Hello my friends. I am trying to transfer my Betamax tapes to my PC but the resulted transfer or Has no sound or a completely way out of lip sync audio. I have installed the video grabber and everything to the letter. Please how can I solve this problem? Thanks a lot EDUARDO
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Audio problem when grabbing video from Betamax to PC
- Thread starter Edubarca
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Most tutorials have mistakes in them, or at the very least, they don't account for the difference between the author's rig and yours. You're still supposed to know what you're doing enough to catch those mistakes and differences, and do it right instead. Don't just blindly copypasta the tutorial and wonder why it doesn't work....everything to the letter.
So what did you actually do?
Thank you very much for reply and help. If I understand you correctly let me tell you that I followed to the letter the installation and setting instructions of my Video grabber to my PC (Windows 10) and my Sony Betamax video recorder which is working fine. I also followed all instructions on how to record my Betamax tapes to my PC. Everything went smoothly except the audio problems I've described before. I am very disappointed because I have about 30 tapes that I want to digitize but things are not coming out as expected. I need help to solve this problem which, by the way, I think it is not a hardto fix although I may be wrong.
That doesn't mean anything. What did you actually do?!...let me tell you that I followed to the letter...
...I also followed all instructions...
Where do things connect? What settings do you have? Don't say, "the correct settings," but take screenshots. Prove that you got it right (or not), don't just claim it. It's amazing how many people get things confused, so what they're convinced is right can't possibly work.
I am so sorry that I haven't been clear enough. I don't need to "prove" you anything. I think that by telling you that I have followed instructions means exactly that. No screenshots are needed. I am not a fool and I have a lot of experience handling home video ever since Betamax was launched in 1975. My equipment is in top condition and I just want to know why the audio is not coming out as it should. One thing is certain, OBS is perhaps one of the most confusing and difficult to learn softwares I've used. I don't understand why you don't ask me that instead of sending you screenshots, I send you the video with the problem. However, it is large and I can't attach it here. Thanks for your help and best wishes.
No one is immune to glaring errors, and the possibility increases with age. Not because old things change, but because new things don't match it anymore.I think that by telling you that I have followed instructions means exactly that. No screenshots are needed. I am not a fool and I have a lot of experience handling home video ever since Betamax was launched in 1975.
OBS *is* a pile of bandaids on top of a much simpler original idea. The audio system specifically, seems to have been effectively frozen after the release of the not-so-new-anymore "Application Audio Capture" and other app- and game-specific things that still have bugs in them.One thing is certain, OBS is perhaps one of the most confusing and difficult to learn softwares I've used.
The reason for that freeze seems to be to figure out what to replace that pile of band-aids with, that can actually be maintained going forward, and supports what people are actually doing with it *now*.
So I would expect the present problems to continue as they are for quite some time, and then have EVERYTHING replaced with the new version, whatever it is. Nobody's rig is going to survive that, so start documenting it now so you can rebuild it from scratch (and from that documentation) in the new version, whenever it eventually comes out.
YouTube! :-) Or a similar platform....I send you the video with the problem. However, it is large and I can't attach it here.
Upload it as Unlisted, and post the link here.
Direct file-sharing sites are less reliable, mostly because of their permissions structure. Content distribution sites like YT and others seem to work better, and they also stop malware by only allowing a picture and sound to get through.
Here it is, Thanks for your help
What do you want me to send you of my rig so you can help me solve this problem. Thank youYep, I see that you have a problem. But unless I see your rig, I can't do anything about it.