I'm having trouble capturing video from a Sony TRV-18. I've captured with no problems in the past, but am having difficulty with a new project.
The old projects were straight MiniDV with 16 bit 48Hz stereo audio. The new project is different: The tape was shot in 12 bit audio mode, with a dummy 1/8" stereo jack plugged into the mic input to kill the audio. (The Sony has 2 audio modes: 16 bit and 12-bit. 16-bit is a straight 16-bit stereo audio track. In 12-bit mode, what happens in essence is that while taping, 12-bit stereo audio is recorded onto one channel of two audio channels, leaving the second channel free for dubbing during playback later on.) I then dubbed a commentary track onto the second channel during playback. I know the sound is on the tape because I can hear the commentary when I play the tape back from the camera through the TV.
When I try to capture to VV, however, all I get is a whining sound, and the captured audio tracks look flat on the timeline. During capture I can hear the sound play back in the camera, but don't hear the sound through the computer speakers, only the whining sound. Is this just a limitation of VV (I see that in project properties you can only select 8, 16, or 24 bit audio)? If I look at the properties of the captured audio, it's identified as 32000 Hz 16 bit stereo.
I know I can always capture the audio separately via camera AV out into my soundcard, but would prefer to capture via firewire with the video so I'm assured of good sync.
Any suggestions or comments appreciated.
Thanks to you all.
The old projects were straight MiniDV with 16 bit 48Hz stereo audio. The new project is different: The tape was shot in 12 bit audio mode, with a dummy 1/8" stereo jack plugged into the mic input to kill the audio. (The Sony has 2 audio modes: 16 bit and 12-bit. 16-bit is a straight 16-bit stereo audio track. In 12-bit mode, what happens in essence is that while taping, 12-bit stereo audio is recorded onto one channel of two audio channels, leaving the second channel free for dubbing during playback later on.) I then dubbed a commentary track onto the second channel during playback. I know the sound is on the tape because I can hear the commentary when I play the tape back from the camera through the TV.
When I try to capture to VV, however, all I get is a whining sound, and the captured audio tracks look flat on the timeline. During capture I can hear the sound play back in the camera, but don't hear the sound through the computer speakers, only the whining sound. Is this just a limitation of VV (I see that in project properties you can only select 8, 16, or 24 bit audio)? If I look at the properties of the captured audio, it's identified as 32000 Hz 16 bit stereo.
I know I can always capture the audio separately via camera AV out into my soundcard, but would prefer to capture via firewire with the video so I'm assured of good sync.
Any suggestions or comments appreciated.
Thanks to you all.