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Convention Paper

Audio-Video Synchronization for Post-Production over Managed Wide-Area Networks

Authors: Brock, Nathan; Daniels, Michelle; Morris, Steve; Otto, Peter

AES Convention 128 · Paper 8040 · May 2010

Abstract

A persistent challenge with enabling remote collaboration for cinema post-production is synchronizing audio and video assets. This paper details efforts to guarantee that the sound quality and audio-video synchronization over networked collaborative systems will be measurably the same as that experienced in a traditional facility. This includes establishing a common word-clock source for all digital audio devices on the network, extending transport control and time code to all audio and video assets, adjusting latencies to ensure sample-accurate mixing between remote audio sources, and locking audio and video playback to within quarter-frame accuracy. We will detail our instantiation of these techniques at a demonstration given in December 2009 involving collaboration between a film editor in San Diego and a sound designer in Marin County, California.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 128
AES Convention
128
Paper number
8040
Publication date
May 6, 2010
Session subject
Network, Internet, and Broadcast Audio
Affiliation
Skywalker Sound, Marin County, CA, USA; University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper