I transferred my vacation Hi-8 video to VHS a couple years ago (before I had a DVD burner). I tried piping in the video & audio using the RCA jacks (Yellow, Red & White) into my standalone DVD burner (I actually have two, an ILO, and a Philips). While watching what was being burned, I was able to hear the audio from the original. When playing back the finished product (DVD) on my Sony standalone, I only get video. At the very start there is a fraction of a second of audio. I have two different models of Sony Standalones, and neither play the audio from this DVD. When I hookup my Philips standalone to the TV the DVD plays both video & audio, as expected. I use my ILO for all my camera to DVD transfers (it's easier to use than the Philips' buried menus), and have never experienced this before. I can't find the original Hi-8 film of this vacation (have moved since the trip) and am very frustrated. Yesterday I bought the Dazzle DVC-100 and played the VHS into the computer and had the Studio Pinnacle that came with Dazzle create a DVD from the finished capture, and experienced the same audio problem with that finished product. Any suggestions on what could be the problem?
You can hear the audio as the Philips is recording it, and the DVD that the Philips creates will output audio when played from the Philips but not from your other standalone players? when you play the burned DVD in your DVD-ROM drive on your PC can you hear the audio? If you open a .vob file with an .mpg editor can you hear audio? My guess would be the problem is the format in which the Philips is recording the audio. Look at the available audio settings on your Philips and select the most elementary setting you can. Also, check out the settings on your standalone Sony DVD player. Try changing the audio on the Sony to either PCM or analog and then see if it picks up the audio from the disk that the Philips burned. As for the Dazzle also not capturing the audio, I don't know what to make of that. I'm gonna guess coincidence. At first glance the temptation is to imagine a connection with both the Dazzle and the Philips having a problem with the audio on your VHS. But, either the audio is on the VHS or it's not. It will be mono or stereo but either way it should be able to be captured.
