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- From: koenen@research.ptt.nl (Rob Koenen (+31 70 332 5310))
- Subject: Re: lip sync
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- References: <1113@ceylon.gte.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 08:33:30 GMT
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- In article <1113@ceylon.gte.com>, rs05@gte.com (Russ Sasnett) writes:
- > the pix, but most people don't have a clue about the
- > direction of the delay when it's under 1/2 second. i know
- > i didn't; i always had a tough time syncing up wild tracks
- > where there was no slate. back and forth, back and forth
- > i'd go ...
-
- We recently performned an informal test to see if people were
- able to correctly align audio and video. The tested started with audio
- 500 msecs ahead of video, or 500 msecs behind. The sequence
- contained only a (continuously) talking head. The audio delay
- could be changed to get the sound synchronous. Hardly anyone
- was able to get it correct within 100 msec, and most scored
- between 100 and 200 msec, in either direction.
-
- As several people have noted, tests have shown that audio behind
- video is slightly better than having it the other way around.
- Such a test could be to have people watch a video with distorted
- sound, and see have much they can understand of what is said, while
- varying the delay between adio and video. It will be no surprise
- that synchronous audio and video turns out to be best.
-
- These tests also show something else: although people may not be
- able to actively synchronise sound and video very well, they do
- give a higher quality rating to material that is synchronous,
- and so they are aware of misalignment.
-
- Rob Koenen
-