PLEASE REPORT AS BUG - Sound loss

From: Peter Near (peter_at_thenears.com)
Date: 02/01/04 

Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 11:45:48 -0500

A note to the MVPs, developers, or QA techs who are lurking in the forum.

Please note the following as a bug so that it can be looked at.

ISSUE: Sound not available in some TV recordings.

DESCRIPTION: At seemingly random intervals, the recorded TV programs will
lose the audio componenet. When this happens, it generally continues
recording for every program thereafter. The file itself is without audio,
all other audio on the system works fine. This usually requires a reboot to
correct, sometimes self-corrects (I will assume that this corrected itself
after waking from a standby event).

In MCE v1, this ocurred after using another capture device such as a webcam
and external microphone. I assumed then that the capture settings for the
windows machine were manually redirected to use the microphone and not the
tuner card to capture audio. This is an unverified assumption, but at the
time this was enough to point to "software" as the issue and not tuner card
failure.

In MCE 2004, this occurs less frequently and I have not been using my webcam
since install. So, the cutting out of sound seems much more random now.

SYSTEM: HP 873n stock hardware running MCE 2004 and all windows updates.
Emuzeed tuner, creative audigy soundcard.

COMMENTARY: This is an adoption issue in our household. We assume
(specifically my wife assumes) that our important shows are being taken care
of by MCE. When we come down and find out an entire night of primetime TV
was recorded without sound, that faith is shaken.

Relevant Pages

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    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
  • Re: No audio during Live tv or recorded tv via FTA box/tuner..?
    ... It is possible that the coax out is only sending video, so you might try connecting the audio out to the audio input on the tuner. ... If I understand my original Tuner card (Sony Vaio ... As for my prior recordings, I checked the dates of them and> it ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
  • Re: No audio during Live tv or recorded tv via FTA box/tuner..?
    ... what I need is a tuner card that will work with the FTA boxes, ... Audio and Video... ... My currecnt situation still exists when I turn on MCE and go to Live TV.. ... As for my prior recordings, I checked the dates of them and it ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
  • Re: Set top box hook up to computer
    ... MCE can't record TV on the tuner card, and audio on the audio card (i.e. ... My box has a digital audio output and my MCE has a digital ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
  • Re: No audio during Live tv or recorded tv via FTA box/tuner..?
    ... recordings and it does record but the sound issue is still got me...??? ... Audio and Video... ... My currecnt situation still exists when I turn on MCE and go to Live TV.. ... As for my prior recordings, I checked the dates of them and it ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
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