ATI File Player Stops Working After DirectX 9.0b Upgrade

I have an AIW 7500 NTSC card that was working just fine on the Catalyst 3.6
drivers until I was finally forced to upgrade to DirectX 9.0b. I held off
upgrading because of the numerous issues users had experienced with DirectX
but with all of the Microsoft WinXP security issues, I reluctantly made the
upgrade. I ended up losing the TV video GUI. I could hear TV sound but I got
no picture. I ended up doing a complete reinstall of WinXP. Everything now
works except for the ATI File Player. The GUI loads but all of the video
options are greyed out so no picture appears. I need this to play vcr files
created by the TV Capture. Does anyone have a fix for this or will I be
forced to spend $25 to buy the new MMC from ATI? Will that fix it?

HillBoy

HillBoy wrote:
> I have an AIW 7500 NTSC card that was working just fine on the
> Catalyst 3.6 drivers until I was finally forced to upgrade to DirectX
> 9.0b. I held off upgrading because of the numerous issues users had
> experienced with DirectX but with all of the Microsoft WinXP security
> issues, I reluctantly made the upgrade. I ended up losing the TV
> video GUI. I could hear TV sound but I got no picture. I ended up
> doing a complete reinstall of WinXP. Everything now works except for
> the ATI File Player. The GUI loads but all of the video options are
> greyed out so no picture appears. I need this to play vcr files
> created by the TV Capture. Does anyone have a fix for this or will I
> be forced to spend $25 to buy the new MMC from ATI? Will that fix it?

There is a known issue with DirectX and non-NTSC (SECAM and PAL) TV-out...
but this doesn't sound like that problem, since you're using NTSC, right?

The fix for it was on Windows Update.

Ben
--
I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...

overlay settings?

"HillBoy" <hillboy@comcast.net> wrote in message news:My09b.57993$mp.26227@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net...
> I have an AIW 7500 NTSC card that was working just fine on the Catalyst 3.6
> drivers until I was finally forced to upgrade to DirectX 9.0b. I held off
> upgrading because of the numerous issues users had experienced with DirectX
> but with all of the Microsoft WinXP security issues, I reluctantly made the
> upgrade. I ended up losing the TV video GUI. I could hear TV sound but I got
> no picture. I ended up doing a complete reinstall of WinXP. Everything now
> works except for the ATI File Player. The GUI loads but all of the video
> options are greyed out so no picture appears. I need this to play vcr files
> created by the TV Capture. Does anyone have a fix for this or will I be
> forced to spend $25 to buy the new MMC from ATI? Will that fix it?
>
> HillBoy
>
>

Hmmm, all of the overlay settings are greyed out as well. I'll send in a bug
report on the Rage3D Bug list and a tech support request to ATI. I'll report
my findings back here.

"JAD" <jdemma25@eartink.net> wrote in message
news:1U09b.3022$UN4.2105@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> overlay settings?
>
> "HillBoy" <hillboy@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:My09b.57993$mp.26227@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net...
> > I have an AIW 7500 NTSC card that was working just fine on the Catalyst
3.6
> > drivers until I was finally forced to upgrade to DirectX 9.0b. I held
off
> > upgrading because of the numerous issues users had experienced with
DirectX
> > but with all of the Microsoft WinXP security issues, I reluctantly made
the
> > upgrade. I ended up losing the TV video GUI. I could hear TV sound but I
got
> > no picture. I ended up doing a complete reinstall of WinXP. Everything
now
> > works except for the ATI File Player. The GUI loads but all of the video
> > options are greyed out so no picture appears. I need this to play vcr
files
> > created by the TV Capture. Does anyone have a fix for this or will I be
> > forced to spend $25 to buy the new MMC from ATI? Will that fix it?
> >
> > HillBoy
> >
> >
>
>

You are correct but there have been AIW NTSC users who experienced problems
with DirectX 9.0b as well. I have an AIW 7500 retail model and I used the
23MB Catalyst 3.7 driver file for installation, but there still appear to be
problems as I have no Overlay controls as well. I am forced to contact ATI
(meaning that I'm DOOMED!).

"Ben Pope" <spam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bk2553$o88dt$1@ID-191149.news.uni-berlin.de...
> HillBoy wrote:
> > I have an AIW 7500 NTSC card that was working just fine on the
> > Catalyst 3.6 drivers until I was finally forced to upgrade to DirectX
> > 9.0b. I held off upgrading because of the numerous issues users had
> > experienced with DirectX but with all of the Microsoft WinXP security
> > issues, I reluctantly made the upgrade. I ended up losing the TV
> > video GUI. I could hear TV sound but I got no picture. I ended up
> > doing a complete reinstall of WinXP. Everything now works except for
> > the ATI File Player. The GUI loads but all of the video options are
> > greyed out so no picture appears. I need this to play vcr files
> > created by the TV Capture. Does anyone have a fix for this or will I
> > be forced to spend $25 to buy the new MMC from ATI? Will that fix it?
>
> There is a known issue with DirectX and non-NTSC (SECAM and PAL) TV-out...
> but this doesn't sound like that problem, since you're using NTSC, right?
>
> The fix for it was on Windows Update.
>
> Ben
> --
> I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String...
>
>