TV Tuner: No sound whatsoever

I have a Dell Dimension 8300 with a Radeon 9000 board.

I used to be able to watch TV on it, via the ATI TV application and a
cable hookup from the video board to my home cable jack. But at some
point this past year, the audio just stopped working, for no reason I
can figure out. I was getting just audio noise; the sound underneath
was barely audible. So I updated the drivers for both ATI and
SoundBlaster. Now I'm getting no sound whatsoever--not even any noise.
Just totally mute.

I have also tried Windows Movie Maker. I select TV Tuner, and the
dialog box shows video coming from ATI Rage Theater Video Capture--but
again, no sound, no audio.

The fact that there's no sound from the video from the TV tuner, with
either Windows Movie Maker or ATI TV, suggests that the problem isn't
with the ATI software, but is with either the drivers or some update
that Microsoft has provided.

This problem did *NOT* start immediately after I updated any drivers.
Rather, I have no idea why it might have started happening.

Any ideas?


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Steven L.
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This may be completely incorrect, but the last ATI card I owned required
a cable from the video card to the sound card to make sound work. You
might open the case and see if it has come loose.

Worst case, you can get a much better TV card for $50 or so.

Tom

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven L. [private.php?do=newpm&u=]
> Posted At: Sunday, December 30, 2007 8:08 PM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: TV Tuner: No sound whatsoever
> Subject: TV Tuner: No sound whatsoever
>
> I have a Dell Dimension 8300 with a Radeon 9000 board.
>
> I used to be able to watch TV on it, via the ATI TV application and a
> cable hookup from the video board to my home cable jack. But at some
> point this past year, the audio just stopped working, for no reason I
> can figure out. I was getting just audio noise; the sound underneath
> was barely audible. So I updated the drivers for both ATI and
> SoundBlaster. Now I'm getting no sound whatsoever--not even any
noise.
> Just totally mute.
>
> I have also tried Windows Movie Maker. I select TV Tuner, and the
> dialog box shows video coming from ATI Rage Theater Video Capture--but
> again, no sound, no audio.
>
> The fact that there's no sound from the video from the TV tuner, with
> either Windows Movie Maker or ATI TV, suggests that the problem isn't
> with the ATI software, but is with either the drivers or some update
> that Microsoft has provided.
>
> This problem did *NOT* start immediately after I updated any drivers.
> Rather, I have no idea why it might have started happening.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> --
> Steven L.
> Email:
> Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me.

Tom Scales wrote:
> This may be completely incorrect, but the last ATI card I owned required
> a cable from the video card to the sound card to make sound work. You
> might open the case and see if it has come loose.

I'll check it out.


>
> Worst case, you can get a much better TV card for $50 or so.

I don't want to buy a new TV card, as long as this audio problem remains
undiagnosed. If it turns out to be something wrong with XP or the
drivers or SoundBlaster, then any new TV card I buy may not work either.


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Steven L.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven L. [private.php?do=newpm&u=]
> Posted At: Monday, December 31, 2007 6:45 AM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: TV Tuner: No sound whatsoever
> Subject: Re: TV Tuner: No sound whatsoever
>
> Tom Scales wrote:
> > This may be completely incorrect, but the last ATI card I owned
> required
> > a cable from the video card to the sound card to make sound work.
> You
> > might open the case and see if it has come loose.
>
> I'll check it out.
>
>
> >
> > Worst case, you can get a much better TV card for $50 or so.
>
> I don't want to buy a new TV card, as long as this audio problem
> remains
> undiagnosed. If it turns out to be something wrong with XP or the
> drivers or SoundBlaster, then any new TV card I buy may not work
> either.
>
>
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> Steven L.
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The only reason I suggested it is that the ATI AIW is a software
encoding card, so it puts a big load on your CPU. A newer card would
have a hardware encoder and use a lot less resources. The AIW have
traditionally been a little flaky too.

did you check the sound properties (under control panel)??
go to audio tab,
and make sure that you have a valid sound card listed under each of the
3 entries.
i've seen these get changed for odd reasons, and would cause your symptoms.


Steven L. wrote:
> I have a Dell Dimension 8300 with a Radeon 9000 board.
>
> I used to be able to watch TV on it, via the ATI TV application and a
> cable hookup from the video board to my home cable jack. But at some
> point this past year, the audio just stopped working, for no reason I
> can figure out. I was getting just audio noise; the sound underneath
> was barely audible. So I updated the drivers for both ATI and
> SoundBlaster. Now I'm getting no sound whatsoever--not even any noise.
> Just totally mute.
>
> I have also tried Windows Movie Maker. I select TV Tuner, and the
> dialog box shows video coming from ATI Rage Theater Video Capture--but
> again, no sound, no audio.
>
> The fact that there's no sound from the video from the TV tuner, with
> either Windows Movie Maker or ATI TV, suggests that the problem isn't
> with the ATI software, but is with either the drivers or some update
> that Microsoft has provided.
>
> This problem did *NOT* start immediately after I updated any drivers.
> Rather, I have no idea why it might have started happening.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>

Jay B wrote:
> did you check the sound properties (under control panel)??
> go to audio tab,
> and make sure that you have a valid sound card listed under each of the
> 3 entries.

All the settings are correct there.

All other audio applications that don't involve the TV tuner, such as
Windows Media Player, WinAmp, ATI's DVD player, etc., work just fine.
But I'm getting no audio whatsoever whenever I use an application with
the TV tuner.


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