TV Wonder Pro Woe

jetgraphics wrote:

> On Jun 3, 11:31 pm, Robert Baer <robertb...@localnet.com> wrote:
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>>jetgraphics wrote:
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>>>On Jun 3, 3:26 am, "T Shadow" <blackh...@nowhere.void.com> wrote:
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>>>>"jetgraphics" <jetgraph...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>news:add53b9d-e238-45c1-92cc-047f13418466@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
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>>>>>TV Wonder Pro - when it initializes, the audio is reset to MAX.
>>>>>(Which causes audio distortion when recorded)
>>>>>This occurs whether ATI Media center or Beyond TV accesses tuner.
>>>>>One can manually adjust audio, but it is overridden whenever the card
>>>>>is initialized.
>>>>>Is there a solution to prevent the reset of audio to MAX?
>>
>>>>>TIA
>>
>>>>MMC saves it's settings when it closes. Probably it isn't closing properly
>>>>so the new levels don't get saved. Running the TV program, adjusting the
>>>>settings then immediately closing might work to get them reset if it's done
>>>>before the problem that keeps it from closing properly is encountered.
>>>>Repair install, uninstall and reinstall and cleaning the registry before
>>>>reinstall are possible fixes.
>>
>>>>Possibly BT is reading the settings in the registry that TV uses.
>>
>>>>It's also possible you're sound card drivers have become corrupted. Try
>>>>reinstalling them.
>>
>>>>Good Luck.
>>
>>>[JG] MMC doesn't appear to be the culprit. The same problem occurs
>>>with Snapstream Beyond TV. Whenever the tuner card is accessed, the
>>>respective audio input is immediately reset to MAX.
>>>ATI support doesn't respond to my inquiries.
>>>The driver is the latest from ATI, too.
>>
>> Ahhh...try an older driver, about 2-3 revs older.
>
>
> JG: Couldn't find one on the ATI site.
>
> Here's their "TECH" response to my problem :
>
> ATI SAYS:
> If the sound is maximizing in different applications it is a Windows
> specific issue you are having.
> With the TV Wonder Pro the sound is passed through the external
> connection on the TV tuner to your audio device.
> To control the sound open the Windows Volume control and adjust the
> line in volume control.
> There is no sound control on the TV tuner itself it just passes the
> signal to the sound card for processing.
** I have an All-In-Wonder Radeon (TV capture plus video card) and it
works exactly that way.
Have never had sound level problems.
Different revisions of the software had different ways of capture
type (WMV, VGA, ATI, etc) and resolutions.
That is why i recommended that you try differnt revs of your software
to see if that would make a difference.
But, if your card needs that cable from it to the LINE IN motherboard
connector, then the problem is not via the card; it is via software.


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> In other words, they don't know, either.

jetgraphics wrote:

> [] Update
> I rolled back from Win XP SP3 to SP2.
> Reinstalled the tuner card driver.
> Reinstalled tuner in Beyond TV.
> At the point where it tested audio, I adjusted the audio level slider
> to a nominal level.
> And that seems to have resolved the problem.
>
> Not sure if it was SP3 but it appears to be the common element.
> Will test hypothesis on another machine (Not running BTV).
Good old M$, always ready to "improve the experience".