No Audio When Capturing Canon XHA1 at DVinfo.net

Michael Richard · June 4th, 2007, 04:16 PM

Capturing via Firewire. I can see the audio playing in the capture window but I'm not getting any sound. I've tried all the various options for playback. It's only during capture.
Anyone else have this problem? Any ideas?

MAC PRO 2.66, 4GB RAM, FCS2

Bill Pryor · June 4th, 2007, 05:03 PM

If you see the audio on the meters then you should be capturing it. Have you tried playing it back after capture? On my system I can't hear the audio as it's capturing. If I want to hear it, flip out your LCD and listen to it from the camera.

Ross Jones · June 4th, 2007, 06:09 PM

Remember that the Select/Set wheel acts as a volume control during record and playback; may be worth checking to confirm that the volume is turned up....
Rgds, Ross.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Matthew St. Carrell · July 17th, 2007, 12:02 AM

I have a similar problem.

I recently purchased an A1 & shot some footage on it yesterday. The camera is set to 1080i/60i with the down convert turned off (per manual instructions).

When I opened the project in FCP, I did the Easy Setup for HDV.

The capture was glitchy. I would capture "Clip" and half the time I would get a timecode error message. I would just try it again and usually it would begin capture.

No matter what I did, I only got video with no audio.

I tried all the settings on the camera & in FCP that I could to no avail.

I tried to customize my capture preferences too, but the HDV preferences are locked and the Edit & Duplicate buttons are greyed out.

And not only no audio, but the video shows up unrendered on the timeline.

Any ideas?

Winfried Dobbe · July 17th, 2007, 06:26 AM

When I first captured from my XH-A1 I also had the timecode errors half the time. Then I found out there are two settings (I think it was in easy setup): firewire and firewire basic. When I changed to firewire basic, the timecode-not-found problems were gone. I think the other setting is for Sony cameras.

I've had no problems capturing audio though.

Matthew St. Carrell · July 17th, 2007, 09:57 AM

Thanks for the response.

I followed your advice to set the device control to HDV FW Basic (it was set on a Sony HDV setting), but when I batch capture it still occasionally gives me an error, which if I click "continue" it tries to capture again and usually works.

I checked the sequence settings and found that they didn't match the capture preferences. After changing them, my clips were no longer showing up unrendered.

The strange thing is, if I use Batch or Clip Capture I get no audio. If I use Capture Now, I get both video and audio.

>???

June 4th, 2007, 04:16 PM	#1
Michael Richard Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Midcoast, Maine Posts: 89	No Audio When Capturing Canon XHA1 Capturing via Firewire. I can see the audio playing in the capture window but I'm not getting any sound. I've tried all the various options for playback. It's only during capture. Anyone else have this problem? Any ideas? MAC PRO 2.66, 4GB RAM, FCS2

July 17th, 2007, 12:02 AM	#4
Matthew St. Carrell New Boot Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 7	No audio on capture I have a similar problem. I recently purchased an A1 & shot some footage on it yesterday. The camera is set to 1080i/60i with the down convert turned off (per manual instructions). When I opened the project in FCP, I did the Easy Setup for HDV. The capture was glitchy. I would capture "Clip" and half the time I would get a timecode error message. I would just try it again and usually it would begin capture. No matter what I did, I only got video with no audio. I tried all the settings on the camera & in FCP that I could to no avail. I tried to customize my capture preferences too, but the HDV preferences are locked and the Edit & Duplicate buttons are greyed out. And not only no audio, but the video shows up unrendered on the timeline. Any ideas?

July 17th, 2007, 09:57 AM	#6
Matthew St. Carrell New Boot Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 7	A1 capture issues Thanks for the response. I followed your advice to set the device control to HDV FW Basic (it was set on a Sony HDV setting), but when I batch capture it still occasionally gives me an error, which if I click "continue" it tries to capture again and usually works. I checked the sequence settings and found that they didn't match the capture preferences. After changing them, my clips were no longer showing up unrendered. The strange thing is, if I use Batch or Clip Capture I get no audio. If I use Capture Now, I get both video and audio. >???

June 4th, 2007, 05:03 PM	#2
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 4,449	If you see the audio on the meters then you should be capturing it. Have you tried playing it back after capture? On my system I can't hear the audio as it's capturing. If I want to hear it, flip out your LCD and listen to it from the camera.

June 4th, 2007, 06:09 PM	#3
Ross Jones Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Harvard, MA Posts: 155	Remember that the Select/Set wheel acts as a volume control during record and playback; may be worth checking to confirm that the volume is turned up.... Rgds, Ross. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

July 17th, 2007, 06:26 AM	#5
Winfried Dobbe Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands Posts: 85	When I first captured from my XH-A1 I also had the timecode errors half the time. Then I found out there are two settings (I think it was in easy setup): firewire and firewire basic. When I changed to firewire basic, the timecode-not-found problems were gone. I think the other setting is for Sony cameras. I've had no problems capturing audio though.