. This would make it nice and easy then, after creating a bunch of mouths to quickly get a list of key-frames to attach to your time remapping effect. The problem is, that Magpie does not seem to be available any more! Pity - are any of you aware of any programs that replace it?
Other than that, I will try some of the mouth tracking suggestions today - hmmm, hours of my own mouth on film - what fun! :-) - and see what sort of effects I can get out of that.
Thanks for the suggestions, and thanks for the links - Ill try it all out and report back on what I found to be the best way forward (just for anyone who is interrested *even if that person exists only in my own head!* )
cheers
Pierre -
How do I get rid of lip-sync issues with iTunes 10.2.2.12?
Hi Everyone.
Firstly, a very Happy Easter!
I'm having lip-sync issues with iTunes playback on my PC. The video is largely smooth with the occaisional choppiness when the CPU is made to work hard. (Playback on my iPod Touch is fine).
The system stats for my PC are at the bottom of the post.
The sound is produced through a Creative Live Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 card.
Video is through a NVIDIA Geforce 6200 with 512Mb of RAM. (All video and audio drivers are up to date).
The physical set-up is that I have iTunes installed on the C drive and my media installed on an external USB hard-drive.This isn't just a problem with 10.2.2.12 - it's been there for the last few updates.
I suppose my main questions are:
Should iTunes and my media be on the same drive? (Which would mean the external drive as I'm short on space on the C drive).
Is there some combination of settings in QuickTime that will solve this? (I've tried different combinations, but it doesn't really help).
Is the spec (below) of my PC causing any issues.
Here's an Easter Egg for anyone able to help!!
All the best
BandAidUK.
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Test Result: Not runSelect *List view* instead of *Album list view*. These are in the View menu or the boxes next to Search, on the right top of iTunes.
and the column next to it with a number in it that I have absolutely no idea what it's for. I want those two columns OUT.
In List view, you can turn off every column (in menu View > View options) except track name. -
How do I get a lip sync flash frame sequence to encode properly
I built a flash frame sequ
ence in Premiere. It is 2 seconds long with the
first two frame white and the remaining time black
frames. This is repeated for 1 minute. If I encode it in non-compressed AVI it is correct. If I use
MPEG2 or H.264 to build a transport stream, I see two white frames
as I would expect,then black frames for the rest of the sequence. Over 15 seconds, I will start to see three frames, gray, white and gray again. Eventually, the white or gray frame starts two frames later than it should. I built this as a 720P/60 sequence with non-drop frame timecode. I have tried all I frames and the same issue occurs. The GOP structure does not seem to have an effect. There is no audio in this stream. It as if it cannot handle the quick and short transistion from white to black. There are some advanced settings for MPEG 2 but I cannot see where they are explained in the Premier help document. I need this stream to measure latency on a piece of video equipment.
Thanks
RalphBill,
Your answer gave me a hint to what was happening. I'm fairly new to Premier and took for granted that the preset I chose at the begining of the program would carry through to the sequence, wrong! I found another discussion that talked about resetting the properties of a sequence. I expanded the project box a little and saw that it said my sequence was 59.94 frame rate not 60. I followed the instructions on the other discussion. File, new sequence, general, editing mode, and frame rate. The frame rate was set to 59.94 not 60. I reset it to 60, closed all the menues and deleted the original 59.94 sequence. The new sequence I just created shows a 60 Hz frame rate. I exported my lip sync project as an MPEG 2 transport stream and it was correct according to our MPEG analyzer.
Thanks again for the help.
Ralph -
How to delay the audio to lip sync? (of the entire system)
I`m using a LED 32" LG screen via hdmi, but the audio is outputing directly via usb to my Mbox Mini, and the image have a small delay (5 frames) but the audio not, so the result is out of sync videos.
Of course there`s tons of apps that can solve the problem by compensating, like VLC and MPlayer X, but the problem is that i`m a video editor and use FCP and Motion all the time. For playbacking with these apps (after making the 5 frames compensation) turns into a perfect results, but during video editing it`s a pain to lip sync.
Of course as i know that the delay is 5 frames, when i output i could delay the entire audio, but it would be a pain making this everytime and for internet streaming the videos would still off sync.
