Handbrake: Splitting by seconds makes audio initially silent

[AlexPasternak]

I wanted to split up a long .mp4 video into 3 parts, trimming transitions etc. So I looked up the by second timing of start to end, and used Handbrake to split into 3 .mp4 files, changing the 3 timing options only (Seconds, from, through) each time.

The video comes out perfectly, but the audio is completely dropped for at least the first 7-10 seconds, before it starts along with the video. I did this twice, restarting the app, thinking I did something wrong. Ultimately I had to start the trim earlier and have unnecessary wait at the start of the video, in order to have the audio start at the necessary time.

I can find no open issue on this. Please let me know if I can provide more details. I cannot share the original video as it is company internal and proprietary.

Handbrake 0.10.5, OS X 10.11.4

[bradleysepos]

As a temporary workaround, try splitting on frames instead of seconds, e.g. for video at 30 frames per second, 90 seconds would be 2700 frames. Let us know if this seems to be more reliable.

[jstebbins]

Could you give the nightly build a try. I believe I have fixed this now.

[AlexPasternak]

I tested a few splits by second with the latest nightly, and the audio kicks in right away. Thanks for getting this addressed! Not sure if you want me to close the issue since it's not in the main build yet? Leaving it open for you.

[AlexPasternak]

@sr55 Can you please confirm when this fix will be in a production build? I reverted from nightly to regular b/c I did not want other "beta" functionality in the meantime, but the latest download still has a build back from February.

Update: I see that it's on track to be in 1.0.0 release, but this unfortunately does not have a release date.

[bradleysepos]

Correct, no release date. The stars will align soon enough. You may be interested in the milestone page: https://github.com/HandBrake/HandBrake/milestone/2