Lack of Audio/video Synchroneity

[jackowens]

Dear Friends,

I bought a copy of "Sand Pebbles", with Steve McQueen, in the UK, Region 2, and note that there is a lack of synchroneity between lip-movement and speech/audio.

Is there an adjustment in Windows XP to correct that?

Regards to all,

Jack Owens

[guns1inger]

If you use Media Player Classic you can adjust the audio skew while playing back the movie. It isn't a permanent change.

[jackowens]

Dear Guns1inger,

I downloaded the program you suggested, Media Player Classic (mpc2kxp6489.7z), but when I tried to install it I got the message that, "Windows cannot open this file:"

How is the program installed?

I might say that I live in California, U. S. A., region 1, and have to use the VideoLAN program to play region 2 DVD's.

Thanks for your help.

Regards,

Jack Owens

[guns1inger]

You have downloaded a version compressed with 7-zip. Download the exe version instead, or install 7-zip to open this one.

[manono]

Hi-

If that's the only way to get it (I'd look around for other ones if I were you), then you'll have to install 7-zip in order to uncompress it. 7-zip is a compression format, like rar or zip:

http://www.7-zip.org/

You might try getting it from here. It seems to be in the more standard zip compression format:

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_players/media_player_classic.cfm

[Baldrick]

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303&package_id=84358 has also zip versions...

[jackowens]

Dear Friends,

I have the program downloaded and unzipped but am still having problems with it.

First, I expected it would need installation, but apparently not. I have it on my desktop and just click on the icon to open it for use. Right?

Second, in contrast to VideoLAN, it apparently won't play a region 2 DVD (unless I switch my DVD player from region 1 to 2 I suppose). It plays the opening fanfare with audio, but when it gets to the menu to actually click to play the movie, the play option is grayed out. No way that I see to continue.

Third, if I can get it working I'm not sure where the adjustment is for synchronizing dialogue (audio) and lip-movement.

Regards,

Jack

[manono]

Hi-

I don't use it for playing DVDs, so I don't know about whether or not it'll play an R2 DVD for an R1 person. But if guns1inger says it can, you can take it to the bank (usually).

Third, if I can get it working I'm not sure where the adjustment is for synchronizing dialogue (audio) and lip-movement.

Right-click the screen and go Options->Filter->Audio Switcher->check the "audio time shift" box, and fill in an estimate of the amount of asynch. Hit "Apply" and test it out. Negative values are to make the audio play earlier. 1000 ms= 1 second. Resume playback. Adjust until you get it right.

When all done, either uncheck the box or set the audio time shift back to 0 in MPC. If you don't, any videos you play after that will be delayed by the same amount.