Re: no audio in WMM

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From: CW (CW_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/15/04 

Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 07:17:02 -0700

Jenny -
Good idea to give all that details about your settings. Other more
knowledgeable people may come back with more help, but it is possible that
your capture settings need some configuring. If the capture device is
defaulting to the Hauppage (your TV card) then WMM is not seeing the camera
(is it connected and on?). Before you look at or try to tune these settings,
ensure your camera is connected, switched on, and set to VCR or Playback
mode. Then start the capture wizard, and WMM should then see the camera as an
option instead of Hauppage. Then you will be able to adjust the settings if
necessary.
The inbuilt Help has quite a bit of info on this: open it up, go to
Contents, expand as necessary till u see Using WMM, expand to see Capturing
Video, expand to see Choosing a video & audio capture device.
I would go through all that first to check that the camera is being
recognised properly, and that WMM is correctly configured to receive both the
video and audio from it.
I'm sure there will be more advice, and you should have a look at PapaJohn's
website too: www.papajohn.org, where there's a wealth of information.
You'll get there!!
CW

"jensteff" wrote:

> Okay, I have to admit I'm extremely leary of reinstalling anything. I don't
> even know if I have SP2 and what I've read about the problems it causes, I'm
> not sure I'd want to install it. I wouldn't know how to begin reinstalling
> the items you mentioned. I have checked my sound recorder and it works just
> fine. Could you explain what reinstalling these things is going to do for me?
> It's a brand new system, I've done nothing with it except get the Norton
> Anti-Virus up and going and messed with this Movie Maker. Here are some more
> details as to what I've all got and done:
>
> In the WMM Video Capture Wizard, the video capture device listed is
> Hauppauge Win TV88x. The Audio device that I have selected is SB Audigy Audio
> [A400] (vs the other option which is Modem #1 Line Record)
>
> The Audio Input Source options in the drop down box are:
>
> MIDI Synth
> "What u Hear"
> S/PDIF - In
> CD Digital
> Analog Mix (Line/CD/Aux/TAD/PC)
> Microphone
> Wave/MP3
>
> It is these above listed items that I think I've tried everyone and I don't
> hear sound with any of them.
>
> I have also gone in My Computer and in Sound and Audio Devices under Volume
> it says, "No Audio Device" Nothing else in this box is "live". I couldn't
> click on anything even if I wanted to. Under Audio, "Sound Playback" is the
> first thing listed. The default device is set to SB Audigy Audio [A400] (vs
> the other option which is the Modem #1 Line-In) In Volume, under Audio,
> nothing is muted, all volumes are turned up. Under "Sound Recording", I also
> have SB Audio [A400] selected. Under Volume > Recording Control, all volumes
> are turned up and not muted.
>
> I am plugged into the front of the machine where there are Composite inputs
> for video/audio. My camcorder has only one audio (white). I've been told that
> it will only record one side since there is not a red connection. I don't
> think this is the cause for no sound at all. (I get sound from it if I plug
> it in the same way directly to these same Composite inputs on the
> television.)
>
> Somebody in an earlier post said she changed her settings for Audio in the
> Record dialogue box to record Auxillary and Composite and it worked. The only
> places I know where to go are what I talked about above. People have also
> said in other posts to make sure the sound source is set to Line In. Where do
> I do this? If it's in the Audio Input Source that I talked about above, I
> don't have an option that says "Auxillary and Composite"
>
> I get sound for anything else on the computer, the bells and dings as you
> navigate, in the My TV part of Media Center and playing DVD's, etc. It's only
> when I'm in WMM.
>
> One last bit of info on my connections is that the computer is hooked to my
> amplifier receiver by a Toslink cable. This is how I'm getting the sound
> through my surround sound system in anything, like I said, but the the WMM.
> Is it something to do with my connections to the amp?
>
> Does this info help anybody out there to solve this issue??????? Please help!!
>
> Thank you also CW for your words of encouragement. I can't give up on this,
> I've got too much money wrapped up in it!
>
> Jenny
>
>
> "Rehan" wrote:
>
> > Some things to be tried:
> >
> > Can you record from mic in windows Sound Recorder app:
> > Start > All Programs > Accessories > Entertainment > Sound Recorder
> >
> > If No then you can ask for help from the place you purchased your PC. It
> > should still be under warranty.
> >
> > If yes, then there seems a more elusive problem.
> >
> > In this case reinstall a few things (no need to uninstall anything):
> >
> > * Service Pack 2
> > * DirectX 9c
> > * Windows Media Encoder
> >
> > Come back after these.
> >
> > --
> > Rehan
> > www.rehanfx.org - get more effects and transitions for movie maker
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "jensteff" <jensteff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:67DCDC46-0DAB-4DDF-90C0-488EFF6D054C@microsoft.com...
> > > This is my first time on this forum. It looks to be excellent, but also
> > > rather grim for me. I'm not a computer person and yet I have stuck about
> > > $2400 in this Media Center computer with the entire purpose to convert my
> > > analogue home videos to DVD. It has Windows Movie Maker already installed
> > > and
> > > I was told that it has everything on it that I need in order to do this.
> > > That
> > > was back in February. Eight months later and I am still not up and running
> > > with this thing. I have tried the advice of many things suggested in the
> > > forum. I get the feeling that even if I solve the audio problem I'm
> > > having,
> > > not being able to capture the audio with my video that is, I'll run into
> > > multiple other problems with all the next steps to come: converting the
> > > signals, burning to DVD, etc. Could somebody give me some encouraging
> > > words
> > > and tell me that not everybody has trouble? I've tried every option in the
> > > audio drop down box when I do my recording and have had no luck!!!
> > > Ughh!!!!! I am completely frazzled and obviously discouraged. Any other
> > > ideas with the sound not capturing???
> > >
> > > Thankyou,
> > > Jenny
> > > --
> > > jensteff
> >
> >
> >

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