[Hidden-tech] Digital Video Sound Question

[Tom at Reelife Productions]

Will,

your best bet is to play back the tape in the deck/camera it was 
recorded on.  I know it doesn't seem right but, a lot of times, it's 
the only way to get a minidv tape to play back faithfully.  There's 
only 6mm of tape to hold all those "0 & 1s" AND  get the audio right 
too.

(that's probably the problem, but definitely not definitely the 
problem.)
Regards,

Tom Adams

Director/Owner
Reelife Documentary Productions
"cool digital video stuff...not boring or dumb"
413.575.9707
info at reelifeproductions.com www.reelifeproductions.com
Williamsburg, MA, USA
On Jun 6, 2005, at 5:06 PM, matthew wrote:

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> if you have access to a computer with adobe premiere try that because 
> premiere has a place to specify which camera and for some cameras they 
> have specific audio settings.
>
> matthew
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> At 07:33 AM 6/6/2005, Will Loving wrote:
>
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>> I've recently begun playing around with digital video editing and 
>> have a
>> problem I'm wondering if anyone has experience with. Please feel free 
>> to
>> email directly rather than sending to the list.
>>
>> The problem: I've been importing video into iMovie using a friends 
>> Sony
>> DCR-TRV20 camera. The video was taken on this camera and imports 
>> perfectly.
>> I have some other DV tapes made on a Canon GL1. When I play these 
>> tapes on
>> the Sony camera, the video comes in fine but the audio is mostly 
>> faint and
>> has a chirping sound kind of like an electronic jackhammer. 
>> Occasionally the
>> chirp disappears for a couple of seconds and the recorded sound comes 
>> up to
>> full volume, only to drop back down again.
>>
>> When played on the Canon GL1 camera that they were originally 
>> recorded on,
>> the tapes play fine and the chirping sound is not evident. However, 
>> we can't
>> use the Canon camera to import because it has a blown FireWire port. 
>> We
>> thought perhaps the problem might be 16-bit vs 12-bit audio, but 
>> we've tried
>> the Sony camera with both settings and the chirping remains. Both 
>> cameras
>> are about 5 years old and of similar original cost ($2500). Both seem 
>> to
>> otherwise work fine.
>>
>> Any suggestions other than try to find another camera to import the 
>> tapes
>> on?
>>
>> Will Loving
>>
>>
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