HDTV Wonder Discussion

A lot of points there! The DMA not enabled problem is due to MMC not being able to query the IDE driver to be able to tell whether DMA is enabled or not. I don't know if that's Nvidia's fault, or ATI's. In ATI's defense, other non-standard IDE hardware is correctly queried by MMC. So perhaps this is an Nvidia problem. There is some suggestion that using a non-Nvidia driver for the disk controller, cures that problem, but I don't have any experience there.

I agree that the PC check function is useless.

As for MMC refusing to record to a directory of your choosing, that is usually caused by your trying to record in "native" mode, which only can be recorded to the standard ATI folder, that is shared with the much maligned TV-On-Demand files. If you choose an OTR setting other than native, then it should properly save the file into the directory you've chosen. It works for me with MMC 9.09. It might not be such a good idea to do that though, since the mpeg stream will have to be re-encoded on the fly and you will get a warning to the effect that this may take a lot of CPU. It's probably better to just record in native and export it later to the format of your choice.

J.G.
 
9.13 svideo recording

9.13 svideo recording

I have just the HDTV Wonder and after upgrading to 9.13, OTA HDTV is great, no more blackout bug, no scheduling issues etc. I also use the svideo to record from my Satellite receiver. It has worked great in all versions prior to 9.13 and I always have recorded straight to mpeg2 with with no issues.

Now with 9.13, when I try to capture svideo straight to DVD-high, medium or low, the audio is flawless, but the video starts to stutter and pause badly after only about 15 seconds. My CPU utilization is less than 50% during this recording. I can record HDTV straight to DVD-high with very little problems. CPU utilization is 99-100% but it still comes out OK.

Can anyone using just the HDTV Wonder capture Svideo to one of the DVD settings OK?

Thanks,
oak
 
Cd Iso

Cd Iso

I've looked up and down my entire house for the damn CD. All I came up with was some ATI cd for Windows 95, that doesn't cut it - no DTV decoder.

Does anyone have it available? I have a public folder on .Mac, just installed the new drivers and everything is working except the damn sound. (DTV decoder).

I don't know why it needs it considering I had the previous version installed and working just great, as soon as I "upgrade" it goes dead because of the decoder. *sigh*

ATI is closed for the evening but I suppose I'll give them a call tomorrow. Their site is a maze, I completed a whole "problem report" but have no idea how or where to send it!
 
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I've looked up and down my entire house for the damn CD. All I came up with was some ATI cd for Windows 95, that doesn't cut it - no DTV decoder.

Does anyone have it available? I have a public folder on .Mac, just installed the new drivers and everything is working except the damn sound. (DTV decoder).

I don't know why it needs it considering I had the previous version installed and working just great, as soon as I "upgrade" it goes dead because of the decoder. *sigh*

ATI is closed for the evening but I suppose I'll give them a call tomorrow. Their site is a maze, I completed a whole "problem report" but have no idea how or where to send it!
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I don’t know 100% if this will work but:

AFAIK, the ATI decoder and the Cyberlink decoder are the same thing. Therefore, just to get you started, try downloading a demo of the latest version of Cyberlink PowerDVD.

Perhaps some registry tweaking would be needed and a little creativity but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work,…in the short term.
 
I've been reluctant to leave MMC 9.06.1 which works for MY CONFIGURATION but am interested in MMC 9.13 since the blackout bug is fixed, and TitanTV is (supposedly) now working correctly. I only use my NTSC tuner for one program, and rarely record from the input jacks... so is MMC 9.13 a better version for the HDTV-Wonder user?

I'm asking this as many of the complaints about it are from non-HDTV-Wonder users.
 
The cost of disorganization

The cost of disorganization

I called ATI today, they said $12.95 + $5.95 shipping for a replacement CD. A CD to make the thing that I already bought work... a piece of hardware that I paid $200 for, and you want to charge me $20 for the damn drivers?