There`s anyway i can delay the audio of the entire system?
PS: I`m using Lion 10.7,> I wonder if there is any way to delay the opening of a
MIAW. In particular i
> have the following
If you want other activity to take place, you could use a
timeout object:
dialogue = window().new("D_XML_Test (Greek2)")
dialogue.filename = "path to file"
t = timeout().new("mOpenWindow", 60000, #mOpenWindow,
dialogue)
-- #movie script:
on mOpenWindow aWindow, aTimeout
if ilk(aTimeout, #timeout) then aTimeout.forget()
if ilk(aWindow, #window) then aWindow.open()
end
If you don't mind locking out activity, you could use the
delay()
function, but I wouldn't recommend that approach -
SWF poor quality and poor lip sync?
I normally use After Effects and today is my first time experimenting with Flash.
I create virtual presenters that are filmed against a green chromakey screen. I use Keylight in AE to key the green and replace it with different backgrounds. These are then saves as .FLV files.
In my current project the client really wants SWF files. I have tried to convince them to accept FLV's but they won't take them. So, my task is to basically convert my high quality FLV files created in After Effects to SWF's.
I've imported the FLV into Flash and exported it again as an SWF. However, the quality is very very poor and the video is playing at half the speed of the audio, which throws the lip sync off.
Can some please walk me through the correct process of importing the FLV and converting it to a high quality SWF file? As this is my first time with Flash it will need to be a 'take my hand' walkthrough as Flash is very new to me and I am not at all familiar with the softwae interface etc.
The poor quality SWF I created is attached, as well as the high quality FLV I am working from. My task is to create an SWF that replicates the quality of the FLV.
Many thanks.I would take what Kglad has said a little further. Lyp syncing a live action video of a person with flash is impossible. You could probably do it with some kind of animated figure.
The client is not always right. Unless they have a limitless budget and are willing to fund you and a team for a year or so, I would suggest that you all take a look at why they want a swf.
If they think it is because swfs offer good quality, scalable raster graphics, in a small file size...well they are wrong. For this kind of video the file size will be just as large or larger than an FLV and it won't scale up without getting pixelated.
If they think it is because the swf is easy to play back and an FLV isn't...well they are kind of correct. But in that case the answer is to create some kind of player that plays back the FLV.
Those are the only two reasons that I can think of why someone would say, "Oh we have to have a swf."
Maybe there are others? -
CC Audio plays out of lip sync from video - Version 6 plays fine.
If I place a single DV NTSC video clip in a timeline in Premiere Pro CC (7.0.1 (105)) - the clip is out of lip sync. I have tried software/hardware rendering with no change.
If I open the same DV clip in a timeline in Premiere Pro 6 - the clip plays fine.
I of course cannot open the CC clip in version 6. All I am doing here is placing a single DV clip in the timeline to cut new start/end and export to MP4 - no effects, filters, nada. I noticed the MP4's were out of sync, then noticed the originals would not play right in the timeline.I cleaned the cache and re-opened the project - no difference.
On all four of the clips I was working with the video was 5 frames early, so I ended up unlinking everything and shifting the audio 5 frames and exporting.
I also noticed I am not seeing the closed caption display. I am going to uninstall/reinstall CC. -
Hi there, I was wondering if anyone can help me. I have recently bought a new laptop (inspiron 17R special edition) because of its supposed brilliance in media centre. However I have downloaded iTunes and my movies and the lip syncing is all out, I have tried restarting etc but that doesnt work, I am a bit of a computer novice so have read some of the other threads on here but got completely confused, if someone is able to help me and give me step by step instructions then that would be amazing!! Everything else on here works, quicktime and then on demand services and videos on youtube, it is literally just iTunes that has the problem. The movies start of fine but the drift out of sync, pausing helps for about 30s and then thats it. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!!!! Thanks :-)
system WINDOWS 8Welcome to the discussions,
here are some more things to try, for example creating a new user account in windows: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2830 or http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2358275 -
DVD Lip-Sync issues on HDTV playback
Hi, was looking for info regarding lip-sync issues after burning a DVD in DVDSP. Playback on a monitor is grand, but playback on two HDTVs have shown the entire DVD, all tracks to be out of Sync by the same time. Is this anything to do with Progressive/interlaced fields? I know that HDTV and AV systems can have issues with the processing of Progressive streams and there can be a delay with the Video which can be adjusted in their system settings but i can't expect 1000+ people to all change their settings to accommodate my DVD! lol
I shot on DSLR 25P, edited in Premiere in 25P, exported then i imported into Compressor and dropped the DVD: Best Quality 90min preset on it (MPEG-2 Video, 720 x 576 (1,048 x 576), Dolby Digital Pro 2.0 at 192kps). Then imported them into DVDSP and burned the DVD. I can't see in the preferences or anywhere in DVDSP whether this is a Progressive or Interlaced project so i don't know what my final output is onto DVD. Perhaps it just follows what is imported as an asset and im assuming at the moment to change that i have to change Progressive to Interlaced somewhere ealier in the workflow.
