Which program supports capture of 16bit audio?

[CiViC]

I just bought my Canon ZR45 a few days ago, and used it for the first time on saturday to tape a dance/show my sister was in...however, thinking 16bit would be better than the default 12bit i went ahead and changed it to 16bit.

however, there is no audio in the video i'm trying to capture, and apparently from the google searches i've done it seems its because of choosing 16bit over 12bit.

my question is -- is there anything that will allow me to copy this to my hd so the audio is intact? i've tried the one that's built into winXP, pinnacle studio 7, and DVIO with no luck :(

[bb]

16 Bit should be no problem with any DV capture program. There must be another problem.

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[CiViC]

possibly..i didn't realize my sb live! stopped working; i swapped the positions of the firewire card and the soundcard, and it worked again. Then I used DVIO to capture and it came out fine.

My last question (hopefully) is this: is there a quality difference between DVIO's avi capture and the DV-AVI format capture in say winXP's dv authoring program?

[bb]

As long as you capture only the quality's the same, because it's nothing but a digital copy (if everything works like it should).

As far as I know the WinXP proggie (Windows Movie Maker 1 or 2) doesn't allow for saving in DV format, so you better use another program (DVIO is just fine).

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[yg1968]

Windows Movie Maker allows you to capture in DV avi. You can even edit in DV. But the editing function isn't that great.

[DDogg]

@yg1968, WMM1 was not much to write home about, but WMM2 for XP is quite advanced in its features although it is beta and has a few quirks like not liking to render if the soundtrack is not 48k. The user interface allows amazingly quick productivity.

Once they get it in final state I think it will nearly do away with a lot of the low end programs. It is extremely well thought out and will probably cover 85 percent of the needs of home DV market. I think they actually got this one right.

Quirks are it captures and renders in DV type1 which can be a pain in the backside, especially for this group. Easy enough to convert to Type2, but irritating. Also, MS makes damn sure you have no access to VFW legacy codecs.

[bb]

Originally posted by DDogg
WMM2 for XP is quite advanced in its features although it is beta
Still beta? There's no word about that on M$'s download page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/downloads/moviemaker2.asp

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[steve_g]

On my PC if I try to use WM1.2 to capture, I get a DV type 2 file. I have not tried WM2, though a friend in the US did get type 1 when doing this.

I have no problem with 16bit audio, direct capture from Canon DV via a 1394 into Pinnacle Studio 8

[yg1968]

Windows Movie Maker 2 is no longer beta but if you try to add a music track to the video, the audio sounds horrible. So it's not very good for editing. It's fine for capturing type 1 DV avi.

[DDogg]

Well yg1968, it may sound bad for you, but you might want to add a IMO because you may have some specific problem in your source or setup. Certainly in the stuff my wife does in WMM2 the audio is very decent. MP3s need to be converted to 48k (she uses wav) first or strange stuff happens when a render it attempted.

Yeah, it looks like it is no longer beta. I don't know if that is good news or bad.