Voice-Over in FCP not working… In fact… Audio input not working except for in capture in FCP.

[Trevor Kinsey]

I had some issues when setting up our Decklink Extreme and found this:

1. The card needs a valid video input (even if you are not recording video) to record audio.

2. I couldn’t get the Voiceover tool to work with the Decklink card, probably because of 1. above. We now use the Voiceover tool directly into the MAC audio in (you can set up for that in FCP). This works perfectly and has given no problems over about six months of use.

Trevor Kinsey
Technical Producer
CVP Film and Television
Melbourne
Australia

[Kai Whittaker]

Thanks for the pointers.

I had experienced the ‘no audio without video input’ problem before. But I checked again and I really can’t get any audio into the v/o tool. I can hear the audio when i open the capture tool. That is how I have been recording lately. You can set your log/capture window to only 1 audio channel and ‘capture now’.

It works fine when I don’t have to record to picture. I have a few half-assed solutions for when I DO have to record to picture… but I want to make this work since the card is SUPPOSED to work with this software feature. It’s silly to find workarounds when it’s just a matter of some tech support info you can’t get your hands on.

Darn.

Any other suggestions would be much appreciated!

Thank you.

[Trevor Kinsey]

As I said in my previous post we use the MAC’s audio input for just the V/O tool. This gives full funtionality including working to picture. All you need is the right patch lead and output from your mixer.

Trevor Kinsey
Technical Producer
CVP Film and Television
Melbourne
Australia