Because I shot on DSLR 25P, edited in 25P i exported, after much trial and error, the files from Premiere as : Match Source HI-Bitrate:
H.264 (as source)
25P AVC Coding,
1,920 x 1,080 AAC,
Square Pixels (1.0)
VBR 2 Pass
48000 Hz, Stereo (L R),
6.32 Mbit/s
(For some reason when i tried to use Adobe Media Encoder for batch exporting nothing happened after it opened, so i chose all my settings from Premiere export and did all the files individually).
So just to re-cap, why am i getting Lip Sync issues when burned to DVD and played back on an HDTV? and how can i correct this issue?
Kind regards,
Sai Kelly
For anyone interested in the background:
The reason i chose the above settings was because I was having severe issues in quality of the .M2V file for the green screen sequences during interviews, particularly with people's hair when i chose to export from Premiere or Media Encoder with any kind of DVD settings. I spent a few days trying different types of exporting, methods and presets. This was the best version and i stopped once i acheived this result. Might have been simpler to continue to try a 720p version of the above before importing to Compressor. Here is the issue, you can see the 'snowy' hair problem:
some of the different settings i tried:
Ignore 'Quality 50' below, i changed it to 80 or 100 after the screenshot and before i clicked Export.
The "Match Source HI-Bitrate" gave me the best results (blue background re-added in After Effects):
Kind regards,
Sai KellyHi Ann,
Thank you for your opinion, though i disagree.
As i said above I did try exporting directly from Premiere as Mpeg2 in many versions when i was attempting to solve the issue by changing the Bit Rate. But to no avail. The above screen shots were attempts to export a 'highest quality option' for re-encoding with a software designed specifically to compress. I don't like re-encoding as much as anyone else, but this was the only option left as Media Encoder didn't help and without beginning again and using Encore. The same would have had to happen with Encore anyway as there appears to be no Dynamic Link in Premiere Pro CC to Encore as there wasn't yet a version of Encore CC.....just checking there....After Effects and Premiere have new updates just released Media Encoder CC 7.1 which i will check out but still nothing from Encore.
I don't think you can help me with this particular issue, Ann and i'd like to hear from some other voices. Unless you have any thoughts or suggestions that will help with the Lip-Sync issue.
Thanks again,
Sai -
Lip-Synced Music Videos for YouTube?
I have been creating music for 20 years (home studio), and would like to create videos for some of my original songs (currently on mp3 or wav files), then upload to YouTube. I know virtually nothing about video or video editing. I was wondering if Premiere Elements would be a good editing application for my purposes. For each video, someone would film multiple video takes of me lip-syncing to a pre-recorded song. Is Premiere Elements sophisticated or precise enough to allow excellent synchronization between separate video clips and an audio track for lip-syncing purposes? Would you recommend something else (for PC)? Thanks.
GregGreg,
The ONLY advantage to PrPro in your stated need, is to do the Audio editing in Audio Units, but then as you are working in Audio already, you probably have a favorite DAW, and that will give you even more control. That is NOT to say that PrPro does not have other pluses, but just not that would likely apply here. Hey, one's gotta' get something for the extra $600, right?
I'd get the trial of PrE 9.0, and test with it. There are a few limitations on certain formats, but it's pretty full-featured for a trial. Just know that it will place a watermark on the Exported/Shared footage, so you cannot deliver/upload that, and get clean, watermark-free footage.