I'm really bitter about this, but if anyone needs a new CD call 1 888 974 6728 and order part #180-V01092-200

If I must resort to the $20, I'd be willing to I S O it up to other people who own the hardware. I can't see what good it would do anyone who didn't.

I have a copy of PowerDVD already, think I've got like 3 copies that came with various pieces of hardware. I'll try installing it and post the results.
 
Z3RiN said:
I called ATI today, they said $12.95 + $5.95 shipping for a replacement CD. A CD to make the thing that I already bought work... a piece of hardware that I paid $200 for, and you want to charge me $20 for the damn drivers?
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The HDTV Wonder drivers are freely available for download form ATI. You would be paying for the copyrighted material on the install CD such as the decoder, which is the intellectual property of Cyberlink.

Z3RiN said:
I'm really bitter about this, but if anyone needs a new CD call 1 888 974 6728 and order part #180-V01092-200

If I must resort to the $20, I'd be willing to I S O it up to other people who own the hardware. I can't see what good it would do anyone who didn't.
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Do as you will but I advise against it since it is illegal and it invites legal action against you from those who have a vested interest.

Z3RiN said:
I have a copy of PowerDVD already, think I've got like 3 copies that came with various pieces of hardware. I'll try installing it and post the results.
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Do give it a try but MMC might need some adjustments in the registry for it to work.

If not you can also try a demo of BeyondTV 4. BTV4 may come with its own decoders that will work with the HDTV Wonder but I’m not sure,….just trying to give you some options that might get things going for you,….

You can also try WatchHDTV which is a great free app. I think you can configure up your own decoder for use with WatchHDTV so its worth a shot too.

BTW, the newest version of PowerDVD I have is version 5. After installing it and applying the only patch I could find for it on Cyberlinks web sight it actually read as a more recent version then the ATI/Cyberlink decoder (after updating it with the ATI web update utility).
 
9.13 fixes the blackout bug for me. However, TitanTV doesn't work for me. After downloading the TVPI files, the ATI TVPI reader runs but nothing happens.
MMC also won't playback any recorded 1080i material correctly. It works fine in the DTV app both live and timeshifted, but does not from the media library or media player.
 
I've posted some news about WatchHDTV- http://mysite.verizon.net/watchhdtv/home/

I know I haven't posted here lately but I'll try to post more. There is generally more help over at avsforum.com, but if you want to stay here I'll help. I also plan on coming up with something for the analog side for the HDTV Wonder.
 
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Adding HDTV Wonder to an *existing* AIW setup!

Adding HDTV Wonder to an *existing* AIW setup!

Dk975 said:
Please don't tell me I have to reinstall WinXP. I have a HD Wonder and X800Pro, please advise me in which order I need to install the Cats and the 4 separate files for the HD Wonder. Do I need to have the WDM checked when installing the Cats, or is this done when installing the HD drivers?

I am so use to installing for an AIW, but have little idea how to do this.
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As long as you have an AIW 9700 Pro or better, you need only install the drivers for the HDTV Wonder and the DTV application from the HDTV Wonder CD (especially if you have MMC 9.06.1 or later installed). There are only two caveats:

If running Windows Media Center Edition 2005, you need both Update Rollup 1 *and* Update Rollup 2 for Windows Media Center Edition 2005.

Also, if running MCE 2005, *avoid* Catalyst 6.3 due to conflicts with the Media Center Receiver Service (a crying shame, as the new AVStream T200 Unified Driver works a treat with MMC 9.13; however, I am unable to use the Media Center TV application with the MUCH better EPG; the result is I am using MMC 9.13 for my AIW, and WatchHDTV for my HDTV Wonder).
 
