Where's My Audio Gone?

harrison wrote on 3/28/2008, 8:35 PM

Hi - firstly I'll say I'm a rookie with Vegas Movie Studio.

My problem is that when I capture the video into Vegas from my DV camera I lose the audio which is also on the tape. I connect my camera to my laptop with a USB cord.

An interesting thing is that if I play my captured video in the video capture window, the audio is there. But when I place the captured video into the timeline the audio is gone. There is a voice track which comes with the video track - but it is empty.

The file I am placing into the timeline/tracklist is a .avi file which I'm not sure is the correct format?

Thanks for your help - I'm happy to provide any further details if needed.

Harry

Comments

Eugenia wrote on 3/28/2008, 9:28 PM

DV cameras use firewire, not usb, so what kind of camera do you really have?
Also, make sure you have the latest free update of VMS.

Tim L wrote on 3/28/2008, 10:00 PM

As Eugenia suggests, using Firewire for capture should take care of your problems.

I think that capturing via USB results in a Type 1 AVI file, whereas Vegas wants to work with a Type 2 AVI file. You are correct that the audio is indeed included in the AVI file you have (and that's why Windows Media Player can probably play it fine), but a Type 2 AVI file duplicates the audio stream in a format that is much friendlier to editing programs, and this is the format Vegas requires.

If you've already captured a significant number of files, you should be able to find free programs on the web that will convert Type 1 files to Type 2 for you. I've never used one, but I know they're out there. Use Google or Wikipedia to find out more about Type 1 AVI vs. Type 2 AVI.

Tim L

harrison wrote on 3/29/2008, 12:18 AM

Thanks for your help guys - looks like I'm off the the shops to purchase a firewire cable.

By the way my camera is a Panasonic NV-GS230

Thanks again.

Harry