On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:35:15 -0000, Mark wrote:

You wrote in thusly:

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 20:35:25 GMT, Gordon Scott
wrote:

Mark wrote:

Hello,

For those of you who might be suffering with audio echo when using
the MMC's TV and/or using TV On-Demand (version 9) with an Audigy2
SZ card (latest drivers), here is a possible solution. It fixed it
here. YMMV.

It started 36 hours ago when I reinstalled everything, but this time
I was going to use a Audigy2 sound card. As soon as I ran TV after
the new installations the echo was there. Sure it could be stopped
by going into Play Control and muting Line-In, but there wasn't
anything to mute when TV On-Demand was selected. Plus I didn't have
to do anything like that before.

I looked at the Setup and the Initialization Wizard many times, but
nothing clicked.

After having looked at the Initialization Wizard for the tenth time,
in the "Sound Initialization Wizard" area I place a check mark to
"Mute Audio During Scheduled Record" and for kicks, another check
mark to "Preserve TV On-Demand Video Between Sessions" in the "TV
On-Demand Initialization Wizard".

Neither of which I was originally to concerned about. For the first
one, I didn't plan on doing any scheduled recordings, and I could
care less if the .VCR file was saved. Actually, I would prefer not
to eat up space on the hard drive unnecessarily.

Anyway, I hit "Next" and then "Finish".

As soon as I hit the "Finish" button, the echo disappeared and has
not returned. It has not returned even if both option have their
check marks removed. The MMC is now correctly sending the audio to
the Audigy2 the way it is suppose to be sending it.

If I go into TV On-Demand, and back the live feed back 30 seconds
and then open the Live window, which ever window currently has
focus, the sound is heard, not both at the same time, not endlessly
feeding back on itself.

I've called ATI and have given them the complete steps to test this
and they seemed very interested in this fix.

So, it appears to be some kind of problem with the Initialization
Wizard not detecting the Audigy2 cards correctly, because it does
work eventually.

On a side note, I also mentioned the spelling error in the "Unable
To Configure Audio" dialog box:

"Please select the audio line to which you have connected vour video
hardware from the list below."

Vy video vis vennected voo vi Vine-Vin. Vhere vis vours?

--

Mark

Great work Mark btw ATI is disgusting for spelling mistakes in almost
everything they write, be it drivers registry entries manuals help
files you name it. It is sad that in Canada, a world leader in the
field of communications, they can't use a spell checker and a human
(probably white)to go over their items before release.

Gordon


Why a white human, Gordon? They come in different colours, you know.
And, strangely perhaps to you, it doesn't make any difference to their
language skills.

And I can't say that I've noticed that Ati are any worse than other
companies for their spelling - apart from the fact that, to me, North
American spellings never look right. I have noticed that your
grammatic skills leave a lot to be desired, though...

patrickp

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I do not wish to get into an international debate about spelling or
grammar. It's pointless and I won't win.


Sorry, Mark, I thought it was clear my remarks were aimed at Gordon
Scott, not you. And I agree with you about the pointlessness of
criticisms of grammar and spelling in a forum such as Usenet. My
remarks were made because I thought Gordon's criticism of Ati's
spelling was not only unfounded, but quite invalidated by his poor
grammar.

I was also offended by his apparent racism - which I found not only
objectionable, but totally uncalled for on Usenet.

Apologies again.


To clarify, I made the above comment about the spelling of the word
"your" because I was talking to ATI Tech Support at the time, but would
not have gone out of my way to report such trivial issues unless there
was a major impact with installing or use of the software. Which is why
I also mentioned to ATI that the wrong image has been used in their
un-install guide for several releases.

Plus, what I wrote was a dry-read. I thought I would try and put a
little humor in case someone managed to make it all the way to the end
without falling asleep.

In any case, my main point was to address the MMC audio echo problem,
which I found as I did research, was affecting many others - without
solution.

I should also point out that I went with my first and /only/ install of
the MMC (in fact all of the ATI) software. It was this first install
that, as I mentioned above, I somehow managed to get to work.

While it is not a direct fix, the experience I had getting the MMC
software to work might help someone else suffering with this problem.

And quite frankly, I did not wish to re-install all the ATI software
just so the problem would (perhaps) reappear and I could pin point
exactly what it was about the Initialization Wizard, that if you hammer
it enough times, it eventually configures everything right.

Perhaps someone could duplicate what I did, to solve their audio echo
problem and post back? If we work together, we might narrow it down.


patrickp

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