Whenever I record, I get a hissing sound along with my recording. My recording room is very quiet, but I still get the hiss.
My setup: Microphone plugged directly into sound card with a 1/4"-to-1/8" adapter. Sound card is a Chaintech AV-710 (VIA Envy 24). And I'm using headphones while...
I think it's a great overall P&S. The zoom range is really helpful, but sometimes it does not seem like it's wide enough. Sometimes it can be a little slow between pictures on continuous drive, but most consumer digicams are like that.
I'm having an issue of which the solution has eluded me for the longest time. In some windows text does now appear in the window itelf or in the buttons. I've tried a clean install. I've tried installing software one-by-one after the clean install to see when it starts happening, with no...
Have you tried seeing if Intel has new chipset drivers for your particular chipset? That could be worth a shot.
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Support_Intel.aspx
I've had the Magicstor. It died the first week I had it. I RMA'd it and waited 3 weeks for it to come to me from Hong Kong. That one had the same problems with corrupting data and overheating as the first one. They aren't worth it.
You could transfer it from tape to the computer with a video capture card. Just plug the Video out or S-Video to the card along with the audio. Then convert it to MPEG-2 and burn it to dvd with your favorite burning program.