Unless I missed something (I do most of my editing in PrPro, so do not put my PrE through all of its paces), the operations will be almost identical.
For syncing, just remember to work in Timeline View Mode (only way to work in PrPro), and turn Snap OFF (the S key togglesn Snap), otherwise, you will be trying to force little increments, and the Audio will jump about, and Snap onto cuts, etc. Just toggle it back on, when you go back to the Video editing, as it makes general alignment much easier.
If one is doing any Speed change, PrPro might be a bit easier, and offer more control, but not THAT much.
Now, if you do not have a DAW, that you love, then you might consider the CS5.5 Production Premium suite, with Audition included. One can easily do some pretty heavy-duty Audio work in that program. My workflow would be to edit the Video, and then Import the Audio and the Video into Audition, where I would tweak the Audio to perfectly (within that 1 Frame for Video), while watching the Video. Audition will offer the ability to work with Envelopes for the Audio, and adjust the Speed almost infinitely, while maintaining Pitch. However, that is not a cheap suite, and there will be a bit of a learning curve, if one has not used Audition, or a similar DAW before.
Good luck, and let us know how the PrE trial works out.
Hunt -
Apple TV2/Netflix Lip-Sync Issues
Although Netflix plays with no problems on my PC using the same wireless network that my Apple TV uses, I am experiencing severe lip-sync issues when viewing Netflix on my Apple TV2. Audio is around 400-500ms behind the video. I am connected to my TV via the HDMI out. Video and audio are perfect, just not in sync.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
ChuckI also assumed that it was the ATV2, but then i streamed a large h.264 file from itunes on my Mac, the Apple October event from the podcast section directly from Apple, and no issues, went back to NetFlix, loaded up another movie "Superman Doomsday", and no lip-sync issue, went back to the original file, "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and lip sync galore.
I think its NetFlix creating a separate encode for ATV2 and those encodes are probably still underway, again, this is merely a guess, but its consistent with the YouTube experience, as certain videos that appear on YouTube do not appear in the Apple iteration of YouTube (iPhone, iPad, ATV2). A great example is Kanye West Runaway. It's a 30 minute long form film and appears on the YouTube, but does not appear in the YouTube IOS application. -
Gigaworks and audigy 2 zs platinum lip sync is
Can smeone form creative please help me with this issue.
I have loads of external dvd players, a pacific, an xbox, 4 yamadas, accoustic solutions, scanvision, etc etc.
This is what is happenning, i am connecting the pacific dvd players optical out (or coaxial) It makes no difference as they both do it.
Press play to watch dvd, and start watching movie, the longer the movie plays and even in the first 5 minutes of playback the lip sync starts to go out, this is with the use installed decoder checked on soundcard and doly digital decode slected instead of default, spdif byass.
If i stop or pause the dvd and press play the lip sysnc comes back in, then it gradually goes out again.
Now it is not the dvd player. as it does this with the xbox as well, and the yamada, etc etc, this is on a clean installation of win xp pro, the only things that are in are chipset drivers, gfx card driver and the full installation of the audigy 2 zs platinum driver disc.
I connect the optical out or the coaxial ut to the optical in on aud 2 zs plat li've bay, and the same with the coaxial in on aud 2 zs plat li've bay, but only one at a time.
Can someone tell me why this is doing this, i am 98% certain i do not get this from using aux 2 in.
Also it always says unknown or invalid spdif signal in the decoder options.
Also it fails to initialize the dolby digital decoding when inserting the coaxial cable sometimes or rather 8 times out of ten, i have to either restart dvd player, or restart computer to get sound back.
