Re: Trouble with TV functionality

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When only LiveTV is causing problems it is very often caused by the tuner
card sharing its IRQ with the Graphics or Audio card.

"WilliamGeorge" <WilliamGeorge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:548592DB-2609-4B23-9F5A-7742364E0B46@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I do have the most recent drivers from the TV tuner (I verified the version
> number you indicated) and also for my video card (a Radeon 9800 Pro). I
> will
> try the nVidia DVD decoder trial tonight or tomorrow - as soon as I have
> some
> extra time. However, now that I have been using this setup for a few
> days, I
> have noticed some other issues as well. For one, the video quality
> appears
> to be somewhat better when viewing recorded shows instead of live TV. I
> have
> the recording quality set to High - but why would that look better than
> live
> TV? Also, I have verified that during most operations (DVD playmack,
> radio,
> music, and recorded TV) the windowed-to-maximized transition works just
> fine,
> but during live TV it still causes a blackout that requires shuting down
> Media Center and restarting it. Any idea what could be causing that?
>
> "Gary Tsang" wrote:
>
>> Have you tried the latest drivers for your tv tuner card?
>>
>> They are available here
>> Version 6.14.10.102
>> Posted: September 9, 2005
>> File Size: 3.98 MB
>> WHQL Certified
>> https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/dlmdownloads.ati.com/drivers/5-9_t550_wdm_26441.exe
>>
>> You might want to try Nvidia's Purevideo Decoder in place of the other
>> DVD
>> decoders that you've tried. Nvidia has implemented many compatibility
>> fixes
>> so that it works best with Update Rollup 2.
>>
>> The 30 day trial for Nvidia's decoder can be found here
>> http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder_1.02-185-trial.html
>>
>> --
>> Gary Tsang
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
>> http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
>>
>>
>> "WilliamGeorge" <WilliamGeorge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> message
>> news:AD3E9345-98AC-4FDF-9951-CE0969A7685C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I just installed MCE and an ATI Theater 550 based TV Tuner (I did a
>> > completely fresh installation). Previously I had been using MSIPVS on
>> > Windows XP Pro, with an MSI TV@nywhere Master. I love the new features
>> > I
>> > have with MCE, but I am very concerned about two things:
>> >
>> > 1) The TV quality is noticably worse than my previous tuner. I thought
>> > it
>> > might be the MPEG2 decoder I was using, but it is basically the same
>> > with
>> > all
>> > the decoders I have tried (PowerDVD 5, WinDVD 7, FreeDVD, and
>> > CinePlayer
>> > DVD). I also tried switching to a different PCI slot for my tuner,
>> > with
>> > no
>> > luck. Any ideas? I was under the impression (from web reviews) that
>> > the
>> > Theater 550 is the best tuner chipset available (in terms of picture
>> > quality)
>> > - but my 3 year old MSI card looked much better...
>> >
>> > 2) I might be able to live with the TV quality, but I am also having
>> > trouble
>> > with the TV feed stoping! If I start the LiveTV up in either full
>> > screen
>> > or
>> > windowed mode it is fine, but when I try to switch to the other (from
>> > full
>> > to
>> > windowed or the other way around) it stops and goes black. My wife
>> > liked
>> > to
>> > use our old setup windowed alot (while checking her email and such) and
>> > she
>> > won't be happy if she has to close out of Media Center and restart it
>> > every
>> > time she wants to switch modes. Please help!
>>
>>
>>


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