Audio Hiss from old VHS tape

mlovy · Post by **mlovy** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:56 pm

Am using CapWiz and VideoStudio 9. A clip captured from an old VHS tape had no sound track, but an audio hiss is heard when played with VideoStudio. When in Timeline view and Audio View, no voice track or music track appears. If I add a music track, the music is heard but the hiss is still there. How do I eliminate the hiss? Thanks - Mike

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:00 pm

Doesn't muting the video track mute the hiss?

mlovy · Post by **mlovy** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:10 pm

How do Imute the video track? Thanks - Mike

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:14 pm

With your clip in the video track click on the Video tab.

At the top of the tab you will see the clip duration box. To the right of that is the clip volume box. To the right of that is a speaker icon with an X over it. That is the mute button.

FYI - hover your mouse over buttons to get a description of what they are.

mlovy · Post by **mlovy** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:47 pm

That seems to mute the clip when previewing, but unable to eliminate hiss in finished clip. However, I tried the Split Audio feature (which created an audio track). I then deleted the created audio track and the clip no longer has any hiss. Thanks for responding. Mike.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:59 pm

Well that's great that it worked for you, but I'm not sure why muting the clip didn't work, as that's all that splitting the audio does. Splitting the audio doesn't remove it from the video clip, it only mutes it and puts a copy on the audio track. Even after splitting the audio you can still "unmute" the video clip if you like.