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Posted by Rick Merrill on 05/31/06 19:42
Richard Crowley wrote:
> 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?)
He should try playback on a camcorder with both 12-bit and 16-bit modes
and see if either mode has audio. If neither mode gives audio then I'd
think the recordings were toast.
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