How can I get sound out from my video recordings?

ceekaykay wrote on 10/13/2012, 8:25 AM

I am able to transfer my video from video camera to pc. PC is a HP Windows XP. It has a Pentium 2.8 GHz CPU w/ 1.99GB of RAM.  I am using RESCUE YOUR VIDEOTAPES! Version 4.0  Both during transfer and playback I cannot produce sound.  I do have sound coming out of video camera.  I have tried both RCA and S-Video cables.  Please help!  Thanks in advance

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gandjcarr wrote on 10/13/2012, 11:18 AM

Hi,

I have read on one of the HP user forums of usb audio problems with older HP laptops, especially the 6735s So you may want to check this forum for some ideas.  http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware/USB-Audio-problem-HP-6735s-laptop/td-p/21803  before you actually change bios or anything else, you may want to do a relatively simple test by getting a 3.5mm to RCA Audio Adapter Cable - 6ft, Male to Male connecting the RCA jacks to your camera, and the 3.5mm jack to your microphone input on the computer.  The cable should cost under $10 and you may need to go in to the windows control panel and enable the external microphone connection.  If you decide to try this let me know and I can step you through it if you are having any problems.

Good Luck

johnebaker wrote on 10/13/2012, 11:48 AM

Hi

It would also help if we knew what make/model the video camera is and what media it records onto - DV tape, memory card or internal hard drive and also how you are connecting the camera to the PC - via the USB converter which RCA leads (and colour) you have connected.

John

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VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 24H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.

gandjcarr wrote on 10/13/2012, 12:13 PM

@john it is very likely analog tape (vhs, Svhs, Video 8, Hi 8, or even Beta) if the product is Rescue Your Video Tapes.

@ckaykay, The camera model is also important because some of them actually required that the output jacks be enabled.

George