Premiere not recording audio when exporting to tape, need solution QUICKLY!!!

[Todd Kopriva]

D’oh! Sorry. That’s what I get for skimming.

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[Mikkell Khan]

On the original issue:

1. Do you hear the audio coming from your computer speakers?
Yes

2. Do you see levels on PPro’s meters?
Yes

3. Did you try restarting your computer and making sure that the camcorder is switched on and seen by your computer before you launch PPro?
No. I will try this as well. (However, won’t this affect the video as well if the camcorder was not picking up properly in the first place)

4. If you do a fresh restart as I stated, can you go into the play back settings from the program panel (where you’d see the switch for the wavform monitor, etc) and change the audio output to your camera?
I will try this as well.

5. If none of this works, please tell us your complete sequence ssettings.
Will do, thanks for the advice.

Mikkell Khan
Director
Diamond Films Ltd. (Trinidad and Tobago)

[Mikkell Khan]

I got it working. I put the external player as my camera and then the option to select external audio device was enabled.

After which I just pressed record on the camera and played the timeline manually.

The option to select Export to Tape is now grayed out. However, the objective was the record both audio and video to the tape and I was able to do that so it does not matter to me that much.

Mikkell Khan
Director
Diamond Films Ltd. (Trinidad and Tobago)

[Tim Kolb]

[mikkell khan] “I put the external player as my camera and then the option to select external audio device was enabled…The option to select Export to Tape is now grayed out.”

That’s interesting… I have no explanation for why the export to tape would be grayed out.

It’s good that you’re running and getting the job done however…

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

[Jon Barrie]

Is it possible that you haven’t got the timeline selected when you go to File>Export… That will grey out Tape if you aren’t actually on the timeline panel.

– Jon

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[Mikkell Khan]

Thought about that as well Jon but I had the timeline as well as the main timeline preview screen selected and it was still grayed out. Could be a thing with the capture/playback settings on the camera and premiere, I suspect it is. However, I’m just like that I now have it working.

I will investigate further though, as I believe the Export to Tape may come in handy much better than Manual record one of these days.

Mikkell Khan
Director
Diamond Films Ltd. (Trinidad and Tobago)

[Mikkell Khan]

Update:

After one year and an upgrade to CS5. The problem persists and the current solution for is to make the external device and external audio play the clip and press record on the external device.

Adobe, export to tape can easily be done in Final Cut. Please get your stuff in order before I switch next year. Thank you.

Mikkell Khan
Director
Diamond Films Ltd. (Trinidad and Tobago)