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Auto-sync

Software-assisted alignment of separate picture and sound clips using timecode, waveform, or metadata.

Also known as: automatic sync, auto sync

Reviewed

Inputs

  • Approved creative material, production information, and the requirements for the task

Outputs

  • A reviewed result with a clear owner, version, and downstream handoff

Handoffs

  • Editors verify every result because clock drift, duplicate timecode, latency, weak guide audio, and file-boundary differences can produce plausible but incorrect matches.

In practice

Editors verify every result because clock drift, duplicate timecode, latency, weak guide audio, and file-boundary differences can produce plausible but incorrect matches.

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