I have a JVC GR-SXM527U SVHS-C camcorder. It has a mono audio RCA output jack. When I try to transfer home movie footage from a VHS-C tape -- using the camcorder-- to my PC, the resulting audio is bad; it's extremely flat and there are no ambient sounds. I'm using a ClearClick VHS2DVD Wizard USB video capture device and software in this process. My PC is Windows 11. The source tape is fine and sounds great when I simply play it back on the camcorder. I use a "Y" splitter to try and compensate for mono video going into a stereo capture device. I would appreciate any help on this.
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ClearClick could be your problem especially if using the supplied capture app.
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Make sure you're set up to capture audio at 48KHz, 16 bit, stereo, with no compression.
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ClearClick earned the nickname "ClickCrap".
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I can control the overall audio levels with a slider, but there isn't much I can do insofar as the separate, individual ClearClick audio settings. The only settings that can be adjusted are "Pin Line Input Mix" (whatever that is) and "Master Input Mix." Each of these has a slider.
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It's part of the troubleshooting steps, just to isolate the capture software as not being the culprit.
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Also try a another source with good audio to test if this gives better audio quality capture.
Because the camcorder only uses basic linear mono audio, it will never be that great.
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Hi VegasDave, any chance of uploading an audio sample so we can hear the problem you're hearing?
Last edited by timtape; 3rd Sep 2024 at 07:56.
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Hi VegasDave, which types of file have you been trying to upload?
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I have also tried digitizing a standard VHS tape that is played through a Mitsubishi HS-U545 VCR, and I still get the same terrible audio. The audio is fine prior to going through the Wizard device. I wonder if this is a hardware problem or if it's the Wizard software. Also: would the audio quality be improved by using S-Video output from an SVHS VCR (instead of composite video)? And, would there be significant improvement from using high quality audio cables, such as gold plated?
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Rename it, change the extension. The list of accepted extensions is given in the Upload Files dialog:
Code:Allowed file formats and max file size: 3gp 500.00 MB 7z 500.00 MB aac 500.00 MB ac3 500.00 MB asf 500.00 MB avi 477.30 MB avif 10.00 MB avs 500.00 MB avsi 500.00 MB bmp 10.00 MB cab 500.00 MB dmg 500.00 MB doc 500.00 MB dts 500.00 MB dv 500.00 MB flac 500.00 MB flv 500.00 MB gif 10.00 MB jpeg 10.00 MB jpg 10.00 MB log 500.00 MB m2t 500.00 MB m2ts 500.00 MB m2v 500.00 MB m4a 500.00 MB mka 500.00 MB mkv 500.00 MB mov 500.00 MB mp2 500.00 MB mp3 500.00 MB mp4 500.00 MB mpa 500.00 MB mpg 500.00 MB mpv 500.00 MB msi 500.00 MB mts 500.00 MB ogm 500.00 MB pdf 500.00 MB png 10.00 MB psd 10.00 MB rar 500.00 MB srt 500.00 MB sub 500.00 MB ts 500.00 MB txt 500.00 MB vob 500.00 MB wav 500.00 MB webm 500.00 MB webp 500.00 MB wma 500.00 MB wmv 500.00 MB xml 500.00 MB xz 500.00 MB zip 500.00 MB
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The audio level is very low. Look for a line/mic level setting for your audio input device. Make sure it's set to mic. Also, adjust the audio volume while capturing to get peaks closer to 0db. If you amplify the source it sounds about like I would expect for a camcorder only a linear audio track. But it sounds like you have noise reduction turned on -- that is causing the audio to go silent when the levels are very low.
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Thank you. I'm unclear as to why I would set the software to "mic" when I'm transferring footage from a tape player. Also, I'm not seeing a noise reduction feature on the Wizard software, nor on any of my tape players/camcorder
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Because mic levels are much lower than line levels. If your source audio is at a very low level changing from line to mic will get you louder audio.
Increasing the audio volume (whether by switching from line to mic, or simply turning up the volume level for the input device) may be enough to eliminating the pumping from the NR AGC. -
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I assume you're plugging the audio cable(s) into your capture device, so no, "Digital Audio Interface (AV to USB2.0) is probably the input device you want. But there should be a configuration dialog where you specify the properties that you want to capture with, and/or the settings for the device. That is where you are likely to find the mic/line levels setting. Something like the Properties dialog in your image.
Note that many years ago it was common to have separate mic and line inputs, mic inputs had 10 to 20 dB more sensitivity. But now it's common for audio inputs to be configurable for mic or line. When configured as mic inputs they add an additional 10 to 20 dB gain. -
If the audio plays fine on a TV I'd suspect the Clear Click hardware or software. The unit you purchased seems discontinued on the site. The audio is missing in the first half of your sample, there are strange noises, the second half audio sounds as if recorded at very low digital quality, and the video is washed out (childrens uniforms are ghostly). I'd try another converter type.
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