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ATI AIW TV
Hi guys,
When I upgraded to Vista from XP I was very disappointed that it wouldn't recognize the TV tuner on my ATI X800 All-in-Wonder graphics card. Even more ****ed when I saw that ATI had no intention of issuing any Vista drivers to support the TV capability on the card. However I accepted it and have learnt to live without the TV tuner. Had a pleasant surprise this week when I installed the Nero 8 Home Essentials software suite that came with my new DVD writer. The TV software on here recognised the both the analogue and digital TV tuners on the ATI card and managed to tune in to all available stations. However when I tried to view a ny station I get a message saying that I need to purchase the Nero DVD-Video plug-in to view mpeg format! Just need advice that if I spend the 18 GBP for this plug-in then I will be able to view from the TV tuner without any other driver needed?? TIA Clive in Kent (GB) |
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"RalfG" wrote in message ... The release notes for the Catalyst 9.3 drivers (last updated Vista version for so-called "legacy" cards) says that although Vista's Media Center cannot use the TV capture of the X800 you could use Snapstream's BeyondTV 4.6 for Windows Vista and possibly other 3rd party TV capture software. If you want to replicate Media Center like functionality you could try (freeware) "MediaPortal" as an alternative. It has its own TV card support which might work for you. MediaPortal is more configurable and IMO is an all-round better app for the purpose than Media Center--- provided of course it can do what YOU want it to. With the proper support files and configuration the the MCE remote control can even switch between audio and subtitle tracks in MKV and OGM videos played in MediaPortal. That works in both XP and Vista but MediaPortal's MCE remote control functionality does not work properly in Windows 7... yet. Moot points if you don't have a remote control for the computer. ;-) Vista has its own MPEG2 CODEC and you could also download FFDSHOW (freeware) as a source for another one. It's possible that the Nero software is set up to only use their own CODEC. Being frugal I'd be inclined to search for other freeware alternatives before spending money on a limited use proprietary CODEC. You could possibly find an entire capture software suite for the same or little more money. Thanks Ralf; that's very helpful. Clive in Kent |