Re: Random Audio and Video Quality Problems

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From: TSLIVA (TSLIVA_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:45:02 -0800

David,
Thanks for the reply,
I tried changing around the input cable both direct and through a cable box
and wired it via an s-video cable and an audio component feed so I think the
feed is good. When I isolated the video and audio both had the same issue so
the caputure card and/or driver is my best guess but both I have the latest
driver and replaced the card. I am stumped.

HP send me the same tuner card and it made no difference...

since both the video(goes to B&W) and the audio (gets scratchy) I suspected
a weak cable feed but this is the cable that goes to my internet modem. It
was tested and the cable company put a special line in for the internet to
get a pure digital signal.

I do have digital service vesus analog but the conexant should handle that
at at least I think it is suposed to and does well most times...

any other thoughts?

"Dave Denmark" wrote:

> TSLIVA wrote:
> > I have an HP M47N with a Conexant board.
> >
> > Randomly I get a fuzzy B&W picture and scratchy sounds when recording
> > and watching Live TV. The problem will clear if I go back and play a
> > good tv recording once or sometimes it takes twice.
> > The problem usually happens when I reboot and sometimes when I
> > restart MCE.
> >
> > I have all the latest drivers, tried a replacement capture card from
> > HP, did several distructive and non-distructive rebuilds, upgraded to
> > MCE 2005 and SP2 but each time the problem persists.
>
> That's very strange. Have you tried moving your MCE to another cable outlet
> to try and isolate the problem to physical wiring faults?
>
> Also, did HP send you an identical tuner card, or a different one?
>
>
> --
> David Denmark
>
>
>
>

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