Capturing via ADVC100

burchis wrote on 12/28/2004, 2:33 PM

Anyone know why I am getting popping noise when capturing VCR source material using Canopus ADVC100 converter? I am using a JVC VCR/DVD player to play the tape with. I did a test using a DVD source and didn't hear the sound. It only occurs when capturing VCR analog.

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HeeHee wrote on 12/28/2004, 2:47 PM

I have a ADVC-100 and it works flawlessly. There is probably something wrong with the converter, cable, connection, or VCR.

Here are some steps you could try to isolate the problem.

1) Check the cable to make sure the audio has a nice tight connection on both the VCR and converter.
2) Try another analog device such as your analog out on your camcorder.
3) Try another cable.
4) I saw from a previous post that JVC units have a Time Base Corrector. Disable this feature when capturing.

If you still have problem you may have a bad ADVC-100.

burchis wrote on 12/28/2004, 2:53 PM

I doubt that it is any of the above items you listed. My VCR deck has both VCR and DVD. When I capture with a VCR (which is analog) I get the popping noise, sorta like clipping. When I capture from DVD I get smooth audio. The JVC unit offers both options and the signal is fed into the Canopus ADVC-100 without having to change any cables. Someone posted something about TBC causing a conflict in the ADVC-100 unit. I will try a different VCR and see if the problem still exists.

beerandchips wrote on 12/28/2004, 2:54 PM

I use the ADVC-100 all the time with no problems from captured material. I do get popping sounds when capturing. It is a resource issue or something like that. Sorry, don't remember the exact explanation that was given on this forum. But, my captured footage was indeed fine. Anyhoo, is the captured material ok or does it have the pops in it?

Have faith in the box, although I do know one person that had to send theirs back due to issues.

Good luck.

burchis wrote on 12/28/2004, 2:57 PM

It's not the source VCR material because it plays find when viewed on a TV.

farss wrote on 12/28/2004, 3:09 PM

Are the errant sounds in the captured footage?
Quite oftenly Vegas runs out of CPU resource during capture and you might hear dud audio, that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the captured fooatge.
Other thought, levels. A lot of consummer stuff has audio levels all over the place, the device it's connected to may well have a limiter but when they get pushed too hard things can get nasty. I pretty well always have a home built attenuator between gear when moving audio through consummer devices.
Bob.