I wanted to know how good the audio is on this. I bought a foscam and the audio was horrible. I don't want to go thru that again.
1970711
The audio for playback of what was recorded sounds fine and is adequate.I have not been able to test sending audio to the camera.
1970712
I have the camera mounted outside (weather protected) and connected to a computer that uses a good quality surround speaker system with EQ control for fine audio adjustment. Audio from the camera is reasonably good over an acceptable frequency range. The omni-directional mic is quite sensitive and picks up sounds from more than 150 ft away (as you would want from a Security cam). Conversations at that distance are very intelligible as long as the ambient background noise is not extreme.
1970713
I don;t listen to this camera here but my son monitors it and he lives 500 miles away. He says it sounds prety much like his other cameras
1970714
We really don't use the audio as we use it in our second home when we aren't there to check on things. But when we were first setting up, we tested things with our son and he did say he could hear every word in the background when my husband and I were talking back and forth when we didn't know he was watching. He was pretty impressed.
1970715
I have tested sending audio from the camera to an iphone. And it is good. Same standard as video. Not premium, but good.
1970716
Great Audio, Video if you know how to setup but it is very easy. I have tried Brickcom & other expensive cameras this is good quality at reat price. Spent days trying to get my brickcom work but returned as the tech support was not able to fix it in all versions of the web browser. Foscam is low grade and cheapest. Please stay away.
1970717
The audio is 'ok' at best. If the room is small and there is only one or two people talking it is fine. If you have a larger room or lots of speakers, I would recommend a dedicated mic. We used a Crown PZM-11 mic with excellent results.
1970718
The audio is good. We use it primarily as a baby monitor so there is a sound machine always on when the baby is sleeping. Any noises can easily be heard above the sound machine. We have not hooked up a speaker to it so most of the conversation is one sided but very clear.
1970719
The receiving sound is very good. IDK about the other way around as I have not yet installed an external speaker.
1613656
I don't recommend this mic especially for camcorder. I tried it out with my Canon Vixia HF M50 and the sound was pretty bad. It had a very pronounced hum and the sound quality wasn't there. Might be better with smart phone, but I am returning the one I purchased as it doesn't work with camcorder for me.
2094836
I have nothing to add, except I'm also frustrated with the audio quality of the SD700. I thought the first one I bought was defective, but the replacement was actually worse. There's a distorted hiss accompanying all the audio files. I'd be really interested in how much better the audio quality is on the SD800, if anyone can comment.I do, however think that the SD800's pictures are pretty amazing - in good conditions, nearly as good as my SLR.Dana
1096297
I take this opportunity to complain about something I had already done without answer. First, the radio does not work out to hear when you walk down the streets, unlike the MP260-4G if it works perfectly. Secondly there are no instructions, so that I could not take a single photograph, because they do not like the keyboard touch, which is not very well handled, because you have to use your finger with a lot of pressure and repeatedly to make answer. Same goes with the other services, so that one knows how they work. Hopefully this time I receive any response from you.
2037898
I like it. I filmed a cousin's outdoor wedding from behind the back row, and it picked up the audio better than a lot of the people in the audience were able to hear it. Not much wind noise either. The only bad audio I've gotten from it was when I filmed close to some kind of drain that was moving a fair amount of water off a dock and into the water below, but I'm not sure any built-in mic would've done well with that much din in the background. (To its credit, I can still make out most of the words in that recording.)
1597226
I'm sorry but I haven't tried that yet . I am kind of disappointed by the quality of the video myself . Not too enthused by it . It can't record high speed action like it's said to be able to do.
24607
Its from china and the instructions are bad. You need to read the other comments on here on how to set it up. Also you might go to the Foscam website and read the instructions.
446857
Good luck with that, this mic quality is horrible. I've tried everything they suggested and still ended with the same result. Bad mic quality.
1471430
This monitor and this camera will simply not work. I tried 2 different monitors to no avail. The only thing I ever got on the monitors was some white (snow). I turned the knob on the receiver so slow it took me several minutes to go from one end of the tuning spectrum to the other. still no good. I finally gave up and bought a much better Foscam wireless camera and once I got it up and running I had a great picture. So I guess I would suggest that you find something else. Thank You for the question.
