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Video and Audio Drift

Hey everyone,

I was wondering, how much does recorded audio and video drift from their actual recording time usually? (So like, perhaps a frame is dropped or something) I'm recording both separately (into unsigned 8 bit PCM (44100 Hz) and raw image data files) and I was wondering how much I can expect each to drift.

Thanks in advance!

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With good hardware and software you can expect no drift at all. Dropped frames are only an artifact of processing lags.

Tomer Vromen  2010-06-17 14:15:32
So you think on playback it should be exactly as it was on recording?
Cenoc  2010-06-17 14:49:55
Assuming fast enough hardware and reliable software, yes - it should be identical.
Tomer Vromen  2010-06-17 16:03:48

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