- 8mm to MiniDV left channel audio only?
- Posted by Edward on February 9th, 2007
I'm in the process of ordering a Digital 8 camera off ebay.
But in the meantime I have an old Hi8 camcorder I'm using to transfer
tapes to MiniDV.
When I play the tapes there is only sound on the left channel, since
the tapes are mono.
I used a dubbing cable with this on both ends.
http://imagecloset.com/uimages/rgh1170989818w.JPG
then I tried one with THIS on both ends...
http://imagecloset.com/uimages/cqs1170990037k.JPG
and this is what the whole contraption looks like.
http://imagecloset.com/uimages/rgh1170990137p.JPG
- Posted by Richard Crowley on February 9th, 2007
"Edward" wrote ...
OK. Not clear what that has to do with the rest of your post.
OK.
Is there a question here?
- Posted by Edward on February 9th, 2007
On Feb 9, 8:46 am, "Richard Crowley" <rcrow...@xpr7t.net> wrote:
Yeah. How can I get to normal mono? on both L and R channels?
- Posted by Richard Crowley on February 9th, 2007
"Edward" wrote ...
If you are just dubbing via cable from one camcorder to the
other, you can use the kind of cables that have the 4-pole
mini-phone on the camcorder end, and three RCA plugs
(yellow, white, red) on the other. Then use a Y-adapter to
route the signals however you wish.
If you are feeding your video into a computer to edit, you
can use your software to "duplicate" or "fill" the tracks.
- Posted by Gene on February 9th, 2007
"Y" RCA adapter cable(s) and/or check the menu settings on
both camcorders to insure that you are not forcing
a mono condition. Could also be a defective camcorder ...
Sounds like all you want to do is feed the mono out into
a Y connector so that L/R stereo in is fed the same mono signal.
Gene
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- Posted by Edward on February 9th, 2007
On Feb 9, 1:24 pm, "Gene" <g...@wildblue.net> wrote:
I tried that once before a while back and the sound was way too
quiet.
- Posted by Richard Crowley on February 9th, 2007
"Edward" wrote ...
You tried *which* before?
There should be no problem in taking the left channel
output from one camcorder and feeding it into both
channels of another camcorder. If you had a dramatic
drop in level, then you had one or more faulty elements
in the signal path. Bad cable? Bad adapter?
If you are saying that you tried it with software, then
there is almost certainly a way to adjust the audio level.
- Posted by Gene on February 9th, 2007
If the sound is too low & this is important
to you, then I would purchase one of the cheap little
RCA splitter boxes that has a 9VDC power supply.
It is not passive, it actually encloses a tiny amp.
You simply feed in any RCA composite (S-Video also)
and the A/V signals are amplified & sent out one of
4 or more ports. You can attach a Y splitter.
I have an RCA manual one, and it has worked great for
some time now. You can find this stuff on eBay, think
I paid something like $25 at Fry's for a new one. I find
this little box helpful for a lot of things. I would probably
look for one that also has RGB connectors if I were
buying one.
Something like this with a "Y" cable should solve all your
problems, and more :-)
http://www.starlink-dss.com/sony_switch.html
Gene
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- Posted by Gene on February 9th, 2007
OOOpppsss - I should have said: "sent out ONE port"
4 in, ONE switched to out :-)
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- Posted by Gene on February 9th, 2007
Hope you are not using an "Attenuating Audio Cable" :-)
Made that one a few times myself.
Gene
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