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Posted by Richard Crowley on 05/31/06 18:55
raida4life wrote ...
>I recently had some people helping me out with some video recordings.
> Some tapes I got in 8mm and have always been able to transfer these to
> VHS or DVD via RCA cables. Similarly I got some that were Digital 8
> and
> I was able to do likewise.
>
> Recently I got some Mini DV (not Mini DVD) tapes and discovered after
> the fact that all of these recordings were done in such a format that
> the Audio is not reproducible by any other means than from the guy who
> taped these for me. The video always comes through fine, it's just the
> audio I am having trouble with. I tried a couple of iterations of
> swapping out the audio cables and made sure they were properly
> connected.
>
> He left a few untransfered to DVD for me and now I am stuck with Mini
> DV tapes that I can not get the sound out of. I suspect these were
> recorded in 16 bit Audio, because all of the 12 Bit recordings play
> back just fine. I have tried in vain using other camcorders and even
> messed with every combination of audio setting on the camcorder with
> the RCA jacks, but the Audio just does not come through. I have only
> tried using RCA jacks, I am not familiar with other technologies.
>
> If someone can help me figure out how to recover the audio from these
> recordings along with the video stream, I would be very thankful.
First, note that 16-bit is the preferred mode, and very few
people use 12-bit, mostly by accident. :-)
You didn't mention what software you are using to capture?
Is it set for 12-bit (because you seem to work with 12 a lot?)
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