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Missing audio is a common problem with USB capture from camcorders or external USB capture devices. The supplied drivers don't split the audio from the multiplexed A/V USB stream. That is left to the editing software. Unfortunately, since you want to stream you're not using the editing software.

Yes, you can run the audio directly from the camcorder to the computer's sound card but you will likely run into sync problems. The USB video will be delayed relative to the audio. That is OK if your streaming software allows you to adjust this. Otherwise, you will be better off using a camcorder with firewire or a quality webcam.


And you can use hardware in the middle between the AV out on the Camera that will render firewire going into the computer. You can use something like an Canopus ADVC 110. But it might be cheaper to buy a new camcorder. And the camcorder via firewire would give better image quality (assuming a decent camcorder). S-video is a step down in quality from full D1 firewire. Composite is two steps down.

Of course, streaming video will probably be three or four steps down so it may not matter. If you go with a new camcorder I would recommend one with a 24-25 fps progressive mode for best streaming quality (IMHO 29.97 fps is absolutely redundant, because even movies are shot with 24 fps).