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#691924
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Question about capturing VHS audio
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Capturing through the line-in using Audacity is fine, although it won't be time-locked to any video so if your goal is to have the audio synced to a video source then it'd be better to use VirtualDub and capture the video at the same time.

Obviously, make sure to set your levels correctly so you don't get clipped peaks.

There are probably better ways, though. If you're using the built-in audio on your motherboard, quality may be affected by EMR interference/noise, timing issues in the drivers/software (I had one device that worked fine at 41.1kHz, but introduced a metallic sound when I tried capturing at 48kHz). I've also heard people say that Realtek chipsets are generally cheap & nasty, which is probably why AntcuFaalb was asking (check the chipset in device manager).

Dedicated sound cards are less likely to suffer from these problems, especially the high-end ones.

But if you're really serious about getting the best quality possible, then you'd need to look at professional recording kit (e.g. Apogee Duet).

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#689913
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Just watched The People vs. George Lucas. Which edition should I quest for?
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StarThoughts said:

Knightmessenger said:

But I maintain the best official retail version you can get is the 2006 dvd. (or 2008 box set, it's the same discs from 2006 into thinner cases.) It is by far the best single pre 1997 source you can find and is way better than the 1993-95 laserdiscs or vhs can output.

 …except for the sound. The LPCM soundtracks on the laserdiscs sound much, much better than the anemic Dolby Digital track on the DVDs.

This is not true, the audio tracks on the DVDs are the same mixes as those on the 1993 Definitive Collection & Faces laserdiscs.

Edit: or are you saying that the laserdisc is better because it's uncompressed while the DVD is AC3? If so, I wouldn't say the laserdiscs are "much, much better", most people would not be able to tell the difference.

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#685659
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Why are animated GIFs not permitted?
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SilverWook said:

The Terminator said:

Thank you Smith Henry. I was waiting to hear something positive about it.

 You're replying to a spambot. Notice the grayed out post? They were banned.

Not all spam is posted by bots. Spammers can hire people that are $1 – $2 per hour in India to sit in a room and spam forums all day long. 

Leonardo said:

A cybunetik ohganizm. Itz CPU is a nooral net processah, a learnin komputah.

.....yaghhhyaygh!

You need to fix your signature, Leonardo. It's breaking the forum formatting.

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#684069
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If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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To be fair, saying:

I'm actually not a big fan of the format at all and I can't wait to sell most of my stuff when I'm done.

... is a little incendiary on an enthusiast-based forum.

I recently joined a forum dedicated to audio cassettes, and caught a forum post from someone saying how bad MP3 audio sounded. Now I'm a big fan of audio cassettes for nostalgia reasons, but I would never claim that they "sound better" than MP3. Nonetheless, I'm not going to start arguing about it over there.

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#683759
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What Special Edition changes (if any) did people like?
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Topper Harley said:

RicOlie_2 said:

...

Vader's new line replacing "Bring my shuttle!" is so much better. With the old line we were left wondering, "Where is Darth Vader going? Will the people on the Star Destroyer be sufficiently prepared for his arrival?" Now everything is clear and we don't have to worry about it anymore.

...

In ROTJ we are treated to an all new music video called "Lappy Neck" or something like that. The talent and CGI displayed in the video was so good that I think they should go back and replace Star Wars with a musical saga, replacing all puppets with CGI and adding a whole bunch of new ones who can pop out from behind trees and stuff and sing (I can see it now: Star Wars: A Musical Hope followed by The Tenor Strikes Back and Rehearsal of the Jedi and preceded by The Phantom VocalistAttack of the Notes, and Remix of the Sith).

...

Perhaps best of all is that we get to see the tender young Anakin Skywalker, with the appearance of our beloved protaganist from the prequel trilogy, whereas before that scene was a "Who the heck is that guy?" moment, which detracted from the emotional impact of the scene. Now we see more clearly the tender love between father and son as young Anakin sheepishly smiles at his son and all former misunderstandings fall away. What better way to end the saga?

...

 How could anyone take this serious?
Thanx, I had fun reading this! :)

When I first read it, I only realised it was a joke when I came to the comment about Obi-wan's lipstick.

Sadly, there are people on the internet who would write that kind of crap for real.