I am not happy with either the s750 speakers whilst playing dvds or the audigy 2 zs card, the speakers are not very loud whilst playing most dvds and teh lip sync is not acceptable, i have used a dtt2200 and sb li've 5. witht the same dvd players and i never had this issue, granted this was on another computer, so i wil be try the s750 with the new computers onboard 7. sound chip to see if i get same issues, then i will be moving the sound card into another pci slot but i should not have to do this, as creative should have already tried this card in all available pci slots in all manufacturers motherboards to test the compatibility, if this issue remains can someone at creative tell me if they will give me a refund for the hardware of gigaworks s750 and audigy 2 zs platinum as www.dabs.co.uk will not give me a refund for these the speakers have only been in use for at most 2 weeks but are 3 weeks old and aud 2 card is about 0 weeks old but have only just been tested on my new computer as of at most 4 days as thats went i got all the other hardware to build up computer and i am most unhappy that dabs tell me they only do a refund or replacement upto 28 days, so creative it looks like the refunding of my money will fall to your company, but then after all it is your hardware, so you maybe can force dabs into giving me a refund , as after all it is your hardware and you will be able to reimburse dabs .I tried it into all available pci slots on a fresh clean install of windows xp even the exclusi've pci slot was used, and even ehen it was in the other pci slots, it was not sharing an irq with anything anyways, it still does it whilst decodint the Dolby Digital Stream.
Have tried the driver updates for the card and it still does it.
I have the audigy 2 zs platinum witht the li've dri've I/O .
I have taken this card out and put my soundblaster 5. platinum card in, and the li've dri've IR that came with that card, and using the optical in or the coaxial in the same way as the Audigy 2 zs plat li've dri've ,and it decodes the 5. with perfect lip sync, however this is not true dolby digital decdong on the sb 5. card as you have to use the CMSS feature anyways on this card, so even though the ac-3 decode is ticked, it aint true Dolby Digital Decoding anyways.
So i took that card out, and put in my older audigy Platinum 5. card, and teh li've dri've that came with that card, and formatted windows, etc, then after xp went back in installed the audigy drivers etc, then connected the coaxial cable from external dvd player and This also plays the 5. with perfect lip sync, but again however this is not true dolby digital decoding on the audgy card, even tehough the option is selected ac-3 spdif decode in audio hq, You still have to use the CMSS feature to get kind of 5..
I know this to be true as when the 7. Audigy 2 zs plat card is in, when you play dvd from external dvd and use the optical or the coaxial to the fron of the li've dri've that came with audigy 2 zs plat, you get the Dolby Digital Logo appearring on the monitor screen to tell you that it is decoding etc, and teh Quality is very good and you can hear that it is a Dolby Digital 5. stream, APART FROM THE FACT THAT THE AUDIO GOES OUT OF SYNC WITH THE PICTURE.
So I know it has to be down to the actual hardware of the audigy 2 zs plat soundcard or the hardware in the Li've dri've that came with the audigy 2 zs plat soundcard. Its a shame that a lot more people that have bought this pruduct ie the audigy 2 zs platinum version, would not test there li've dri've soundcards dolby digital decoding using an external dvd player, so as we could get a better idea of the problem, AS there are only a couple of other users on this forum that have this harware and they have the same problem, so is it because these cards are faulty, or is it inherint in the hardware that cannot be fixed, cos it aint in the software, but how can we find out when no one seems to be able to tell for sure that a driver update will fix it.
Also Does the Audigy 2 zs platinum Pro suffer from this same lip sync issue whilst using the external dvd players optical out to the optical in to decode dolby digital 5. streams.
Saying as i spent over ?400 on the s750 gigaworks speakers and the Audigy 2 zs platinum soundcard, and that they are only 3-4 months old, and have just been installed into my computer (ie just opened within the last 2 weeks) i am really shocked to learn that nothing can be done and i have wasted a lot of money to get something that cannot do what it is advertised to do, And www.dabs .co.uk are reluctant to refund me my money on the basis that they only do refunds upto 28 days, so in my situation although i purchased the goods 3-4 months ago, i have only just got round to teseting the goods, as i needed the other bits to build computer up , like the case mnotherboard etc etc.
Come on creative, whats the score with this hardware. -
Lip Sync Problem AFTER LG Firmware Update on some HD Channels
I have an LG HDTV, model number 47LH90, and I'm experiencing lip sync issues even after they gave me a firmware update to solve the problem.
I've noticed the problem appears to be most prevalent on the History HD channel. Most other channels seem fine now following the firmware update from LG. Any reason why this is happening? I have a couple thoughts to add for Verizon personnel:
1) The Motorola STB/DVR I have from Verizon let's me choose my output as 720p, 1080i, etc. It would be nice if it would also allow a pass-through option to just be whatever input the feed is. For example, sometimes I wonder if this issue is because the DVR is trying to take 1080i input to the STB and convert it to 720p output to the TV, which somehow changes data lengths and results in some lip sync issue.
