out of sync audio, and general questions...

Heya.
I'm trying to import video from my MiniDV camcorder using this cable:
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...ct_Id=1 44533

I've tried it in Ulead Videostudio 9 and Mediastudio 8 but both have
suffered issues with sound, or not captured at all.

At first, it worked fine. Sound was in sync and no loss of frames or
anything.
However, I decided to fiddle with the capture settings to get better
quality videos, etc... and now I have an issue where the sound either:
is ahead/behind, slower than the video (video runs super fast)
And sometimes, I get an error about the program not being able to creat
a MPEG graph or contact the MPEG pin (or something similar to this...)

Basically, what I was trying to achieve was the best quality file I
could (Preferably compressed) so I can write it onto DVD and it'll look
alright on a widescreen TV as well as having half-decent sound quality
(which is preferably in sync!!)
Now, I know when you write to DVD sound has to be separate, but it
still has to be in sync to start with! I wouldn't want sounds playing
from event that don't even happen on the DVD.

Anyway... What are the best settings I can use for my situation?/Why is
audio going out of sync?

For those interested in how the cable works...
You connect the S-Video cable to the input, which then goes into USB,
and the sound channels run off a separate wire, which plugs into the
microphone socket of your PC.
And I'm also running a 2.53Ghz Pentium 4 PC w/ 1gb ram.

Reset the settings to default to get it to work again.

As the sound is seperate it is very hard to get it in sync as the graphics
applications will capture the video at one sample rate and the audio card at
another.

For best quality you need to invest some decent money into a decent product.

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"AcidX" <acidecks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1136324671.734364.47810@g43g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> Heya.
> I'm trying to import video from my MiniDV camcorder using this cable:
> http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...ct_Id=1 44533
>
> I've tried it in Ulead Videostudio 9 and Mediastudio 8 but both have
> suffered issues with sound, or not captured at all.
>
> At first, it worked fine. Sound was in sync and no loss of frames or
> anything.
> However, I decided to fiddle with the capture settings to get better
> quality videos, etc... and now I have an issue where the sound either:
> is ahead/behind, slower than the video (video runs super fast)
> And sometimes, I get an error about the program not being able to creat
> a MPEG graph or contact the MPEG pin (or something similar to this...)
>
> Basically, what I was trying to achieve was the best quality file I
> could (Preferably compressed) so I can write it onto DVD and it'll look
> alright on a widescreen TV as well as having half-decent sound quality
> (which is preferably in sync!!)
> Now, I know when you write to DVD sound has to be separate, but it
> still has to be in sync to start with! I wouldn't want sounds playing
> from event that don't even happen on the DVD.
>
> Anyway... What are the best settings I can use for my situation?/Why is
> audio going out of sync?
>
> For those interested in how the cable works...
> You connect the S-Video cable to the input, which then goes into USB,
> and the sound channels run off a separate wire, which plugs into the
> microphone socket of your PC.
> And I'm also running a 2.53Ghz Pentium 4 PC w/ 1gb ram.
>

Reset the settings to default to get it to work again.

As the sound is seperate it is very hard to get it in sync as the graphics
applications will capture the video at one sample rate and the audio card at
another.

For best quality you need to invest some decent money into a decent product.

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.myvideoproblems.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com


"AcidX" <acidecks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1136324671.734364.47810@g43g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> Heya.
> I'm trying to import video from my MiniDV camcorder using this cable:
> http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...ct_Id=1 44533
>
> I've tried it in Ulead Videostudio 9 and Mediastudio 8 but both have
> suffered issues with sound, or not captured at all.
>
> At first, it worked fine. Sound was in sync and no loss of frames or
> anything.
> However, I decided to fiddle with the capture settings to get better
> quality videos, etc... and now I have an issue where the sound either:
> is ahead/behind, slower than the video (video runs super fast)
> And sometimes, I get an error about the program not being able to creat
> a MPEG graph or contact the MPEG pin (or something similar to this...)
>
> Basically, what I was trying to achieve was the best quality file I
> could (Preferably compressed) so I can write it onto DVD and it'll look
> alright on a widescreen TV as well as having half-decent sound quality
> (which is preferably in sync!!)
> Now, I know when you write to DVD sound has to be separate, but it
> still has to be in sync to start with! I wouldn't want sounds playing
> from event that don't even happen on the DVD.
>
> Anyway... What are the best settings I can use for my situation?/Why is
> audio going out of sync?
>
> For those interested in how the cable works...
> You connect the S-Video cable to the input, which then goes into USB,
> and the sound channels run off a separate wire, which plugs into the
> microphone socket of your PC.
> And I'm also running a 2.53Ghz Pentium 4 PC w/ 1gb ram.
>