Sound issue when capturing Hi8 through MiniDV camcorder

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Hi, I just captured a ton of Hi8 footage using the DV out function of a MiniDV camcorder. Sounded ok on TV, but when I used headphones to listen to a couple of AVIs, it turned out that all sound was coming from one channel. I tested the Hi8 source and it was stereo. When looking up properties of the captured AVIs it says it is AAC stereo 32bit.

What I discovered is that in the DV out menu, the MiniDV camcorder had source “1” or “2” selected, not stereo. The manual doesn’t have a lot on it, but it appears this has to do with mixing sound from two sources. When I subsequently captured with stereo selected, the sound was normal (both channels).

Hard to tell if any audio was lost or if everything was simply dumped on one side. Question is, if it still says Stereo in the properties, is there a way to separate it into two channels and do a batch job of that? Having to re-capture the whole thing would be a bummer.

Thanks!

[Alwyn]

Out of interest, what model is the camcorder?

I'm surprised the captured audio is AAC. How'd you capture the tapes?