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Hey all, I posted a detailed thread as to the root of my issue here: http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=1973.0

But basically, given my broken audio input (won't switch to INT when no EXT present, EXT is loose) I would love to run my external mic in one channel while recording with the internal in the other. But when I use this setting, only the internal records - I imgaine this is because in external mode the mic also records to the Left channel. Is there a way I can force the external to the right (without having to use extra cables to switch them) or force the internal to the right?

Hey everyone! So I've had a 550D since it came out. I've been wanting to add a 2nd cam to my setup, but as a recent college grad money has a way of disappearing even faster than it appears. Anyways, the 550D has been great and has been put through a lot.

About 4+ months ago, I noticed that my mic input was a lot looser than it used to be. Gone was the "click" you hear when inputing a microphone input, the same kind of click you hear when plugging in headphones to a laptop, for example. I found this quite unsettling,given how much I love my camera, but I figured "hey is still works fine besides it being slightly looser." I found that putting a small piece of scotch tape around the base of my Radio Shack XLR-Headphone jack adapter made everything extra snug and more or less solved the issue.

Fast forward about a month later and I find that my internal mic no longer records. If I plugged in the external, everything was fine, but the internal no longer recorded audio. Then I noticed that when I set ML to "internal mic" it works fine, but when set to auto int/ext that it defaults to the external mic automatically. So now not only does my camera not have a loose input, but it doesn't even switch between the inputs if the external were to become unplugged. I've given it a good testing where I shake it about a bit and 90% of the time the external stays in (and the 10% it does are time that it may well have come unplugged on a new camera) but I no longer have that safety net of it at least defaulting to the internal. :/

For most of my work, the internal setting in ML saves me by letting my camera use the internal mic that in vanilla firmware would be unusable, and the audio is fine for matching up either external audio recorded by someone else, or to a music track (for music videos).

Has anyone had a similar situation and is there something I could do to fix this? Or if I had to get it repaired (at almost 2yo I'm sure the T2i is OOW) how much would something like this run me? Ideally, I'd be able to just spend any money I would on repairs on a new body later this year, unless the repairs were relatively cheap.

Which brings me to another point, the int left/ext right setting. This would be ideal if it worked (int mic for safety and external mic plugged in). But my mic only records to the left channel. And barring running some extra cabling to switch the channels, how can I get my mic to record to the left and the internal to the right? I think that this would make more sense since I imagine most other mono mics doing the same and recording to the left.

Thanks everyone