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There is a noticeable, consistent delay, from start to finish, in the audio track. Any suggestions?

I just bought the BluRay ... so not sure.

The goofy bird is in the opening.

The audio is off, slightly delayed, throughout the movie.

The audio is off, slightly delayed, throughout the movie.

Then try what I suggested (I presume you are referring to a movie-only MKV that you made and not a full disc Blu-ray backup)

OneFastSkater wrote:The audio is off, slightly delayed, throughout the movie.

Please go to preferences, enable "log debug messages" and "show AV sync messages", and try to redo the MKV. Please post the resulting messages here.

Debug log started at Thu Feb 16 12:52:51 2012 , written by MakeMKV v1.7.2 darwin(x86-release)
Using 524544KB for read cache.
001005:0000 MakeMKV v1.7.2 darwin(x86-release) started
001004:0000 Debug logging enabled, log will be saved as /Users/onefastskater/MakeMKV_log.txt
002014:0000 Optical drive "DVD+R-DL MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-868 KB19" opened in DASPI v1.3 mode.
002014:0000 Optical drive "BD-RE MATSHITA BD-MLT UJ240AS 1.11" opened in DASPI v1.3 mode.
003007:0000 Using direct disc access mode
DAFD=PAAAADAAAAEABDQUEAQEBAQIBDQAAAAAgAAAAAAAAAAA=
DCE=97BkIgaQzg+bshNOo395McRhRt3b+cgWL2o+dOPSx0SKRRgfrQBiApejGOQ9AjxjHtPS6RDMtRdjZJ250WL96AInPAMnkhk1OTRldepwfQLgdrTxo7UhvqmdYkU7XvUsqV20+FKu+pD5lheYh05Q9usDhkppjnsLmQ==
DISCID=FB82E67F7256BF67915C75E07946C3D545E51C7B
003307:0000 File 00000.mpls was added as title #0
003025:0000 Title #00001.mpls has length of 8 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
003025:0000 Title #00014.m2ts has length of 103 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
003307:0000 File 00016.m2ts was added as title #1
003307:0000 File 00010.m2ts was added as title #2
003025:0000 Title #00002.m2ts has length of 8 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
003307:0000 File 00011.m2ts was added as title #3
003025:0000 Title #00018.m2ts has length of 4 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
003025:0000 Title #00003.m2ts has length of 5 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
003307:0000 File 00000.m2ts was added as title #4
003025:0000 Title #00001.m2ts has length of 10 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
003025:0000 Title #00017.m2ts has length of 4 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
003025:0000 Title #00015.m2ts has length of 60 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
005011:0000 Operation successfully completed
005014:0000 Saving 1 titles into directory /Volumes/nas01
004001:0000 Forced subtitles track #3 turned out to be empty and was removed from output file
005005:0080 1 titles saved
005036:0104 Copy complete. 1 titles saved.

Debug log started at Thu Feb 16 12:52:51 2012 , written by MakeMKV v1.7.2 darwin(x86-release)
Using 524544KB for read cache.
001005:0000 MakeMKV v1.7.2 darwin(x86-release) started
001004:0000 Debug logging enabled, log will be saved as /Users/onefastskater/MakeMKV_log.txt
002014:0000 Optical drive "DVD+R-DL MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-868 KB19" opened in DASPI v1.3 mode.
002014:0000 Optical drive "BD-RE MATSHITA BD-MLT UJ240AS 1.11" opened in DASPI v1.3 mode.
003007:0000 Using direct disc access mode
DAFD=PAAAADAAAAEABDQUEAQEBAQIBDQAAAAAgAAAAAAAAAAA=
DCE=97BkIgaQzg+bshNOo395McRhRt3b+cgWL2o+dOPSx0SKRRgfrQBiApejGOQ9AjxjHtPS6RDMtRdjZJ250WL96AInPAMnkhk1OTRldepwfQLgdrTxo7UhvqmdYkU7XvUsqV20+FKu+pD5lheYh05Q9usDhkppjnsLmQ==
DISCID=FB82E67F7256BF67915C75E07946C3D545E51C7B
003307:0000 File 00000.mpls was added as title #0
003025:0000 Title #00001.mpls has length of 8 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
003025:0000 Title #00014.m2ts has length of 103 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
003307:0000 File 00016.m2ts was added as title #1
003307:0000 File 00010.m2ts was added as title #2
003025:0000 Title #00002.m2ts has length of 8 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
003307:0000 File 00011.m2ts was added as title #3
003025:0000 Title #00018.m2ts has length of 4 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
003025:0000 Title #00003.m2ts has length of 5 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
003307:0000 File 00000.m2ts was added as title #4
003025:0000 Title #00001.m2ts has length of 10 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
003025:0000 Title #00017.m2ts has length of 4 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
003025:0000 Title #00015.m2ts has length of 60 seconds which is less than minimum title length of 120 seconds and was therefore skipped
005011:0000 Operation successfully completed
005014:0000 Saving 1 titles into directory /Volumes/nas01
004001:0000 Forced subtitles track #3 turned out to be empty and was removed from output file
005005:0080 1 titles saved
005036:0104 Copy complete. 1 titles saved.

I tried doing a backup and no difference. It's interesting to note that audio is synch'ed perfectly when the bird steps on a cigarette butt in the lead in. I'm going to try playing back the BluRay disk on my PS3.

The only video editing software I have a copy of is iMovie and it failed to open an MKV. Do you have any suggestions on a video tool that would enable me to cut off the first 13 seconds?

Or even mkvmerge GUI, which could split the MKV into two files: one with the first few seconds, and a second file ith the rest of the source.