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Hi guys,

I produce a lot of music in Ableton with video because i work as a composer for advertising.

Working with video is the HELL in Ableton, because there is a sync issue. When I play the video in ableton, everything is in sync with the sound. But when I bounce the video, the music is always ahead of the video (around 300ms). This is super super super annoying when you want to do sound design.

I did a lot for reading on this issue, but I think the problem is the delay compensation. When plugins cause latency, ableton does automatic delay compensation, but not for video. So the video is always out of sync when you have a big project with lots of plugins.

Does anybody has a solution to this problem, please let me know!! I don't want to switch to Pro Tools because of this.

Thanks a lot! Cheers, Thomas

Hi guys,

Does anybody has experience syncing Ableton to different software which playback video? So, when i press play in Abelton, the other program starts playing the video? Which software would be best to do this?

I try to find a solution for the sync issues Ableton has when playing the video in Ableton itself. Check my other topic: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=244735

Thanks a lot!

Cheers,
Thomas

Hi,

did you checked and try this ?
specially the comment sfrom "Nyyx"

it's not perfect but can help

viewtopic.php?t=240759

I got mine fixed!
Large sessions with lots of plugins meant video was about half a second out. Was KILLING ME.

Fix:
Settings > Audio > Drive Error Compensation - set to zero
and
my video was 48k but my session was running in 44100 so I changed
Settings> Audio > In/Out Sample Rate to 48000

Everything is in sync now. So happy!
Good luck!

If you're still dealing with this — I built FrameSync specifically because of these kinds of sync issues. It's a standalone app that connects to Live via AbletonOSC and keeps video locked to the transport with continuous position correction, so no drift. Runs outside the session so it can't interfere with anything.

macOS and Windows. https://all-the-machines.com/products/framesync