Record Audio from Camcorder

[Guest]

Trying to record video and audio from standard 8mm Camcorder (Analog). I can
record the video but am unable to record the audio.
Using Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2.
On Composite 2.

 

[Wojo]

That is because Movie Maker doesn't like analog capture very much.
It is better to use a pass-through device so you are capturing through
firewire such as a Dazzle unit or a digital camera that has analog inputs.
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[Guest]

Do you know if you can purchase a two prong cable ( video and audio) with a
firewire connector on the other end that may work? I have a firewire
connection already on my computer.

Thanks for the Help!

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

There are no cables like that.... you need to use some sort of capture
device such as those in the Analog Video Capture section of www.papajohn.org
or use a digital camcorder connected to the computer via firewire that can
convert the video to Digital Video from a connected analog camcorder.
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[Wojo]

I wish you could, it would make life easier for many people but
unfortunately Papajohn's correct. :-(

 

[Guest]

I had someone else's analog camera with wedding video on it, so I bought a
Dazzle device at Best Buy. One side of it connects directly into the USB
port...on the other side are the connections to the camera. I used s-video
for the video connection, and a Y audio cable for the audio. Everything was
fine but at first I couldnt get it to work...until I figured out the 'audio'
connection was not 'aux' not 'stereo' not 'line in' or any of the
others...but it was the last choice MICROPHONE. I still don't get that, but
everything worked great and I captured about 4 hours of footage with Movie
Maker. The camera took vid of the ceremony from a tripod in the
balcony....one of the better parts of my movie is when I took the 15 minutes
before the ceremony and sped it up to a 3.5 minute movie....watching the
movements of all the people (and one kid falling down!) is completely
fascinating....glad I thought of it.... ha ha ha

 

[Wojo]

Doesn't Dazzle make one that connects via firewire?
I don't use one myself but I'm sure I've seen them.
If you can get one that connects to firewire you will be much better off.
-Wojo

 

[Guest]

Wojo,I didn't know, but I checked to see if they did have a firewire model.
They have 3 models but they are all for high speed USB conversion. I got
the middle model for about $80 and the Dazzle150 sells for about $130.
There are tons of complaints in the reviews that I just read, but I chalk
that up to newbies who have no idea what they are working with. It works
just fine....it converted all my stuff accurately; both audio and video. It
converts video up to DVD quality, but of course, this analog video wasn't
that good and is a step or two below the quality of my Sony MiniDV. But I
wanted the film for some scenes and especially the sound. I wasn't thinking
about sound being better from a distance than right under the loud
speakers... ha ha However, I did have a voice recorder and lapel mike in
place which I used to great success in Movie Maker too. Pinnacle, however,
did bundle their stOOpid software with the Dazzle....I didn't like it, so I
used Movie Maker with no problem at all. In the reviews I read there were
complaints about having to use only Pinnacle Studio9 but thats not true at
all.

 

[Richard Crowley]

poppy wrote...

Do you know if you can purchase a two prong cable
( video and audio) with a firewire connector on the
other end that may work? I have a firewire connection
already on my computer.

http://www.canopus.us/US/products/advc110/pm_advc110.asp

Very highly regarded and recommended.
Other solutions pale by comparison.

 

[Guest]

Intervideo's WinDVD Creator came with my computer. I have a Media Center PC
with XP Media. I can import from my camcorder using composite video cables
and the RCA ports that are on the front of my PC. I can't do this simple
function with Movie Maker and can't figure out why. Intervideo has a free
trail on it's web site.

Matt