Distorted sound on capture - Help req'd for a newbie

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I am busy converting training material (VHS Video) for my wife to convert to a DVD. Using everything I know, I can't seem to get good sound quality - its either atrad off between good video quality or good sound quality.

What I now have is good video quality but poor sound quality. What tool does anyone recommend to help me "un-distort" the sound track. It seems that the capture volume is too high and try as I might, I just can't seem to get this right. I've tried using Virtualdub (which I can't get to work on my machine) but have now ultimately settled for MPEG 1.4 for capture.

Any advice here would be appreciated

Thanks

Jeremy

[Dragonsf]

It would be somewhat helpful, if you tell us, how you do the capture (HW card/USB device, in what format (compression) to you save, what sort of HDD do you use, how fast your CPU is etc.

BTW:If your sound is already distorted, there is no real tool to clean up such audio besides filtering the the unwanted overtones and restoring clipped samples (CEP= CoolEdit Pro) can do that.But you won't be satisfied with the result.

Pls be more specific with your HW.

[andkiich]

It might be that the audio input level is set too high on the capture software or in the operating system. Ty lowering the volume levels and do a couple of test captures to see if the sound is any better. Don't rule out bad audio cables either.