Scenalyzer help: Only one channel of stereo get in audio track

diy wrote on 10/27/2004, 9:05 AM
Hi everyone,

First let me take this opportunity to thank this Forum to be one of the top reasons for me to become a new Vegas user.

Is my problem simply a trial version limitation? The media property clearly indicate the captured avi clips are in stereo.

BTW, how do you determine what's on tape is in stereo on mono directly? I use Sony TRV-950.

Thanks,

-DIY

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diy wrote on 10/27/2004, 9:08 AM
Sorry but I failed to mention that I can only hear left channel during capture. But again the captured avi say it's stereo.

-diy
CorporateSound wrote on 10/27/2004, 10:43 AM
How was the original material recorded? Did you use the on-board mics or a different method of input to the camera? Have you listened directly to the camera with headphones and played back the tape?
diy wrote on 10/27/2004, 11:53 AM
I use Sony ECM-HS1 mic most of the time. Maybe that's why - it's a mono mic, right?

But the on-board mic is stereo, right? If true, that explains why some of my captures do fill both channels.

No that I miss the balanced XLR on PDX10, what's the next best thing I can do for a stereo mic?

Thanks again,

-diy
diy wrote on 10/27/2004, 2:06 PM
Just confirmed ECM-HS1 is a mono mic.

But then why both Vegas and Scenalyzer capture tape as stereo avi file, only to recorded on the left audio channel alone?

Should I convert it into mono on the audio track and how?

Thanks!

-diy
CorporateSound wrote on 10/29/2004, 10:28 AM
It's captured as a stereo file because that's the way the media flag is set during the recording, regardless of it being a mono mic that is plugged in.
Although, I thought those mono Sony mics were equipped with a stereo plug or stereo hotshoe connection in order to route mono audio equally to both inputs.
There are some oddities in how audio is captured from the 950 and the PD-x10 with some software. I have to use ScenAlyser to properly capture my PD-x10 footage in stereo or more commonly for me, two-channel mono. It could be an issue like that, or your mic input could be malfunctioning, or if the mic only has a mono plug then your result is probably normal.
You can convert this left-channel-only-captured-track to be centered, by right clicking on the event and selecting "channels", "left only".
diy wrote on 11/1/2004, 1:42 PM
Once again, you guys proves to be helpful. Thanks a lot!

BTW, I'm getting my stereo mic.

-diy