EDIT: Below is the problem I had. RVR II uses a different reauthoring method and had no problems. Near as I can tell, it was a problem with Audacity 1.3. Workaround is to convert the Rifftrax MP3 to WAV or AC3 format and use that instead.
So after doing the usual stuff of putting the movie's audio and the Rifftrax into Audacity, I listened for Mike's prompt. "Unpause after The Halcyon Company logo disappears." That's 27 seconds in.
So I delete the introduction, and leave in 27 seconds of silence. Usually when I do this, the movie audio is out of sync by a second or two. It was off by 12 seconds.
I managed to squeeze it in to sync with the 2nd sync line "D'ya think I'm gonna cure your cancer Serena?". That should make everything else fall in to place. It wasn't. The next sync line, and another one around the 55 minute mark, were way off.
Also, everyone sounded really high pitched.
Yes I downloaded the NTSC version. I also tried with the PAL MP3. I couldn't get either to sync up.
My DVD came from Netflix, and has a runtime of 1:54:27.
Sounds like a possible bad download cause mine synced Perfectly in my Pinnacle Studio program.. :-\
Quote from: RVR II on February 04, 2010, 05:46:35 PM
Sounds like a possible bad download cause mine synced Perfectly in my Pinnacle Studio program.. :-\
How long is the MP3 supposed to be? I'm seeing 1:40:42 in Audacity and 1:49:34 in Winamp. That's weird. Must be an Audacity problem.
Maybe if I start a new Audacity project...
Quote from: Thrifty on February 04, 2010, 06:33:18 PM
Quote from: RVR II on February 04, 2010, 05:46:35 PM
Sounds like a possible bad download cause mine synced Perfectly in my Pinnacle Studio program.. :-\
How long is the MP3 supposed to be? I'm seeing 1:40:42 in Audacity and 1:49:34 in Winamp.
Not sure but I know the very end the riff mp3 was 'cut off' but it was right as the movie was ending so I let that slide but all of Dis's sync lines were right on..
Quote from: Thrifty on February 04, 2010, 06:33:18 PM
Quote from: RVR II on February 04, 2010, 05:46:35 PM
Sounds like a possible bad download cause mine synced Perfectly in my Pinnacle Studio program.. :-\
How long is the MP3 supposed to be? I'm seeing 1:40:42 in Audacity and 1:49:34 in Winamp. That's weird. Must be an Audacity problem.
Maybe if I start a new Audacity project...
I'm seeing 1:49:35 on the Mp3. If it sounds sped up, then something probably went wrong during the conversion from AC to wav. You might want to try that step again.
Quote from: Compound on February 04, 2010, 06:48:50 PM
Quote from: Thrifty on February 04, 2010, 06:33:18 PM
Quote from: RVR II on February 04, 2010, 05:46:35 PM
Sounds like a possible bad download cause mine synced Perfectly in my Pinnacle Studio program.. :-\
How long is the MP3 supposed to be? I'm seeing 1:40:42 in Audacity and 1:49:34 in Winamp. That's weird. Must be an Audacity problem.
Maybe if I start a new Audacity project...
I'm seeing 1:49:35 on the Mp3. If it sounds sped up, then something probably went wrong during the conversion from AC to wav. You might want to try that step again.
No, the movie audio is fine.
The riff sounds sped up.
But I just figured it out, I think. I converted the Riff MP3 over to AC3 format with FFMPEGUI and imported it. The length is 1:49:something and it sounds normal. Now to see if it syncs.
Yep. Converting the riff to AC3 format did it. The volume went way down though. No big deal, I can amplify it. The sound levels across a Rifftrax MP3 are pretty even, so it should be easy.
Glad you got it squared away. Just for the record, when I imported the RT MP3 into Audacity, it showed up as 48000Hz and it was sped up. I had to change it to 44100Hz to get it to sound right and sync up.
So anyway, I don't think you're only one who had issues with the file.
I asked our video guy to take a look at this. He'll get back to you tomorrow. We always synch up the MP3 to the video before we release these, when we make our sample, so their should not ever be a case of synch not working. But when you're doing something other than just playing the MP3 and DVD, we can't really take into account all the variables that can arise.
Quote from: Conor on February 04, 2010, 07:18:55 PM
I asked our video guy to take a look at this. He'll get back to you tomorrow. We always synch up the MP3 to the video before we release these, when we make our sample, so their should not ever be a case of synch not working. But when you're doing something other than just playing the MP3 and DVD, we can't really take into account all the variables that can arise.
It's them damn re-author folks causin' trouble again!
But seriously, thanks for looking out for us even though you're not obligated to.
Quote from: D.B. Barnes on February 04, 2010, 07:02:29 PM
Glad you got it squared away. Just for the record, when I imported the RT MP3 into Audacity, it showed up as 48000Hz and it was sped up. I had to change it to 44100Hz to get it to sound right and sync up.
So anyway, I don't think you're only one who had issues with the file.
Unless they fixed it already with a new file... I just downloaded it and it plays fine and shows up as the proper 44.1khz sampling rate.
