No sound on import from VHS tape to laptop.

WILLIAM-BELL wrote on 7/23/2020, 10:44 AM

I have followed the video and PDF manual using version 9 RYVT. All seemed straight forward and certainly the video image transfer is perfect, however there is great distortion of sound, (hissing), while recording is taking place and similar on replay, which I've played back on a few media players, VLC, Windows media player, file viewer+3 and microsoft films and tv.

My laptop is an ACER ASPIRE E1 series with intel Premium, CPU N3520 @2.16GHz 2.16 GHz. 207 GB free space of 448gb.

4GB Ram, 64 bit operating system, x64 -based processor, running windows 10 version 1903 (OS build 18362.959), updated last week.

All audio drivers working okay. Sound plays fine when playing composite cables from VHS recorder into TV.

There appears to be no sound on the laptop, however when I plug ear plugs into the headset port I can hear very faint sound of the video being played.

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Thanks in advance.

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emmrecs wrote on 7/23/2020, 1:42 PM

@WILLIAM-BELL

Thank you for starting this new thread! Especially since you have now given a lot more detail about your system.

I don't have RYVT installed but can you click on the "Hardware and Drivers" cog, shown in your fourth screenshot and make a screenshot of what is shown there? Also, have you checked that the Windows Sound mixer record tab is set to use the USB input AND that its volume (input) slider is fairly well "up", if not actually at the top of its range?

Jeff

Win 10 Pro 64 bit, Intel i7 Quad Core 6700K @ 4GHz, 32 GB RAM, NVidia GTX 1660TI and Intel HD530 Graphics, MOTU 8-Pre f/w audio interface, VPX, MEP, Music Maker, PhotoStory Deluxe, Photo Manager Deluxe, Xara 3D Maker 7, Samplitude Pro X7 Suite, Reaper, Adobe Audition 3, CS6 and CC, 2 x Canon HG10 cameras, 1 x Canon EOS 600D, Akaso EK7000 Pro Action Cam

WILLIAM-BELL wrote on 7/24/2020, 4:37 AM

Hello Thanks, See attached as reequested;

The sound mixer doesn't give an option to amend to usb, sorry.

WILLIAM-BELL wrote on 7/24/2020, 4:42 AM

I have even tried using seperate jack connected to the Magix converter audio to no avail.

Also If the microphone is enabled then external sound records onto the vidoe transfer while capture is taking place.

emmrecs wrote on 7/24/2020, 5:10 AM

@WILLIAM-BELL

Thanks again for the additional information.

 If the microphone is enabled then external sound records onto the vidoe transfer while capture is taking place.

Yes, that is what I would expect.

Two further things to check: going back to the fourth screenshot in your first post, "Audio Source", is there any alternative to the WDM driver for the Magix convertor? There may not be but I would still like to be sure! Also on that same Audio Source setting, what appears if you click on the "Volume" button?

Do you have a "speaker" icon in the SysTray, bottom right corner of your desktop? It should look like this:

If you right-click on it you should see an option "Open Volume Mixer". What does it show? Below is a picture of mine, which will look very different to yours. The MOTU interface is my dedicated, external audio interface and, as you can see, by default I always turn off Windows System Sounds!

BTW, rather than using your phone or a camera to take screenshots (I have a dedicated app for the purpose, "FastStone Capture", there are a number of others), but this page will show you a somewhat convoluted method to take one without needing any additional app.

Jeff

Win 10 Pro 64 bit, Intel i7 Quad Core 6700K @ 4GHz, 32 GB RAM, NVidia GTX 1660TI and Intel HD530 Graphics, MOTU 8-Pre f/w audio interface, VPX, MEP, Music Maker, PhotoStory Deluxe, Photo Manager Deluxe, Xara 3D Maker 7, Samplitude Pro X7 Suite, Reaper, Adobe Audition 3, CS6 and CC, 2 x Canon HG10 cameras, 1 x Canon EOS 600D, Akaso EK7000 Pro Action Cam

WILLIAM-BELL wrote on 7/24/2020, 5:51 AM

Thanks Jeff, See attached as per your request. I have tried all those options in the dropdown from the audio source with no joy.

 

WILLIAM-BELL wrote on 7/24/2020, 5:53 AM

I'm using different computers to send you the information, I'm not very good technically as you may have gathered :-(

CubeAce wrote on 7/24/2020, 5:58 AM

@WILLIAM-BELL

Hi William. Can this be changed?

It would be nice to know what the options are in the other boxes.

I too do not have this program so I'm flying a bit blind here..Have no idea of the interface you are working with.

The output volume should not cause distortions on the playback unless the audio has been recorded too loud so it's definitely an input volume problem.

Ray.

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Windows 10 Enterprise. Version 22H2 OS build 19045.4894

Direct X 12.1 latest hardware updates for Western Digital hard drives.

Asus ROG STRIX Z390-F Gaming motherboard Rev 1.xx with Supreme FX inboard audio using the S1220A code. Driver No 6.0.8960.1 Bios version 1401

Intel i9900K Coffee Lake 3.6 to 5.1GHz CPU with Intel UHD 630 Graphics .Driver version Graphics Driver 31.0.101.2130 for 7th-10th Gen Intel® with 64GB of 3200MHz Corsair DDR4 ram.

1000 watt EVGA modular power supply.

