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Photo Booth Audio and Video not in sync!

I am a YouTube musician. When I go to record I find it easiest to use the video feature in Photo Booth. However, ever since I upgraded to Mountain Lion my audio and video in my videos has been off of one another. They start off together but by the end of the video the audio is ahead of the video. When I went to try and see where it messes up I found that the video jumps frames creating almost a transition effect. I don't know how to fix this and would really like your help!

Photo Booth-OTHER, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Aug 3, 2012 8:35 PM

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Aug 13, 2012 7:45 AM in response to Singerman13

I have this problem too. I have already done the resetting of those technical things by shutting the MacBook Pro down and starting it up again holding keys down, and just now I reset permissions, but in fact after resetting permissions the audio is more out of synch than ever - like 2-3s off! It's a PhotoBooth thing for me too. I use this to compose... help!

Aug 14, 2012 7:31 AM in response to Singerman13

Singerman13:


First check that your hard disk is not getting full.


Then, if restarting Mac and recording again with ONLY your Photo Booth app open doesn't fix the problem, see if something from one of these previous threads re: audio sync helps you:


http://discussions.apple.com/thread/1512893?answerId=7166859022#7166859022


http://discussions.apple.com/thread/1496126?answerId=7089133022#7089133022

Aug 17, 2012 7:20 AM in response to Singerman13

I use photo booth very frequently. I did not have this issue until I too upgraded to mountain lion.


I shall be trying all of the 'resets' recommended in various posts but I have yet to see anyone reply with a "that worked" so I'm not too hopeful (but I'll post again if it does work.)


In the meantime I have been using iMovie to edit my photobooth films... I import the photobooth film, drag and drop it in my project. Turn the sound off of it, then drag and drop the film AGAIN (on top of itself) as an "audio only" then edit and drag the audio portion around until it matches up. It's not a fix, but a temporary solution if you're in a hurry and can't use something else.

Aug 20, 2012 4:14 AM in response to Tannubyky

Would be interested to hear if anyone has found a solution to this.


This is getting ridiculous for me now and is affecting the audio sync of everything from movies, to youtube videos! My 2011 iMac has plenty of HDD space left aswell as a healthy amount of RAM and this has only started to happen since upgrading to Mountain Lion. I'm very disappointed with the complete lack of Apple Support on this issue. It's clearly an issue related directly to Mountain Lion, and it's a big issue for me... not something I can simply ignore.

Thanks,

Alex

Aug 23, 2012 6:54 PM in response to smogfalls

smogfalls wrote:


I'm very disappointed with the complete lack of Apple Support on this issue. It's clearly an issue related directly to Mountain Lion, and it's a big issue for me... not something I can simply ignore.

Thanks,

Alex

If you are still under warranty or have Apple Care, call them. Otherwise, take the computer to an Apple store or an AASP. Whichever is more convenient for you.









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Oct 3, 2012 6:18 AM in response to Singerman13

I have this problem too ( and it's not fixed on the latest update )


I am frankly amazed at how Apple have been able to systematically annoy me since I biught my iMac.


First they broke 'target display mode' , then they stopped my file sharing working.. then they managed to invent a full screen mode that renders my second monitor useless.

Next take the superbly smooth graphics of expose and replace them with the slow and jerky 'mission control' ... And now for good measure take a simple app. that I use on a regualr basis and brake that !


It's like they know exactly what to do to upset people (me) !


Sorry for the rant and I'm not saying that I am not equally enthralled in other areas of my 'Apple product experience'.. but I mean, come on.. photobooth ? How can they break that ? It's the one thing that people first play with in the Mac store for goodness sake !

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