Sony DCR Camcorders and Surround Sound

alexalexalex · #1 (**permalink**) 12-31-2006, 01:24 PM

Hey guys, sorry to jump straight in with a question but I promise I'll stick around afterwards!

So I got this Sony DCR SR90E camcorder for my christmas, and it's really nice except for one thing. I can't seem to get it to record audio in stereo! Is there a setting for this? I've seriously looked everywhere!

Alternatively, does anyone have a solution for converting mpeg-2 audio from 5.1 to stereo?

Thanks for your help!

alex

Marc Peters · #2 (**permalink**) 12-31-2006, 04:59 PM

Why do you want to downconvert the audio from 5.1 to two channels?

alexalexalex · #3 (**permalink**) 12-31-2006, 05:16 PM

Firstly, because VideoStudio doesn't support it, and secondly because I don't have or want a 5.1 setup

Marc Peters · #4 (**permalink**) 12-31-2006, 05:24 PM

Okie dokes. Never done this before, but to downmix from 5.1 to 2 channel I've found this tutorial: http://turkish.doom9.org/index.html?/oagmachine.htm

Worth a go, eh?

alexalexalex · #5 (**permalink**) 12-31-2006, 10:22 PM

You know, I had a "duhhhh" moment when I read your post

I actually have a program already that can do this! It's called MediaCoder if you're interested. It took a lot of experimentation to get an output format that actually worked, but I've got it now. Thanks for your help! I wish there was a setting on the camcorder though :(