Canopus ADVC-100 recording too quiet?

[guywithaquestion]

Hi,
I've had my Canopus ADVC-100 for a little less than a year now and so far I've loved it!! It caputres very smoothly and the way it locks the audio and video together is awesome (I used to use a WinTV card to capture, and about a half hour into recording the audio and video were no longer in sync with each other).
Anyway, I'm not sure if the audio portion of my recordings are quieter than they should be or if it's actually if it's where everyone else's levels are at.
Here are two examples:
http://discardingallthought.myftp.org:8080/images/TooQuiet1.WMV
http://discardingallthought.myftp.org:8080/images/TooQuiet2.mpg
The video isn't as good as it could be because I don't think I had the antenna adjusted correctly, but the sound is a good representation to what I am used to. I've tried multiple sources (VCR, DVD player, regular TV) but they all seem to quiet. I've checked it by using different cables and different OS (WinXP and Win2000). The only thing left to be replaced is the Canopus ADVC-100 device. It's still under warranty (2 more years) so I'm not worried. I just wanted to know if others were as quiet as mine or if I needed to get it replaced?
Thanks all!

[JPHenry]

I've only had mine for a couple of months (and I love it just as much!) - I'm not sure whether or not my recordings are as quiet - but I do know I remember reading somewhere while researching it that it does record quiet and that there is no way to adjust the volume (without using a software program to do it - I even remember somebody complaining because that would introducte quanitization problems)

Hope this helps in someway

[kini mini]

I remember reading that it uses the input volume and does not amplify itself in any way. So you have to make sure the source is turned up, or use something to boost the incoming sound. I don't actually own one, but I'm thinking of getting one, which is why I read all the stuff about it. BTW, would you be able to tell me what the bitrate of the digital video output is? Skittlesen was saying it didn't seem to be using Canopus' hardware DV codec when he tested it so it was spitting out huge amounts of uncompressed data. The direct to 25Mbps or so output would be a major drawcard for me .

[The village idiot]

It does indeed spit out video/audio at 25Mbps. That is the DV standard. About 13GB per hour. You will need some great big hard drives. You can, however, use hard drives that are connected by way of firewire. The ADS enclosures work very well. The Chump USA brand is NOT as good. I can capture video with my Razzle DV bridge to a firewire connected hard drive with my P266 laptop. Less than 50% cpu load, and no dropped frames. The Canopus is more highly rated, so you might want to buy that one. If I were you, I would buy the external version. And then get a good firewire PCI card. The ADS brand of card is also recommended.