Appendix G Sound track position and displacement on film
In motion picture prints, the separation between any picture frame and its corresponding sound is standardized, with a tolerance of ±1/2 frame.
Super-8 optical track: sound 22 frames ahead of picture
16 mm optical track: sound 26 frames ahead of picture
35 mm optical track: sound 20 frames ahead of picture
Super-8 magnetic track: sound 18 frames ahead of picture
16 mm magnetic track: sound 28 frames ahead of picture
35 mm magnetic track: sound 28 frames behind picture
70 mm magnetic track: sound 24 frames behind picture
35 mm SDDStrack: 0 frames ahead of picture
35 mm DTStrack: Not applicable, sound on separate CD-ROM
35 mm Dolby Digitaltrack: 26 frames ahead of picture
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