'Failure to Initialize Video' (ATI MMC) using Radeon 9600XT

[Guest]

I bought the Asus Radeon 9600XT to transfer some analog footage but so
far have been unable to successfully do so. I am trying to do this
using ATI's Multimedia Center 9.0 but when I launch the TV app to
capture video, it keeps telling me that TV was unable to initialize
the video. It then prompts me to run a Test. The test passes but
yields one warning about sound card clock instability. However, I
doubt this would have anything to do with the Failure to Initialize
Video message. I also tried capturing directly in Premiere but it
doesnt even detect my capture card. It simply detects the Firewire on
my motherboard. Asus ships the card with Digital VCR but I find the
options quite limited and would much prefer to use a different app to
capture. Any recommendations on resolving this issue?

Thank you,
Alain

 

[johns]

Believe it or not, I'm doing great captures from my
oldie Hauppauge WinTV pci card in the same computer
( AMD 2000+ ) with an ATI Raedeon 9000 Pro.
Very few dropouts, and video speed appears to be
good ?? I can capture as mpg instead of AVI too.
I can also capture cable TV with no problems. Best
of all, the whole combo ( $69 for the ATI, and I paid
about $45 for the WinTV maybe 5 years ago ). And
Hauppauge still writes upgrade drivers for the card.
Now THAT is tech support! Go talk to Hauppauge.

johns

 

[pjp]

Yupper, that's the way I'm going next time. To hell with this Video-In bs
ATI puts you thru.

 

[Julian D.]

I bought the Asus Radeon 9600XT to transfer some analog footage but so
far have been unable to successfully do so. I am trying to do this
using ATI's Multimedia Center 9.0 but when I launch the TV app to
capture video, it keeps telling me that TV was unable to initialize
the video. It then prompts me to run a Test. The test passes but
yields one warning about sound card clock instability. However, I
doubt this would have anything to do with the Failure to Initialize
Video message. I also tried capturing directly in Premiere but it
doesnt even detect my capture card. It simply detects the Firewire on
my motherboard. Asus ships the card with Digital VCR but I find the
options quite limited and would much prefer to use a different app to
capture. Any recommendations on resolving this issue?

Thank you,
Alain

I'm capturing dvd-compliant mpg2 video flawlessly with no dropped
frames. The only time I get the message about not being able to
initialize the video is when I start the TV before shutting down wmp
or windvd. Even just after I shut them down I have to wait a few
seconds before starting ati's tv.
Try it after a boot and see what happens. Check your device manager
and see if there's any problems.

JD