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Analog video capture using Windows Movie Maker - no sound
I tried capturing analog video from my Sony 8mm camcorder so I can burn to a DVD using Windows Movie Maker. The video captured ok but there is no sound. I would really appreciate any help. Thanks
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Thank you Fredshovel for your help. I do have RCA connectors on my video card, but as Windows Movie Maker won't allow me to select those as my audio device I plugged the RCA connector into the blue line input on the sound card as you said.
This somewhat worked as I could hear VERY faint sound from the captured video, but there was also a lot of "computer noise" over the top of the recorded sound.
Prior to this, I had opened the Sound and Audio Devices in the control panel and made sure the volumes were not muted. I have attached a file showing the volume settings.
I am wondering if maybe the problem is the software rather than hardware. Maybe I should be looking at using different capture software that will allow me to select the audio from the Hauppage video card. Any thoughts on this?
sounds.doc
This somewhat worked as I could hear VERY faint sound from the captured video, but there was also a lot of "computer noise" over the top of the recorded sound.
Prior to this, I had opened the Sound and Audio Devices in the control panel and made sure the volumes were not muted. I have attached a file showing the volume settings.
I am wondering if maybe the problem is the software rather than hardware. Maybe I should be looking at using different capture software that will allow me to select the audio from the Hauppage video card. Any thoughts on this?
sounds.doc
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Fredshovel: I set both playback and recording devices to the Realtek HD Audio card (see attached file). Tried capturing video and this time got no sound at all.
My Hauppauge card has the red and white RCA audio inputs (next to the yellow video) but the Hauppauge was not listed in the Audio playback and recording drop down boxes so I could not select it. The only choices I have are the Realtek card or Line in/Mic in.
My camcorder is analogue - Sony Handycam Hi8 model CCD-TVR138.
Sounds-2.doc
My Hauppauge card has the red and white RCA audio inputs (next to the yellow video) but the Hauppauge was not listed in the Audio playback and recording drop down boxes so I could not select it. The only choices I have are the Realtek card or Line in/Mic in.
My camcorder is analogue - Sony Handycam Hi8 model CCD-TVR138.
Sounds-2.doc
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Still no sound. I think I'm about ready to give up on Windows Movie Maker and try something else. The Kaiserbaas sounds good but looks like it's only available in Australia. I'm sure Canada has something similar though.
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The cable that came with my camcorder has two din jacks, one is yellow and the other black. I connected the yellow one to the composite video at the back of my computer and the black one into one of the audio connectors. I turned on my camcorder and set it to "play" mode. I then started Windows Movie Maker and went to "Capture Video". There was only one device available to choose from in the list of "available devices" and that was Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture.
In the Audio Device box I have two choices: 1. Line in/Mic in 2. Realtek HD digital Input. I selected Line in/Mic in.
In the Audio Input Source box I have three choices: 1. Line Volume 2. Microphone 3. Stereo Mix. I am not sure which one to select and have tried all three, but still am not able to capture any sound.
By the way, I forgot to mention my computer is a Hewlett Packard Media Edition which I purchased two years ago 320 GB hard drive, dual core. I also tried capturing video using Nero and was succesful in capturing both video and sound one time only. The second time I tried I got a "failed to initialize capture device" error message. This is sooooo frustrating.
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