1842262
yes audio is available on PC (don't have a MAC so I don't know). Audio is also viable on an android phone but not with a tiny cam app (audio only as mentioned in the book.)
561982
Definitely it would. I would go with Mr. Gould. The sound is awful. but the camera is great. There are other selections I would look at. Foscam has awful customer service, they used to have great, being located in Texas. However lately, to put it nicely .. they suck.
115956
I've tried sending audio to the camera using several Android devices, and then my Windows 7 laptop by way of included app from Hootoo CD.Every time the same complaint: the sound coming from the device sounds like a demon, and it is not at all recognizable.When audio comes from the camera to the app on laptop or Android app like Tinycam, it's all static and terrible and unintelligible.
2232122
I used the Skype application available for free for this phone. I used it only once and it was ok. The sound quality was very good, but the other side (which is Europe, I was calling from the US) complained that my video was slightly blurry. I cannot tell if it was because of the camera or because of the poor connection. I will let you know if I try again and have a better result.
496941
Dear friend: Thank you for your writing! It might get about 2.5G for 12hours. It would not capture audio. Thank you! Best regards Sincerely THG Inc
1893057
I'd disagree with Pastiche. The audio quality is acceptable, even decent at close proximity. However, as soon as the subject is 10 or more feet away, the mics just aren't sensitive enough to pick up much. The end result is having to turn up your speakers to hear what's going on, leading to hearing more of the unwanted room noise and the hissing self-noise of the components... I've personally worked with a half-dozen of these units and another dozen Flip Cams of various models, and audio is always the biggest complaint.But if you're recording someone from 3 feet away who can project their voice, it will do the job nicely. I'd disagree with Pastiche. The audio quality is acceptable, even decent at close proximity. However, as soon as the subject is 10 or more feet away, the mics just aren't sensitive enough to pick up much. The end result is having to turn up your speakers to hear what's going on, leading to hearing more of the unwanted room noise and the hissing self-noise of the components... I've personally worked with a half-dozen of these units and another dozen Flip Cams of various models, and audio is always the biggest complaint.But if you're recording someone from 3 feet away... » Read More I'd disagree with Pastiche. The audio quality is acceptable, even decent at close proximity. However, as soon as the subject is 10 or more feet away, the mics just aren't sensitive enough to pick up much. The end result is having to turn up your speakers to hear what's going on, leading to hearing more of the unwanted room noise and the hissing self-noise of the components... I've personally worked with a half-dozen of these units and another dozen Flip Cams of various models, and audio is always the biggest complaint.But if you're recording someone from 3 feet away who can project their voice, it will do the job nicely. « Show Less
258555
I have plugged it directly into my Canon Vixia HV40 and both the wireless and the corded microphone pick up great. I didn't get the lapel mic in my order, but the corded mic will plug into the wireless system and that worked fine too. I thought the sound was great. Here is a link to see how the sound picked up with just the camcorder powering the microphone:http://youtu.be/pmSCrXWNT5QMy wife works at a retirement community and we recently started doing a weekly news show for the residents. This video is our first program. The microphone they use in the segments with the anchors is this microphone. I hope this is helpful to you. I have plugged it directly into my Canon Vixia HV40 and both the wireless and the corded microphone pick up great. I didn't get the lapel mic in my order, but the corded mic will plug into the wireless system and that worked fine too. I thought the sound was great. Here is a link to see how the sound picked up with just the camcorder powering the microphone:http://youtu.be/pmSCrXWNT5QMy wife works at a retirement community and we recently started doing a weekly news show for the residents. This video is our first program. The microphone they use in the segments with the anchors is... » Read More I have plugged it directly into my Canon Vixia HV40 and both the wireless and the corded microphone pick up great. I didn't get the lapel mic in my order, but the corded mic will plug into the wireless system and that worked fine too. I thought the sound was great. Here is a link to see how the sound picked up with just the camcorder powering the microphone:http://youtu.be/pmSCrXWNT5QMy wife works at a retirement community and we recently started doing a weekly news show for the residents. This video is our first program. The microphone they use in the segments with the anchors is this microphone. I hope this is helpful to you. « Show Less
616975
I really don't now, but if this comment helps you, listen, now I'm buying Foscam cameras, they are cheaper than Trendnet and definitely yhey have better resolution. Think about it. I have one foscam cam and it works great. I bought two more now.