"Zoog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:24:00 GMT, the learned professor "T Shadow"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> did espouse:
>
> >"Zoog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Hi,
> >> I have an ATI TV Wonder Pro that was working well for a few weeks
> >> when last night it recorded the video but no audio. Earlier I had a
> >> problem where the audio was choppy, but that seemed to be a physical
> >> cable connection or static problem. I've cleared that up by fussing
> >> with the co-axial cable. Everything seemed fine but this morning when
> >> I checked the recording there was no sound in the file. Yes, the audio
> >> plays in sync with the other video files on the PC. Right now, when I
> >> start up the ATI TV viewer it mutes the "Line In" control and when I
> >> turn it back on the audio is roughly half a second ahead of the video.
> >> I've Googled for answers but support information seems to be scattered
> >> about and I didn't find anything helpful. One suggestion was to mute
> >> every other input except for "line in", but that didn't help. Another
> >> mentioned my specific problem (ATI and audio out of sync)) but with
> >> DirectX 9b and I'm running DirectX 9c and the latest Microsoft patches
> >> including SP2. Also, the links in the post were broken so I couldn't
> >> follow them down for more info.
> >>
> >> I read something about the newer (9.08) software sending the audio
> >> directly on the PCI bus (or something like that) such that the cable
> >> doesn't matter anymore. I didn't see anything that tells me how to use
> >> that information. Also, physically disconnecting the cable kills the
> >> audio.
> >>
> >> To sum up, my problems are that the audio is ahead of the video, and
> >> the "Line In" is being automatically muted when the ATI MMC software
> >> starts. Even if I use DVD authoring software to fix the sync problem,
> >> there won't be any audio to sync.
> >>
> >> Yes, the cable is physically connecting the TV Wonder Pro card to the
> >> "Line In" port.
> >> The soundcard is built into the motherboard.
> >> ATI Multimedia Center 9.08
> >> DirextX 9.0c
> >> Latest version of Microsoft .Net is installed
> >> PC is a Compaq 6454NX 2.5 Ghz with 256 MB .
> >
> >AFAIK the digital audio is with the Theater200(AIW Radeon) & HDTV Wonder
> >only. Don't know about the Theater550.
> >Your sound cards record setting may also have been changed along with the
> >line-in. Check Device Manager and make sure the drivers are still
installed
> >correctly. You could remove the drivers for the TV card and sound card
and
> >let Windows reinstall them. Sometimes this helps even if a problem isn't
> >showing. Then do a repair install of MMC.
> >As far as sync issues, run the system as clean as possible and try to put
> >the card in a slot that doesn't share an IRQ.
> >Good Luck.
> >
>
> Thanks for the reply.
> I removed some of the sound card "hardware" through the device manager
> but that didn't fix the issue. It did make the "mixer" disappear,
> though. Essentially, I did ended up doing as you suggested by deleting
> all of the software for the TV Wonder Pro and re-installing. Well,
> re-installing twice. I left Guide Plus+ on the first time and that
> seemed to keep things from installing properly so I deleted everything
> including Guide Plus+ and re-installed from the CD that came with the
> card. I didn't use anything from their website to re-install. I saved
> that as the next step just in case. Fortunately, except for various
> issues that I was able to resolve, I seem to be able to record video
> and audio again.
> Are people still having to move cards to other slots in this day and
> age? Wow.
>
> I have to say I'm amazed that this card can work quite well when it
> works and yet still have so many odd issues.
Guide+ scheduling doesn't work properly with MMC9.08 and probably not
MMC9.13. You may want to stick with MMC9.06.
Plug n Play has gotten better but may still need some help balancing the
load. I had to disable an unneeded USB2 port on the same IRQ as my HDTV
Wonder. My system has the HDTV Wonder, AIW and Audigy2 on MicroATX m/b with
on board LAN so options are limited. To free up resources I've also disable
the unused serial and parallel ports. Just depends on what your system
needs.
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