Lack of sound in video playback What am I doing wrong? I shoot video that has sound with it and then when I play it back on the camera, there is no sound. Am I missing something here? Please don't tell me the camera is defective! I formatted an 8 mg sdhc sandisk card to this camera so that shouldn't be it. Any help is very much appreciated!Thanks. Lack of sound in video playback What am I doing wrong? I shoot video that has sound with it and then when I play it back on the camera, there is no sound. Am I missing something here? Please... » Read More Lack of sound in video playback What am I doing wrong? I shoot video that has sound with it and then when I play it back on the camera, there is no sound. Am I missing something here? Please don't tell me the camera is defective! I formatted an 8 mg sdhc sandisk card to this camera so that shouldn't be it. Any help is very much appreciated!Thanks. « Show Less
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Hi MRK. Thanks for your update!As I said, I checked that it was not on mute and still nothing. I actually tried what you said yesterday, but just in case I tried it again today and still no playback sound, no shutter sound... Nothing. I can see the volume bars go up and down but I still hear (guess!): Nothing.This is not my first PowerShot. I truly love them and, even though the playback sound is not perfect, is still does give an idea of how things are going.Oh well, already contacted Amazon for an exchange.Nice to hear your luck was different! Enjoy!
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The sound records on the videos OK and I can hear it when I upload them to my computer. But the camera itself makes no sounds whatsoever -- no video playback sound, no shutter sound, etc., despite what the camera settings are. It's almost as if its own speaker is not connected / broken.
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Having recently gotten a G11, I was perplexed by this problem as well, saw this post, hit the up arrow on video playback, and voila: sound at last. Somehow I'd missed this instruction on page 33 of the manual: "press the [up arrow & down arrow of the wheel] to adjust the volume." Makes sense, though not so intuitive. One point I'd offer: on my G11 it doesn't matter whether I have operational sounds (shutter, startup, etc.) on mute or at a low setting. Playback audio can still be heard provided one taps the up arrow button.If a number of other people have had the same problem, Canon might want to add this instruction to the troubleshooting pages in the back of the manual. Having recently gotten a G11, I was perplexed by this problem as well, saw this post, hit the up arrow on video playback, and voila: sound at last. Somehow I'd missed this instruction on page 33 of the manual: "press the [up arrow & down arrow of the wheel] to adjust the volume." Makes sense, though not so intuitive. One point I'd offer: on my G11 it doesn't matter whether I have operational sounds (shutter, startup, etc.) on mute or at a low setting. Playback audio can still be heard provided one taps the up arrow button.If a number of other... » Read More Having recently gotten a G11, I was perplexed by this problem as well, saw this post, hit the up arrow on video playback, and voila: sound at last. Somehow I'd missed this instruction on page 33 of the manual: "press the [up arrow & down arrow of the wheel] to adjust the volume." Makes sense, though not so intuitive. One point I'd offer: on my G11 it doesn't matter whether I have operational sounds (shutter, startup, etc.) on mute or at a low setting. Playback audio can still be heard provided one taps the up arrow button.If a number of other people have had the same problem, Canon might want to add this instruction to the troubleshooting pages in the back of the manual. « Show Less
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Thank you so much for this post - I just recorded my daughters first Christmas concert and was about to cry. Hearing her sing - priceless.
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I'm having the same problem with a new SD1300 IXUS105 camera -- no sound for anything (startup, shutter, movie playback), and I've confirmed MUTE is OFF and the volume settings for all the operations have been adjusted to the maximum. Has anyone discovered a solution to the problem other than exchange?
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Thank you! My mom has this camera and has been visiting, taking pics and video of grand kids. The sound that used to be there for playback seemed to have disappeared. Thanks to your tip, we got the sound back and my mom is delighted! We had checked the volume and sound in settings, but you have to complete this step while the video is in playback. This is not mentioned anywhere in the instruction manual.
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Actually, I figured it out. Make sure you're not on mute, record something with sound. When you play it back, you need to turn up the volume by pressing the up arrow (or top of the) on the circular button to the right of the screen. You will then see the volume go up and start to hear the sound from the playback. Trust me though...the sound quality isn't all that. It sounds better when you play it back on a computer, but not by much. I had to remind myself not to get discouraged because after all...it's not a video camera by design. Hope this helps!
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I'm just curious if you've tried recording something on the video setting and playing it back on your computer to see if the sound comes out. The "speaker" or playback on the cameras are piss poor, not that they should be anything great, but it might be possible that you can't hear it on the camera but the sound pics up on video and you can hear it on playback. Hope that made some sense. I hope it works out for you.
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Hi again. Just tried mine out while recording a video and zooming in and out just as you asked, and it's silent. Sorry -- it does seem that you've got a lemon.
