[MPlayer-users] Re: recording from video tapes (a novice question)

[Andre Bruce]

On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 04:12, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Andre Bruce <abruce at ig.com.br> writes:
> 
> > Sound allways get distorced, and changes on the mixer doesn't seem to
> > afftect recording. 
> 
> did you try changing "igain" settings?

Yes. If i set igan to ZERO, no sound is recorded, but if i set igain to
the lowest possible(after zero), then it gets distorced.

> 
> > When watching, sound is perfetct. When playing what has been recorded,
> > sound is terrible.
> 
> the one has nothing to do with the other

Do you think that this problem is more related to the sound card than to
the capture card ?!?

> > If you find out a solution, please let me know, cause i am recording
> > everything with poor sound :(
> 
> check the input level with "record" from the xawtv package and remember
> that some soundcards begin clipping before they reach the theoretical
> maximum value of +-32767.

That was a good ideda, just checked it out!! While recordidg with
"record" i played with "ïgain" .. And i realized that the minimum igain 
i can get on KMIX is not enough. I need something bellow that ! 

> 
> Oh, and if you could try not to produce annoying fullquotes... ;-)
> http://got.to/quote

Can't read that language :P 
 What is a fullquote ? 

Thanx!
Andre(BRAZIL)