1 x 250GB Evo 970 NVMe: drive for C: drive backup 1 x 1TB Sabrent NVMe drive for Operating System / Programs only. 1X WD BLACK 1TB internal SATA 7,200rpm hard drives.1 for internal projects, 1 for Library clips/sounds/music/stills./backup of working projects. 1x500GB SSD current project only drive, 2x WD RED 2TB drives for latest footage storage. Total 21TB of 8 external WD drives for backup.

ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB. nVidia Studio driver version 560.81 - 3584xCUDA cores Direct X 12.1. Memory interface 192bit Memory bandwidth 360.05GB/s 12GB of dedicated GDDR6 video memory, shared system memory 16307MB PCi Express x8 Gen3. Two Samsung 27" LED SA350 monitors with 5000000:1 contrast ratios at 60Hz.

Running MMS 2024 Suite v 23.0.1.182 (UDP3) and VPX 14 - v20.0.3.180 (UDP3)

M Audio Axiom AIR Mini MIDI keyboard Ver 5.10.0.3507

VXP 14, MMS 2024 Suite, Vegas Studio 16, Vegas Pro 18, Cubase 4. CS6, NX Studio, Mixcraft 9 Recording Studio. Mixcraft Pro 10 Studio.

Audio System 5 x matched bi-wired 150 watt Tannoy Reveal speakers plus one Tannoy 15" 250 watt sub with 5.1 class A amplifier. Tuned to room with Tannoy audio application.

Ram Acoustic Studio speakers amplified by NAD amplifier.

Rogers LS7 speakers run from Cambridge Audio P50 amplifier

Schrodinger's Backup. "The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted."

WILLIAM-BELL wrote on 7/24/2020, 6:06 AM

Here is a shot of the sound bars working, as stated you can see sound is getting through very slightly even though it is set at maximum. I have disabled the microphone.

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WILLIAM-BELL wrote on 7/24/2020, 6:28 AM

Clubace;-

Yes as image 1 and comments in previous post to yours. Thank you.

CubeAce wrote on 7/24/2020, 7:11 AM

@WILLIAM-BELL

Hi William.

It's really hard finding any screen shots on the web about this product and the manual seems next to useless as if everything is going to work out of the box. The problem could well be within Windows.

As I said I don't have your program or an external connection to a video recorder or relevant camera. But I did manage a sort of simulation using Movie Edit Pro and found I had a similar problem. In Movie Edit Pro I set it up for a screen capture but wit nothing to capture sound wise. So I opened WinAmp and its volume control was set to maximum. However it gave a low volume output to the MEP recording page. So then opening the windows mixer I found although WinAmp was set to maximum within itself, Windows mixer had it below half volume.

Altering that volume then gave me the volume I needed within the recording sect of Movie Edit Pro.

I don't know if your problem is similar or connected in some way but may be worth exploring.

[Edit] I should have added everything needs to running in order to see the relevant volume controls within the Windows mixer.

Ray.

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Windows 10 Enterprise. Version 22H2 OS build 19045.4894

Direct X 12.1 latest hardware updates for Western Digital hard drives.

Asus ROG STRIX Z390-F Gaming motherboard Rev 1.xx with Supreme FX inboard audio using the S1220A code. Driver No 6.0.8960.1 Bios version 1401

Intel i9900K Coffee Lake 3.6 to 5.1GHz CPU with Intel UHD 630 Graphics .Driver version Graphics Driver 31.0.101.2130 for 7th-10th Gen Intel® with 64GB of 3200MHz Corsair DDR4 ram.

1000 watt EVGA modular power supply.

1 x 250GB Evo 970 NVMe: drive for C: drive backup 1 x 1TB Sabrent NVMe drive for Operating System / Programs only. 1X WD BLACK 1TB internal SATA 7,200rpm hard drives.1 for internal projects, 1 for Library clips/sounds/music/stills./backup of working projects. 1x500GB SSD current project only drive, 2x WD RED 2TB drives for latest footage storage. Total 21TB of 8 external WD drives for backup.

ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB. nVidia Studio driver version 560.81 - 3584xCUDA cores Direct X 12.1. Memory interface 192bit Memory bandwidth 360.05GB/s 12GB of dedicated GDDR6 video memory, shared system memory 16307MB PCi Express x8 Gen3. Two Samsung 27" LED SA350 monitors with 5000000:1 contrast ratios at 60Hz.

Running MMS 2024 Suite v 23.0.1.182 (UDP3) and VPX 14 - v20.0.3.180 (UDP3)

M Audio Axiom AIR Mini MIDI keyboard Ver 5.10.0.3507

VXP 14, MMS 2024 Suite, Vegas Studio 16, Vegas Pro 18, Cubase 4. CS6, NX Studio, Mixcraft 9 Recording Studio. Mixcraft Pro 10 Studio.

Audio System 5 x matched bi-wired 150 watt Tannoy Reveal speakers plus one Tannoy 15" 250 watt sub with 5.1 class A amplifier. Tuned to room with Tannoy audio application.

Ram Acoustic Studio speakers amplified by NAD amplifier.

Rogers LS7 speakers run from Cambridge Audio P50 amplifier

Schrodinger's Backup. "The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted."

WILLIAM-BELL wrote on 7/24/2020, 7:26 AM

Thanks Ray, I'll have a go. Great for you to give advice and assistance :-)