Proper audio level

[FlyinFrodo]

I have a small problem with capturing audio from my VCR. I'm running the audio directly into the Line In on my computer.

When I set the recording line in volume control to minimum, the audio level is still too high. When I play the VCDs I make, the audio is much louder than on commercial DVDs and is a little distorted.

If no one has any other ideas, I'm going to build a resistor network to attenuate the audio signal. Also, the audio controls in VideoDub don't seem to do anything.

Thanks!

[teddymines]

A lot depends on your audio driver. I have to right-click on the speaker in the system tray, go to Open Volumn Controls, go to Options->Properties, select Recording, press OK, then click the box under Line In. If your driver puts MUTE below the line-in slider, make sure it is clear.

Now you may be able to slide down the master (leftmost), or the line-in, or both.

You should start your capture app first, then do the steps above. Some apps reset the volume controls on startup!

[Ronin2]

I currently run the audio lines from my VCR/DVD players into an old stereo cassette deck and the output lines from the deck into the line in of my sound card.
The volume is adjusted using the output controls on the deck and the VU meters on Nero Wave Editor prior to capturing.
If your using AVI_IO for capturing, it also has VU meters built in.
Also it you can get hold of a small cheap stereo mixer, it can adjust the volume level the same way.
Hope this helps,
Ronin2

[ViperXT]

If you have the program TMPGEnc you can normalize the audio. Normallizing the audio scans the file and reduces/amplifies the sound so that the loudest sound equals or is slightly less than than the 2V RMS limit. To use this load up the file in TMPGEnc and click configure, now click on the tab called Advanced. Double-click "audio effects" and click normalize, then select 100% and press enter. I always normalize the audio on anything I capture, it ensures an acceptable volume level.
Justin out,