Capture Loses Synch with Audio/Video

Rogueone wrote on 11/20/2003, 9:07 AM
Okay, I've spent most of the night trying to figure this out, and I don't have a solution yet. Here's my problem:
I'm trying to record video from a camcorder. The camcorder uses VHS-C tapes. I have a Leadtek WinFast VC100 capture card, which supports S-video and Composite connectors. Recording format is DV AVI, and audio is Mpeg-3. Computer runs Windows XP Pro, and I've got an Audigy 2 Platinum. Video card is a Radeon 9700 Pro. When the source file is recorded, Windows Media Player plays the file back fine. However, once the file is loaded into Vegas, the audio somehow loses synch with the video. I'm using Vegas 4.0d, and all sound/video drivers are current. In the past, I've not had troubles with this. Does anybody have any ideas on why now there's an issue? The only thing I can think of is that 4 days ago I had to restore my computer to an earlier point. It did mess up DVD Architect, but after a re-install of DVDA it worked fine. I've re-installed Vegas, but it didn't fix it. I've decided to format my system this afternoon when I get done with classes and start over. I can't imagine anything else that would be a culprit. Any and all comments/suggestions would be helpful!
And it never fails, when messing around with meaningless projects Vegas works fine, but when I start to work on a real project (like now) there is no end to headaches!

Thanks,
Rogue One

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romegta wrote on 2/4/2004, 1:54 AM
Rogueone, have you determined what was going on with your sync problem? You and I share a very similar system hardware wise and am curious if we're not experiencing problems because of our hardware configuration. I also am running XP (SP5), Radeon 9700pro, audigy platinum - and I'm running into errors whenever I try to capture ANYTHING from my Sony DSR-25 VTR deck. Have you learned anything since your last post?
Thanks.
Jerome
PeterWright wrote on 2/4/2004, 7:43 PM
Just guessing but it's probably connected with the audio being MP3. Normally DV avi format uses 16 bit 48Khz PCM wav audio.

Best way to capture in Vegas is via either an Analogue/Digital converter box or use a DV camera as pass through to firewire. This way it arrives in full DV format.