no audio via firewire out to dv cam

imagin8r wrote on 10/14/2003, 1:18 AM

i plan to try calling tech support, but maybe someone already has the answer to this one.

i can capture audio and video just fine via firewire from my sony mini dv camcorder. but when i try to record back to tape from the timeline in external monitor preview or via the "print to dv tape" command, i get picture, but no audio.

the confusing part is, i get the test tone with the color bars, but none of the program sound will go back through the firewire. i can hear the audio just fine through my soundcard, so i know the track is there, and it registers on the onscreen meter in playback.

have consulted the help pages and a new book on vegas just purchased. nothing covers this.

any ideas?

many thanks in advance.

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 10/14/2003, 7:48 AM

Well, i can lessen half your confusion. Audio is not sent out through the firewire port when previewing from the timeline. However, it should work when using print to tape. Hmmmm.

pdmath wrote on 10/14/2003, 8:13 AM

I have the same issue once in a while. I usually get both audio and video when printing to tape but a couple of weeks ago, I was really confused why no audio was exporting. I went back to the timeline and make a change or 2 to the audio track...I don't remember exactly what change I made - I think I changed the level a bit - but anyway, when I printed to tape, it re-rendered the audio track and printed to tape just fine.

I have no idea what was wrong in the first attempt, but just mainly wanted to let you know I have had a similar issue on ocassion.

So, change something in the audio to cause a re-render and see what happens.

Phil