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11-27-2007, 11:10 AM
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| |  Why am I only getting one channel audio ?
Sorry about the newbie question but I can't work this one out.
When I plug my external microphone into my camcorder, I only record sound in one channel and can only hear one channel in the headphones.
The microphone has a 6.3mm mono plug which I have inserted into a 6.3mm - 3.5mm adapter to fit the camcorder. I've tried adapters with mono and stereo 3.5mm jacks but always get just one channel recording.
It's only a bog-standard Panasonic NV-GS11EB MiniDV Digital Video Camera but surely I should be able to record to both channels.
Any help appreciated. |
11-27-2007, 04:32 PM
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The external microphone is mono, not stereo.
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11-27-2007, 07:52 PM
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So it's my understanding that's wrong then ...... I always believed mono would simply broadcast the same audio out of BOTH channels. After all, if I play a mono recording on my CD player, it still comes out of both speakers, not just one. |
11-28-2007, 11:16 AM
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Nikosony is right. To have your audio played from both speakers, you will need to do this in post production in your editing software. |
11-28-2007, 05:50 PM
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Is there a way of "flattening" this audio in Windows Movie Maker ? I'm struggling to find one at the moment.
I do have other software such as MPEG Movie Maker and TMPGEnc but I keep getting lip-sync problems with these so I'm currently stuck with the Windows software. Is there any encoding software that will do it ? I've got SUPER and ImToo but can't find a way of flattening the audio there either. |
11-29-2007, 12:46 PM
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..... but I've already used a 6.3mm to 3.5mm stereo jack adapter so why would this be any different ? |
11-29-2007, 03:45 PM
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maybe its stereo to mono not the other way round. this happened to me recently when the girl at maplin gave me the wrong part. the part i gave the link for is definately the right adapter | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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