RE: Can view, can playback, but cannot capture - stops at 3 KB

From: Tom (Tom_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/31/04


Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:13:07 -0700

Good thing I started leaning toward the bad tape scenario. I just tried
simply playing the tape back on my camcorder with LCD open and audio turned
up. Picture looks great but no audio. Not sure if it has anything to do with
it, but I see this tape was recorded in LP as opposed to SP, which I think
means extended play or something, right?

In either case, it couldn't be a good sign that I'm not hearing any audio
from this tape when played back on my camcorder. (Though, I did hear it just
fine when she originally played it back on her camera.)

I wonder if MM has problems with LP tape speed, OR if the original camera
that records in LP must be used for capture, OR this tape is simply bad...

Thanks for all your help!

I'm guessing this one lands in the hardware world (video camera/tape
hardware, that is).

"rmarko" wrote:

> It may be a problem that's related to your MM install. Sometimes MM just
> starts screwing up for no good reason. A few days ago I couldn't use MM at
> all, because once I dragged any file into the timeline, the audio would
> become 50% slow in speed and in pitch, and it just started happening out of
> nowhere. The way I resolved it is by a fresh windows reinstall.
>
> Try capturing your problematic casette in another computer. It might do the
> trick. (Or not, hehe.)



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