Audio out of sync and image lag when converting 1280 video to 720

[Freelife2345]

I am using handbrake and vid coder to convert a 1280 x 720 video to a 720 x 406 video but some reasons everytime I am done converting and play it, the audio is out of sync and there is an image lag. My setting is keep aspect radio and Anamorphic NONE. Is there something else I am missing?

[Baldrick]

Post the details from the video. Use for example Mediainfo, open video, change to View->Text and copy the video and audio details.

It might be variable frame rate(VFR) in the video source that causes sync issuses.

[sneaker]

But HandBrake (and subsequently the HandBrake based VidCoder) are known to handle VFR just fine. Maybe the player doesn't like it, though? In HandBrake's video tab you can choose "Constant Framerate". Try that. If it's still out-of-sync try the latest HandBrake nightly. If it's still out-of-sync report a bug. Of course it's possible the source file is broken somehow and it's not easily convertible.

[Freelife2345]

General
Complete name : C:\Users\ Ep11-1.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 574 MiB
Duration : 45mn 5s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1 781 Kbps
Writing application : HandBrake 0.10.0 2014112200

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 45mn 5s
Bit rate : 1 611 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 406 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Minimum frame rate : 13.636 fps
Maximum frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.070
Stream size : 520 MiB (90%)
Writing library : x264 core 142 r2479 dd79a61
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=1 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=hex / subme=2 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=10 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=20000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Color range : Limited

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 45mn 5s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 163 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 52.7 MiB (9%)
Title : Stereo / Stereo

[Freelife2345]

Do you see anything unusual? Could it be my video codec or audio codec

[Freelife2345]

Above is the file that had issues.

Below is a file that actually worked fine in the past. Everything looked kind of similar so I don't know if there is something missing in my new laptop. I kind of was able to fix the image lag by reducing 720 x 406 to something lower but the audio is still out of sync.

General
Complete name : C:\Users\Me\Desktop\Ch07.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 311 MiB
Duration : 45mn 4s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 965 Kbps
Writing application : HandBrake 6548svn 2014112401

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : Main@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 45mn 4s
Bit rate : 798 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 406 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Minimum frame rate : 8.333 fps
Maximum frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.109
Stream size : 257 MiB (83%)
Writing library : x264 core 142 r2479 dd79a61
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=1 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0x111 / me=hex / subme=2 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=0 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=10 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=20.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=20000 / vbv_bufsize=25000 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Color range : Limited

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 45mn 4s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 161 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 52.0 MiB (17%)
Title : Stereo / Stereo
Language : English

[Baldrick]

That is not the source file? It looks the file you converted to.

Try sneakers advice and choose Constant framerate in handbrake under the video tab.

[Freelife2345]

No luck when I tried using constant frame rate. But, when I tried on a different laptop it worked. So that means something is missing on my new laptop. Do you have any recommendation which codec I should get that I might be missing.

[Freelife2345]

Any suggestion?