2) I have a PlayStation3 that I bought to use mainly as a Blu-Ray player. The PlayStation Audio/Video to my TV using the HDMI cable works great, with no lip sync on Blu Rays, Hulu, games, etc. I know this lip sync is sometimes more prevalent on LG TV's, but it would seem to me that if PlayStation's can produce lip sync-free content, surely FIOS can too. Perhaps they could upgrade their hardware and use the latest standards.
3) I'm using the same make/quality/length HDMI cables on my PlayStation3 and STB, HDMI 1.3a.
I would love to see some updates that address this issue as soon as possible.1CoolMom wrote:
We frequently have a similar/same problem but do not have a HDTV or programming. We have a QIP6416-2 hooked up to a 12 year old Sony large screen TV (we won't buy a HDTV until Verizon gets a better, higher capacity DVR or until out contract is up and we can move on). Often when we are watching a taped show (we tape almost everything) the sound and picture will get out of sync. Think bad Japanese movie! It makes me crazy as I read lips but my husband, although bothered, doesn't want to kill the DVR after a few minutes. We have found, by trial and error, that if we exit the show and then resume play the sound and picture return to normal. It also happens when we rewind on a currently playing show. It happens almost every time I rewind a long ways (I do this when I watch 2 shows at once). It is harder to get back in sync when this happens but it sometimes works if I watch and jump forward to be close to live and then jump between shows and only have to rewind a short ways. I used to routinely watch 2 shows at once but now the aggravation factor makes me either tape everything or just not watch some shows I like. I posted to let you know that it may not be the LG update and may be the DVR. Try out my tricks when it happens, and if they work, I would blame the DVR.
Thanks for the suggestion. My problem actually seems to go away when the show is recorded versus live, at least sometimes, but not always. Although, I've found that stopping playback, then resuming, or similar behavior can help the problem as well. I just want my TV to work without having to throw salt over my shoulder. -
Time remapping lip sync issue.
I'll try to explain this the best way I know how.
I created a pre-comp for my character mouths (as shown in the picture below). I then created a Null Layer and parented the Time Remapping of the mouth pre-comp to the Null Layer "rotation" using the principals of this video:
Part 1: "Using Time Remapping For Lip-Sync Part 01"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5GIOtfYWpQ
Part 2: "Using Time Remapping For Lip-Sync Part 02"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNJgUz1t2rU
I'm sure this is not new.
My problem is that when I render the video the mouths do not reflect what is shown during editing... While I am editing I can ram render a small portion and the mouths will line up as I intend but once I do a final rendering they are slightly off at times... What am I doing wrong here?
The screen shot shows that I am in my 'Mouths, LG' pre-comp and the cursor is situated to show "layer 23" in the "Mouths, LG pre-comp"... Now the preview window is showing one mouth for layer 23 (the wrong mouth) and when I open layer 23 you can see that a different mouth is shown towards the top left side of my attached image. I believe whatever is causing this is the problem but I don't know how to make it right.
I'm running windows 7 64bit if that matters and I am running After Effects CS6 Version 11.0.2.12
Any help would be greatly appreciated.Are you nesting your Mouths comp in a main comp, enabling Time Remapping on that nested Mouths precomp and then animating? I can't tell from your screen shots.
And BEFORE nesting it, I'd also make that Mouths comp 1 frame shorter to eliminate that one empty frame at the end.
Nothing like instructions in the wrong sequence, right? -
I am having lip sync issues with my 65L9300U. It was really bad, so your tech support told me to update my HDMI cables. I bought new HDMI 1.4 cords and it still is having issues. Whether it is NetFlix, PS4, Comcast, or whatever, the issue is still the same. I can't get the audio to sync. The voice was way out in front with my old HDMI cables. It had the opposite effect when I used by 1.4 cords. Now the video is a split seccond in front of the audio. Can you please help?
It sounds like it could need servicing to me. You might want to call support back to let them know that changing cables didn't fix it.
- Peter
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