Capturing Audio

nyzrox · 8 Mar 2006 at 18:52

Before we start, here is my system spec:

AMD Opteron 148 CABYE @ 3008mhz.
DFI LanpartyUT nF4 Ultra-D
2 x XFX GeForce 7800GTX 256MB
1GB GeIL ONE PC3200 TCCD CAS 1.5
2 x WesternDigital 250GB 16MB Cache
2 x Hitachi Deskstar 160GB
SeaSonic S12 600W
Onboard Karajan 8ch

I have a JVC Video camera here with me that cant connect to USB, only S-Video and Composit.

I can rip videos threw the S-Video no problem, but can i get the audio can i hell, i have tried so many combinations i have tried 4 programs to get audio it wont pick up anything.

I have a Phono lead red and white both ends, plug red in Comp Vid out and Comp in on video card, i get video no problem, i plug ther white into a phono - headphone jack plug it in Microphone, picks up no audio, line in no audio, i have even tried plugging the cable direct into S/PDIF in.

I have tried capturing audio in: Virtual dub, Sound Recorder, Windows Movie Maker, Audacity.

I cannot get this thing to pic up any audio thats being played into it, i know there is audio when we recorded it, ive watched it on my TV

does anybody know what the hell is wrong man its driving me insane

fergie666 · 8 Mar 2006 at 19:26

have you checked what your sound card is set to record from ?

if you have leads plugged into microphone jack on the pc, u will need to set your sound properties to record from microphone

control panel/sound and audio devices then under device volume click advanced button.....

then in the volume control box click options and select properties, then click recording and tick the relevant boxes/ click ok then tick the box under the microphones slider

hope that all makes scence and there is probably an easier way to do it lol

nyzrox · 8 Mar 2006 at 19:39

Records from AC'97 which is sound card.

Ive ticked microphone, line in, i get nothing it wont pick up nothing at all

every volume is turned up full.

Mrchu_ · 8 Mar 2006 at 19:49

in my quest to sort out my sound issues i ended up buying a 2nd, cheap 5.1 card and this just made them go away.

could this help him?

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 8 Mar 2006 at 20:14

Steves_pc · 8 Mar 2006 at 20:25

Same board in use here, Just to confirm it's the pink socket that works.

I'd double check sound output is coming from the cam 1st, hook up to a telly preferably, if thats ok then try a different source for the comp, microphone/mp3 player or something and if all that fails try reloading the drivers for the nf4.

A real pain in the a$$ to check but is the karajan sound module attached ok?

/Edit
Just had a thought, when i ran my dfi at a high htt (>290 iirc) the sound crapped out.

nyzrox · 8 Mar 2006 at 22:47

my system is not overclocked at all so im at 200htt.

audio off pc works fine i can play my music, yes the audio modual is attached fine, its very easy to check no pain for me as my pc looks like this atm:

sound definatly comes from the video camera 101% sure on that.

tried what mark said, still same it pics up nothing at all.

Pink = microphone - nothing
Blue = Line IN - nothing.

any other suggestions untill i get my expert back from RMA

Mrchu_ · 11 Mar 2006 at 12:05

Steves_pc said:
Same board in use here, Just to confirm it's the pink socket that works.

/Edit
Just had a thought, when i ran my dfi at a high htt (>290 iirc) the sound crapped out.

Try; buy a cheap 5.1 or better still a decent one so you can use pci