Quote from: MrTorso on February 04, 2010, 07:35:09 PM
Quote from: D.B. Barnes on February 04, 2010, 07:02:29 PM
Glad you got it squared away. Just for the record, when I imported the RT MP3 into Audacity, it showed up as 48000Hz and it was sped up. I had to change it to 44100Hz to get it to sound right and sync up.
So anyway, I don't think you're only one who had issues with the file.
Unless they fixed it already with a new file... I just downloaded it and it plays fine and shows up as the proper 44.1khz sampling rate.
When this happened I was curious so I ran it through avinaptic and sure enough it showed up as 44100 but in Audacity, it was not-so-magically transformed into 48000. Who knows?
Quote from: MrTorso on February 04, 2010, 07:35:09 PM
Quote from: D.B. Barnes on February 04, 2010, 07:02:29 PM
Glad you got it squared away. Just for the record, when I imported the RT MP3 into Audacity, it showed up as 48000Hz and it was sped up. I had to change it to 44100Hz to get it to sound right and sync up.
So anyway, I don't think you're only one who had issues with the file.
Unless they fixed it already with a new file... I just downloaded it and it plays fine and shows up as the proper 44.1khz sampling rate.
That's what it looks like on our end too, without us fixing anything. Think we'll assume it works fine for standard use.
I just checked the mp3 file over on our end and it is indeed the proper 44.1k that we usually do. You had me for a moment there since I sync with the raw wav files that are at 48 and hitting the button to convert to an mp3 is so automatic that I don't think about it anymore (custom presets FTW)...I was ready to run to the office at 8pm and crank out a new file and everything. :P
Either way, sorry some of you are having issues. :-/
I blame 'Pantsless Kevin' :angry:
Mine was pretty out of sync too, even when I downloaded it again. Hope it gets fixed soon.
Quote from: Phantom of Krankor on February 04, 2010, 08:21:01 PM
Mine was pretty out of sync too, even when I downloaded it again. Hope it gets fixed soon.
And you are using the Theatrical cut of the movie?? and the right format NTSC or PAL?
Phantom, check your PM's.
I looked at your download history - are you using the .riff file or the regular mp3?
<movie announcer voice> *Thrill at the onslaught of customer service posts!* </movie announcer voice>
Customers Suck! :D
This happened to me on another riff once, but I'll be damned if I can remember which one it was. The Rifftrax MP3, for some reason, imported in to Audacity as being about 9 hours long.
Just finished making my re-author and the file synced up just fine. I did use the third sync line to do it though. Usually the slowest most deliberate line in the movie is the best for syncing. Maybe RT thought so too because you have 3 sync lines in the first 4 minutes. You usually only see 2 that quick. If anyone does the goldwave sync just chop off the first 2:28.2000 of the Riff mp3 and you should be good to go.
I had sync issues with the .riff file. On the second try I just used NTSC and didn't have any problems at all.
I am having the same issue when putting the mpg file into audacity. The whole Rifftrax is sped up, it sounds like Rifftrax, the Squeekuel. How does one change the HZ once it is in there anyway.?
Quote from: Edgewriter on February 05, 2010, 03:20:10 PM
I am having the same issue when putting the mpg file into audacity. The whole Rifftrax is sped up, it sounds like Rifftrax, the Squeekuel. How does one change the HZ once it is in there anyway.?
To the left of the track, there's a little black down arrow next to the words "AUDIO TRACK." Click and that arrow and scroll down to "SET RATE" and select 44100 Hz from the list.
Quote from: D.B. Barnes on February 05, 2010, 03:24:29 PM
Quote from: Edgewriter on February 05, 2010, 03:20:10 PM
I am having the same issue when putting the mpg file into audacity. The whole Rifftrax is sped up, it sounds like Rifftrax, the Squeekuel. How does one change the HZ once it is in there anyway.?
To the left of the track, there's a little black down arrow next to the words "AUDIO TRACK." Click and that arrow and scroll down to "SET RATE" and select 44100 Hz from the list.
Holy Extracurricular !!
Thank you so much! I've been fighting with Terminator for a couple days now. I converted the MP3 to wav, brought it in and then proceeded to do the "blanket is a foot too short" dance of time shifting and padding. I got the first and last cue points but it went all pear shaped in the middle. I didn't even notice it was at 48khz.
Quote from: Blaine on February 11, 2010, 08:56:10 PM
Quote from: D.B. Barnes on February 05, 2010, 03:24:29 PM
Quote from: Edgewriter on February 05, 2010, 03:20:10 PM
I am having the same issue when putting the mpg file into audacity. The whole Rifftrax is sped up, it sounds like Rifftrax, the Squeekuel. How does one change the HZ once it is in there anyway.?
To the left of the track, there's a little black down arrow next to the words "AUDIO TRACK." Click and that arrow and scroll down to "SET RATE" and select 44100 Hz from the list.
Holy Extracurricular !!
Thank you so much! I've been fighting with Terminator for a couple days now. I converted the MP3 to wav, brought it in and then proceeded to do the "blanket is a foot too short" dance of time shifting and padding. I got the first and last cue points but it went all pear shaped in the middle. I didn't even notice it was at 48khz.
I was struggling with it as well...until I noticed that MKB sounded a bit like there was a small helium leak in the booth.