by Gamatroid
If you've followed me for a bit you probably noticed I post videos regularly to YouTube. Sometimes as much as one per day, sometimes even more than that. So even though I'm no "expert" I can say I'm more than a bit familiar with capturing, editing and uploading video.
I tend to capture video from one of four primary sources: directly on my Xbox Series S, directly on my PlayStation 5, directly on PC (while playing a game on PC), and directly on my iPhone.
While I generally don't run into issues with video I've captured, recently I ran into an issue that I've only had a few times before, where the audio of a video I captured on my Xbox Series S was out of sync by the end of the video clip when I was editing it using the PC program HitFilm.
I opened the video file on my computer and played it using Media Player, and it didn't appear that the issue was with the file itself, but no matter how many times I retried, by the end of the video clip (it was about 45 minutes long) the audio was noticeably out of sync with the video.
After a bit of searching online I came across a subreddit that seemed to address the issue I was experiencing and it seemed to offer a solution to the problem.
Without going into all of the details, it seems that the "issue" is that Xbox captures video using variable refresh rate, which video players often have no issue with, but video editing programs generally can't handle well, which leads to the audio sync issues I was experiencing.
The solution? You have to convert the video from variable to constant frame rate, and that keeps the video in sync in the editing program (at least it worked for me using HitFilm).
How do you convert the video?
By using a program, like the one I used, which was recommended in that subreddit (I'd be happy to link to the subreddit, but not sure of the path anymore).
The program I used is called HandBrake, and its a free download available at the following link: https://handbrake.fr/
After I converted my video and used the version with the constant frame rate, my issue was completely solved.
You can see the end result in my new YouTube video showing the beginning of the COD Black Ops 6 campaign:
If this has been giving you issues, I hope this fixes the problem for you as well.
If you're interested in the video editing software I use, it's called HitFilm and you can download it for free at the following link: https://fxhome.com/product/hitfilm
They have paid plans available which unlock more features, but I've been just fine with their free plan so far (and I've editing a TON of videos with it).
Good luck!!