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I was having the same trouble, but I think I just figured out a solution, at least one that works for me. When I'm playing an MP4 movie off a USB stick, I get no sound. The secret for me is to hit the "Audio" button on the remote. You'll see some info in the upper left hand side of the screen. The default setting there is "1/2 AAC." You don't want that. Hit the Audio button again. You'll see that that'll switch the audio playback mode from "1/2 AAC" to "2/2 Dolby Stereo" ... and in a second or two the sound kicks in. Works for me anyway -- here's hoping it works for you too. I was having the same trouble, but I think I just figured out a solution, at least one that works for me. When I'm playing an MP4 movie off a USB stick, I get no sound. The secret for me is to hit the "Audio" button on the remote. You'll see some info in the upper left hand side of the screen. The default setting there is "1/2 AAC." You don't want that. Hit the Audio button again. You'll see that that'll switch the audio playback mode from "1/2 AAC" to "2/2 Dolby Stereo" ... and in a second or two the sound kicks in. Works for me anyway -- here's... » Read More I was having the same trouble, but I think I just figured out a solution, at least one that works for me. When I'm playing an MP4 movie off a USB stick, I get no sound. The secret for me is to hit the "Audio" button on the remote. You'll see some info in the upper left hand side of the screen. The default setting there is "1/2 AAC." You don't want that. Hit the Audio button again. You'll see that that'll switch the audio playback mode from "1/2 AAC" to "2/2 Dolby Stereo" ... and in a second or two the sound kicks in. Works for me anyway -- here's hoping it works for you too. « Show Less
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Hi Jame's Dad, Thank you for your inquiries! Recording Sound, or Not On the Dash Cam menu, you do have the option to have the microphone on or off. Just press the "Menu" button. Use the arrow buttons to move the selection up or down until to find "Audio Record". Press the "OK" button on the top of the camera to select "Audio Record". Use the arrows again to select on or off. and press the "OK" button. when done, press "Menu" to get back to the main screen. There is a Microphone image that will appear when sound recording is on. It will disappear when sound recording is off. Sound & Volume The best sound from the videos you record will be heard in playback mode on your computer where external settings can be altered. When playing the video back on the cam itself, there is a limited amount of volume the unit will be able to play back, but it should be relatively comparable to the unit you have received. Loop Recording with this model Dash Cam A 32GB SD card will record up to 6 hours of continuous footage (depending upon use). It saves the files in 2 minutes intervals, continually dropping the oldest footage. The camera also has a g-sensor and a panic button -- when pressed/activated the camera will lock the current video for one minute before and after -- these videos can only be deleted by formatting the SD card. Upon playback on your computer you can save the videos in 2 minute increments or as one full video (up to 2GB each). "Auto-Off" If turned on and plugged in while the car is off, the cam could pull from the car's battery. This depends on your car. Some cars will shut off power to these outlets while others will not. The camera normally will shut off automatically when the car is turned off. I hope that information is helpful. Thanks again for contacting us!
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I'm sure you got it figured out by now, but to anyone else, I use a CLASS 10 SDHC 8GB card with no problems. Key is that it is CLASS 10. And the video length can be changed in settings.
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I haven't used mine much. Still trying to figure it out. Tried it on a trip and got a lot of still pics, but no continuous video. Don't know what I did wrong yet. The pictures looked OK, so I think its just what I did. There's not much of an instruction booklet to help out.
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Hi there! This Sony Digital Photo Frame doesn't support video playback. It can only play still images. -Ely
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Sounds like a problem with the computer, not the camera. Some computers have problems playing full HD video. I would suggest trying to play the videos on different computers, to help determine if the issue lies with your specific computer.
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Yup- need to have some data on there...it helps! Too bad the SD card reader is limited to SD and won't play the newer SDHC. So the card reader is limited to 2 gigs. Somewhat useful but not supe-useful for video as many of those files or folders are well over 2 gigs.
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Although I have not tried video, I was truly embarrassed at a seminar when every shot made a BING noise turning heads all around. I have not figured out how to stop this. Help? Otherwise, I have much to learn but am sorry they don't seem to make these pocket sized cameras anymore with a viewfinder. Mostly I am shooting outdoors and find it impossible in the sunshine.
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I got the same one and it has the same problem it will take still shots but not any video.It might be a big in the software or a wire is loose some where in the camera.
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I don't have that problem. I just have a problem with it not recording sound. The video is great, doesn't have blurry issues, I just can't get audio recording. But other than that, it's a good video.
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Sorry for the delay coz this was buried in my inbox. At any rate, that is not normal. The only time you will hear sound is when you are zooming in/out which is normal for camera with manual zoom. There shouldn't be any motorized sound or hissing whatever. I am pretty sure that camera has either a defective mic or faulty video function. HTH and hopefully not too late.
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If you have a memory card with an audio file on it, like a Possibly Awkward or Jay Z song, you can put it in this guy and have it play over the speakers! They work quite well for such little guys. But this camera/clock is designed to record maximum video footage length, and to do so, they removed the 'record video with audio' option. That's all it means, that it records video without audio. I hope this helped! Have a wonderful day!
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I have issues with the sound as well. I can hear but it is noise more than the real environment around the area. Anyway you have three bottoms one is for unlock the sound to hear other to talk and the last one for mute this three work separates so try again pushing one at yhe time and check if that issie continue return the camera I have another camera and I dont have this issue. I keep this because I can control the rotation.
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I returned one of these camera because of a similar problem. I noticed a white flickering dot during playback. I observed while filming and the dot was present on the LCD screen. I got a second one and the dot wasnt there at first. It came back on the second camera but in a different place. I'm baffled and wish i could find more info on this issue. If anyone has more info on this, let me know!
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In my opinion, when using the video function there is a delay. there may be a slight delay in picture mode but not more than any other camera I have used. hope this helps!