xmradio wrote:


"T Shadow" wrote in message
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"Geneve" wrote in message ...


I am having a on going problem on the primary pc.

I have traced it to the Ati all in wonder radeon 9600 agp card.

At times when I turn on cable tv and go to the program guide for
a couple of moments I see the video defects.

ok so they go away after that for watching tv.


Ok next...

When I try and hook up any VCR to the card. I get intermitant
video defects at the top 10 percent to 15 percent portion of
the screen.

I do not believe it to be a macrovision thing....

It's frustrating that I cant do family vactions vcr stuff on the
machine that has that card.


How do I know it is not macrovision ?

Well I am guessing really.

When I put the same vcr's yes vcr's I have gone through five already,
on to a a ATI All In Wonder 128 rage card. I dont have these problems.


Since the ATI aiw 128 card does not work in Windows 2000 pro I am forced
in to using Windows 98 se mode on the secondary machine.

Do I use the MMC software to record with? No. I dont like it and the
video is not as good in my opinion for the work I do.

ATI's website for problem reporting wants to know serial numbers and
all that stuff. THis kind of stinks because I would really rather
now tear down the machine to pull the video card.


I am not really sure what to do next and I thought I would come here and
see if others have the same problems with the 9600 card like I do.

Please lets not discuss drivers. Thew latest drivers make the video look
worse on this card of mine and I had to remove them and put the older
drivers back in.

Peoples faces were looking like they were burned or .. well there was
pixel defects in the colors I guess I can put it that way. All in all
it was unacceptable.

Thoughts ?

(not interested in drivers suggestions)


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You really aren't leaving anything to discuss. You're trying to build a
house on an defective foundation. Sounds like you have a driver, heat or
power supply problem. Only thing I can suggest is checking the Crop Video
Box. I doubt that's it. AFAIK that only affects MMC. I've been using an
AIW9600XT on another computer for months w/o problem. I have seen a lot
of post about installation problems for capture drivers and MMC.
Sometimes the
ATI components don't install correctly sometime their O/S has problems.
MMC
works fine for capturing when installed correctly. FYI this computer has
been running W2K with an AIW128PRO for 2 years w/o problem. The
theater200 chip on the 9600 is better for capturing.
Good luck, you'll need it.

using a 9600aiw here, works okay, but my hauppauge pvr 150 is much easier
to install when changing mbs, etc...cpu load is also less...

It should be. The Hauppauge PVR boards have hardware encoding.

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--John
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