Hdtv Problem

Hdtv Problem

Hi there, i bought a brand new Ati HDTV WONDER to replace my old and not so good Pinnacle PCTV Pro, well the fact is it should support my country as listed one of the features of the card is latinamerica support.
My country (Argentina) uses the PAL-Nc TV standard for analog [FONT=verdana,geneva,lucida][FONT=verdana,geneva,lucida]broadcasts[/FONT][/FONT], and the card does not yet support that format in [FONT=verdana,geneva,lucida][FONT=verdana,geneva,lucida]mmc[/FONT][/FONT] TV 9.13 nore is my country listed to be choosen.
Please any help will be much apreciated! The driver issue wich ati claims they will never fix is with the [FONT=verdana,geneva,lucida][FONT=verdana,geneva,lucida]ANALOG[/FONT][/FONT] AV CAPTURE DEVICE wich doesn't support Plan Nc. Please have mercy on myself, i live in a country where this cards are really expensive and i can't return it. ati claims thhis: "
We have responded to your issue.
[FONT=verdana,geneva,lucida][FONT=verdana,geneva,lucida]Solution[/FONT][/FONT]: PAL N support is advertised not PALNc.
Currently there are no announced plans for PAL Nc support.
From feedback installing MMC 9.08 may allow you to select Argentina as a country.
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Even the manual states full latin america support, wich im not getting, Help ME OUT PLEASE
MMC 9.08 had no Argentina listed, and will not solve the problem, as it is a driver issue rather than a soft issue... So the only thing i'm asking for is to add a few lines of code so that i can watch the pal-Nc tv standard

Regards
GAO
 
Unless I'm missing something (which i very well might be), then your problem is that your local broadcast standard is not supported. I'd say that's not going to get fixed because it's not a bug.

Take the card back for a refund. Get a card that supports you local broadcast standard.
 
Lost most Export options with MMC 9.13

Lost most Export options with MMC 9.13

I recently upgraded(?) from MMC 9.06 to 9.13. Now when I go into the Library application, my only options for Export are three AVI settings. There are no MPEG-2 Export options, like HD Native like I had before, and no way to create an HD Native preset. Anyone else have this problem? I'm ready to go back to 9.06. The new Player application works better (in skipping forward/backward), but most other things seem worse for me.
 
I seem to recall there is a new program ATi has on their site to convert files... look around and tell us... something about being faster than the export function but it's not a part of MMC
 
I've recently installed a HDTV wonder in my XP MCE PC and have it working somewhat, but cannot get it to work with my USB SoundBlaster (I've temporarily switched to onboard sound to have something). Does anyone know why the two might be conflicting? The Soundblaster worked fine on this and my previous machine before the tuner
 
AIW 9000 plus HDTV Wonder

AIW 9000 plus HDTV Wonder

I presently have a working AIW 9000 on XP SP2 with MMC 9.08 using 5.11 drivers with the old control panel.

I just purchased an ATI HDTV Wonder and understand that I should install the HDTV Wonder Drivers and DTV Decoder first before installing the card.

Analog is very important to stay working for me.

Which version of the HDTV Wonder drivers and DTV Decoder would be best in this situation?
 
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I'd look on the ATI site for the 5/17/05 HDTV Wonder driver, install that, power down, install the card and power up. MMC should recognize the HDTV-Wonder and be ready to go. You MAY have to use the add/remove programs to install the DTV application. The analog tuner in the card is really good, you can NOT use the PIP feature, so the AIW having a built-in tuner is essentially a waste for you -- I had the 9000 and upgraded to the AIW 9600XT to achieve more stable images... you MAY find this the case as well... but that was way back at MMC 9.02

I think your Cat 5.11 will be fine -- there was a HUGE rewiite in the CAT around 6.02 and if you like MMC 9.08 keep it and don't upgrade -- although you will experience the blackout bug when watching DTV.

Look into WatchHDTV as well -- it's an excellent freeware for your ATSC tuner.
 
mmc 9.14 tv player failed to initialize

mmc 9.14 tv player failed to initialize

I went from 9.13 to 9.14. now i get the infamous
tv player fialed to initialize

i added /system32/drivers to my path. that did not fix it
i cannot go back to my old set up either

any solutions?

thanx
 
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