Re: No audio during Live tv or recorded tv via FTA box/tuner..?

Sorry to *** in, AJ
Is the audio output from the FTA STB a Red and White connector (Right and
Left audio).
Is it possible that the audio is AC3 instead of PCM audio.

If your Coolsat is like my Pansat, AC3 audio is silent on the Red and White
connectors.
I only get the AC3 audio via the S/PDIF output and a S/PDIF decoder in the
Home Theater.

The tuner card I have in my computer has the composite video and red and
white audio connectors.

Otherwise you can use the line input on the sound card. You do have to
configure the audio (make sure the line in is not muted) on the computer for
that to work
--
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http://www.carlmcmillan.com
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"AJ" <AJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi James,

I am currently using a Coolsat 5k STB box and it only has Composite and
coax
outs on it. The line from my LNB goes into the box, then I use the TV out
to
go to the PC.. Composite cables project the picture to my Vizio VW46 along
with the audio cables. The box is only an SD box thus the reason for no
direct HDMI connection to the tv or pc... I am not sure what you mean by
tuning the MCE to channel 3 or 4 as I have never had to do that before and
would need to understand how to check that as a possible option. as for
the
pc speakers working, they are indeed.. I can connect the original set up
into
the mini jacks and that works.. I then plugged in a mini-jack cable which
has
the RCA jacks on the other end and that is how I am transmitting audio out
of
the pc to the Denon receiver. I have also verified that sound is working
by
playing back the prior recordings from 2006 when I was a regular Dish sub
and
using their box of which I am no longer.

BTW, thanks for your willingness to help. I have been thinking about this
issue and I have tried running Audio out of the sat box to the OEM
Gigapocket
tuner but no change. I then ran it from the tuner to the TV just to see if
I
was missing something and again, no change. Is there a separation of Audio
and Video coming from the satellite that perhaps the tuner is not
catching..?
I also noticed if I turn my Denon recvr up very loud then I can hear the
live
tv audio but very, very faintly.

"Jaime" wrote:

I'm a little lost now, are you saying that if STB coax goes into the TV
(and
I assume you tune it to channel 3 or 4), you get sound, but when that
same
coax plugs into the tuner card (and you tune MC to 3 or 4), you don't get
sound? You probably need to first establish whether you have sound when
you
just plug speakers into the pc to isolate if the problem is sound getting
to
the PC or from the PC to the other audio.

I'm am also a little lost on why you are using a coax (which is sending
analog SD) from the cable box, if you have HDMI to the TV.
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), FL

"AJ" <AJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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OK, I will try that again.. I thought I had already but perhaps
mis-config's
it.. Right now the Sat box is feeding the TV directly and I get full
sound,
etc.. However, there is not two sets of outs on the sat box only one so
what
is your idea of connecting everything..? Should I run the Audio out to
the
PC, then bank on the ATi Radeon Vid card to push the audio back to the
TV
via
DVI-HDMI output/input...? or will the PC push the audio out to the
Denon
Recvr that I have it going through currently (mini-jack to RCA L/R
connected
to the VDP input) and the rest will just take care of itself..?

Thanks for your help BTW.. - A.J.

"Jaime" wrote:

Typically, when using a set-top-box (STB) you connect separate video
(RCA/S-Video/etc.) and audio (L/R RCA) connections. Some people do use
and
then tune the TV or Media Center to channel 3/4/etc. and the STB
changes
channels. 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.

BTW, it is unlikely that you were getting digital cable directly in
the
past
if you were directly connected (no box) to the cable connection. It
has
only
been in the last year or so that PC makers have released specialized
Media
Center systems that have a cable-card tuner; this allows direct
connection
to a digital source by renting a cable card from your provider.

Currently that is the only way to receive all the digital content
through
cable. You can receive Over The Air digital with an antenna and some
digital
card will receive unencrypted digital signals (Clear QAM) through
coax,
but
generally those are only a small portion of the digital offerings. For
instance, here in Orlando, if I plug in a Clear QAM tuner to Bright
House
(Time-Warner), it finds several hundred stations, but only about 35
can
be
viewed, the rest are locked.
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey"), Florida

"AJ" <AJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi James,

Directly with Coax... I can preview the guide (sees 14 days out),
set
recordings and it does record but the sound issue is still got
me...???

"Jaime" wrote:

How is your cable source connected to the tuner card now? s-video,
composite
coax, etc.?
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey"), Florida

"AJ" <AJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Curious,

Your answer was cut-off but I get it... Yes, there was a change
and
now
I
think I have figured out what I need to do just need some
clarification
from
someone.... If I understand my original Tuner card (Sony Vaio
VGC-RA826)
it
came with was only designed to pick up and complety decode
Digital
TV
such
as
coming straight from a cable source, i.e. (comcast, etc) It will
not
work
with FTA boxes like (Nfusion, Sonicview, Viewsat)... If that is
correct,
then
what I need is a tuner card that will work with the FTA boxes,
decode
HD
with
Audio and Video... If anyone knows of a card out there like that,
please
drop
a line....

My currecnt situation still exists when I turn on MCE and go to
Live
TV..
I
still get no Audio perhaps because the tuner card is unable to
decode
that
portion...? As for my prior recordings, I checked the dates of
them
and
it
was back in 2006 when I was connected to digital cable thus
getting
full
Audio/Video... Again, if anyone out there is going thru the same
ordeal,
please share what is working for you as I want to be able to
record
using
MCE
rather than having to go buy or obtain a different system...

"Curious" wrote:

If all of your previously recorded files play and your new ones
do
not
then
obviously something has changed in the way you record files.
Either
you
have not re
"AJ" <AJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi All,

After spending hours trying to figure this out I gave in and
decided
to
put
the question out there.. I read the subject matter on
connecting
your
MCE
2005 pc to your AV reciever and it works fine for previously
recorded
DVD's
that I had on file and for other tv recording done in the
past...
After
moving everything over to a new 1 TB hd, I can't get any sound
when
watching
live tv or a program I recorded yesterday, but yet all of the
prior
recordings play fine..? I have changed and update drivers and
rolled
them
back but now change.. I have an older Denon avr 610 that
handles
Dolby,
dts,
etc.. My preloaded Intervideo Windvd 5 works and the codec
works..
The
sound
is handled on the board chip REAltek (Sony Vaio VCG-RA826G
model
with
Pentium 4HT. I also have a FTA sat box and the MCE works fine
there
as
well,
provides the guide 14 days out, lets me select recordings,
etc..
just
no
audio when played back.. I have now just finished downloading
the
Nividia
deluxe $49.99 30 day trial version and I went into the MCE
Settings>dvd>Audio section and I saw that I had new options
and
was
going
to
set it on reciever when it locked up..?







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