> > On 02/09/2007, at 6:40 AM, James Ryan wrote: > > > >> Is anyone on the list using the Canopus ADVC110 firewire AD/DA box > >> for > >> getting the QuickTime video in logic up to an analog video > >> monitor? I'm > >> noticing there's a delay and sync problem, and I can't figure out > >> if it's > >> coming from Logic or the box. > >Hey Jim, > >don't know if that may help you, but here's my story: > >I work on ProTools doing sound-to-picture in a professional >production house. The movies are played back by ProTools thru that >Canopus piece. After I scored some sound and exported it so that trhe >video cutter could align the mix to the video in his editor we ha >sync issues so that I asked him what could be the problem. He told me >that the Canopus is well-known to need an offset adjustment of 24 >frames. I could set it in ProoTools and same should be possible in >any DAW I think. > >Give it a try > >all best > > >m Actually as I understand it the offset varies from system to system, so you may need to experiment. But there is some inherent delay in every FireWire video transcoder. There can also be additional delay at the monitor---LCD on occasion and plasma nearly always, but not usually on tube monitors.