[Hidden-tech] Digital Video Sound Question

[matthew]

but he mentioned that the firewire port was blown on that camera so his 
first/best option isn't an option.

matthew

At 07:13 PM 6/6/2005, Tom at Reelife Productions wrote:

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>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
>
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>Reelife Documentary Productions
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>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
>>
>>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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