How to turn down volume during capture?
 

Hi, Ive been successfully capturing vhs with virtualdub and my new hardware. Ive come across a tape today that is very loud causing the distortion etc. Ive gone to audio>windows mixer and turned the levels down on my default device but it makes no difference to the booming volume meter which is off the chart?

How can i turn the volume down on this capture?

It depends on device, and OS.
You have the Hauppauge card, correct? But what OS?

Yes i have the Hauppauge card and windows 10

I use one of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GRLV7XG/

Depending on your card and OS, there might be a registry setting you can tweak instead.

Thanks, seems a shame i might need to buy an external volume controller.

My card is a Hauppauge HVR950 and im running it on windows 10.

Im finding half my pre recorded vhs tapes volumes going to the max, must be a simple way to turn it down?

Poor audio levels, too high or too low, are not uncommon with video tapes, especially home made recordings.

A passive volume control can cut level, but not boost low level recordings, it offers no tone control capability, and would not support voice over and similar recordings efforts.

I find a low cost mixer to be very useful because it can boost and cut levels, adjust channel balance, and provide tone control. This is but one example of a large variety of mixers on the marker.
https://www.amazon.com/Mackie-Mix-Mix8-8-Channel-Mixer/dp/B00ND1KGEI/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=mackie+mixer&qid=1604 500261&sr=8-8

Also, it is worth noting that there are a lot on the used market as well, and the audio mixers are not quite as likely to be trashed as VCRs due to many fewer moving/wearing parts and operating at audio frequencies. The main issue I've encountered is "scratchy" level controls - a squirt of something like CRC QD Electronics Cleaner can often help that.

Thanks that makes sense...

The risk with a powered mixer is power supply noise. So you have to balance that risk with the reward of avoiding the need to make adjustments digitally after capture.

You need one of these:

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Line-Lev...-/391912362708

I've got one. It works well.

Re boosting levels, would I get the same result with the mixer mentioned above as I would by adjusting/boosting the volume in my video editing program during editing?

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