ATI File Player Stops Working After DirectX 9.0b Upgrade

[HillBoy]

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

 

[Ben Pope]

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

 

[JAD]

overlay settings?

 

[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.

 

[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!).