AIW 9000 Pro - No Sound - HELP!

[Steve Tom]

I'm always amazed at the quick solutions that appear here for the most
obtuse problems...so, hopefully, you guys will be able to help me, too.

I've got an AIW 9000 Pro that came bundled with my HP A250y PC. I've
got 1 gig of RAM, and a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 sound card.

All I want to do is capture some material from a VHS cassette for later
editing. I can capture the video with no problem, but there's never any
accompanying sound. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to get
picture *AND* sound from the capture.

From the back of the VCR, I go from VIDEO OUT into the yellow component
video IN jack on the ATI input block that's connected to A/V IN on the
back of the AIW card. My VCR only has one AUDIO OUT jack (its an old
VCR), and I go from that into either the white or red AUDIO IN jack on
the ATI input block - it doesn't matter which one, I still get no audio.

Is there some setting I need to adjust somewhere else that will allow me
to capture audio as well as video when I dump material from my VCR into
my capture program? Does something need to be connected to the actual
sound card's LINE IN jack? I'm confused and headache-y.

Hope I've been clear about this...
Steve

 

[Andrew MacPherson]

Does something need to be connected to the actual
sound card's LINE IN jack?

Yes. Took me a while to get this worked out, the AIW instructions are
rubbish (IMO). Source audio goes into the AIW, but to hear that source you
have to attach the audio out from the AIW to the line-in on your
soundcard. Mine has a combo lead that does the job, hopefully yours does
too.

It works for me on a 9800se anyway! Good luck.

Andrew McP

 

[Michael Walraven]

ATI manual is not the clearest on this point. See page 20/21 of the
installation manual (at least that is in mine)
I know that is not what you are trying to do but it is where the relevent
pictures are.

The output from the BLACK ATI output adapter at the A/V out jack must go to
your audio card LINE IN connector.
Then make sure you have selected the sound card connector as LINE IN for the
TV recording per page 21. (using the
Initialization Wizard button).

Michael

 

[Steve Tom]

Yes. Took me a while to get this worked out, the AIW instructions are
rubbish (IMO). Source audio goes into the AIW, but to hear that source you
have to attach the audio out from the AIW to the line-in on your
soundcard. Mine has a combo lead that does the job, hopefully yours does
too.

It works for me on a 9800se anyway! Good luck.

THANK YOU! I finally have audio. Knew I was missing something basic
like that. Really appreciate your help.

Steve

 

[Steve Tom]

ATI manual is not the clearest on this point. See page 20/21 of the
installation manual (at least that is in mine)
I know that is not what you are trying to do but it is where the relevent
pictures are.

The output from the BLACK ATI output adapter at the A/V out jack must go to
your audio card LINE IN connector.
Then make sure you have selected the sound card connector as LINE IN for the
TV recording per page 21. (using the
Initialization Wizard button).

Thank you, Michael! I finally have audio and I really appreciate your
help on this.

Best,
Steve