Locking Sync w/Canopus ADVC-100

burchis wrote on 11/7/2003, 7:50 PM
On a suggestion from the forum I purchased a Canopus ADVC-100 Converter to handle my analog and digital captures and transfers. I mostly needed this converter to lock the audio and video signal together. Here's my question.

I use a Sony Video Walkman (GD-V800) unit to play my old recorded analog camcorder tapes for transfering to my computer. The output options from this VCR player has firewire, S-video, and componet A/V. Does it make a difference which of these output feeds I use when I process the signal into the Canopus converter?

I realize that I could simply go directly to the computer with the firewire connection, however I am getting out of sync audio with this configuration.

I guess what I need to know is, does the electrionics in the Canopus converter need the componet A/V signal to correctly lock the audio/video together, or does the digitized signal from the VCR player firewire connection feeding into the Canopus converter still yield a locked audio/video signal before going to the computer?

Maybe I am over thinking all of this but then again, why does the signal get out of sync in the first place?

Comments

Leviathan wrote on 11/7/2003, 8:53 PM
If it's analog tape then I would go analog out of the walkman into the canopus. Otherwise you'd be using the walkman's analog-dv converters, which is probably what is causing the sync problem. The canopus converters will be higher quality. Hope this helps.

Sincerely, Leviathan
farss wrote on 11/7/2003, 9:13 PM
I'd say the 1394 feed into the ADVC-100 would be just a straight passthrough. I'd be pretty amazed if the ADVC-100 does a better job of holding sync than the GDV-800 does going out its 1394 port butthen again you never kniow, its sure worth a try.

Have you careully checked though whats on the tape to start with? Carefully monitor it when just playing the tape back from the deck, use headphones to get a good listen to the audio.
burchis wrote on 11/8/2003, 8:15 AM
Two responses so far with different views. At least I'm getting feed back.

Here is another question for thought. Is there ever a sync problem with audio and video from a digital camcorder, or only from a analog camcorder?
burchis wrote on 11/8/2003, 8:00 PM
Searching for more information to setup.

Do I need to worry about audio and video sync with DV, or just analog?
kentwolf wrote on 11/9/2003, 5:04 PM
Usaing the ADVC-100, I have never had a synch issue with either analog or digital footage.