Posted: 27 Apr 2006, 09:10
Hi everyone,
I just bought yesterday ASUS My Cinema P7131 TV card, after I sold TV@nywhere Master to my friend. I wanted to buy TV@nywhere Plus, since I needed a card that supports both NTSC and PAL, but couldn't find it, and I wasn't sure if this one supports both.
Lucky me, it does
I was thinking of Leadtek WinFast TV 2000XP, but wasn't sure if one model supports ALL formats, since all info about it isn't very clear.
Now, to the problems with the card.
The software that comes with it is awful, compared to the WinDVR 3.0 (in fact MSI PVS 3) I was using with TV@nywhere which had the list of ALL available channels, no matter if there is signal on it or not. I also could fine tune every channel separately, but in Cyberlink PowerCinema there was no way to do it.
So, after installing ChrisTV trial to test it, had to manually add channels, which wasn't that bad - it's done only once!
But the sound totally confused me. One moment it'd work, the other not. But, EVERY time I'd start recording, sound could be heard, but was distored.
After hours of playing around, following the advice on the forum, nothing helped.
But, after starting PowerCinema and re-scanning channels (and this time it discovered 30 channels instead of 9 the last time I tried), sound appeared in ChrisTV
But there was too much distorsion no matter what I'd do.
After searching for the problem, I found a setting I'd never think of:
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You go to Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Audio -> Sound Recording
and choose 713x BDA Analog Audio Capture, then click on Volume, and set the slider on around 30% of the max level (between 2nd and 3rd line). Then, close the volume control window, and choose Your sound card as recording device in the main window.
That's it, sound is not distored any more, and now I don't have any problems with the sound - it works every time I start ChrisTV!!!
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P.S. Although it's not logical, this option defines the sound volume during both play and recording. This option has nothing to do with sound level in:
ChrisTV -> Program Settings -> Image & Sound settings
I just bought yesterday ASUS My Cinema P7131 TV card, after I sold TV@nywhere Master to my friend. I wanted to buy TV@nywhere Plus, since I needed a card that supports both NTSC and PAL, but couldn't find it, and I wasn't sure if this one supports both.
Lucky me, it does
I was thinking of Leadtek WinFast TV 2000XP, but wasn't sure if one model supports ALL formats, since all info about it isn't very clear.
Now, to the problems with the card.
The software that comes with it is awful, compared to the WinDVR 3.0 (in fact MSI PVS 3) I was using with TV@nywhere which had the list of ALL available channels, no matter if there is signal on it or not. I also could fine tune every channel separately, but in Cyberlink PowerCinema there was no way to do it.
So, after installing ChrisTV trial to test it, had to manually add channels, which wasn't that bad - it's done only once!
But the sound totally confused me. One moment it'd work, the other not. But, EVERY time I'd start recording, sound could be heard, but was distored.
After hours of playing around, following the advice on the forum, nothing helped.
But, after starting PowerCinema and re-scanning channels (and this time it discovered 30 channels instead of 9 the last time I tried), sound appeared in ChrisTV
But there was too much distorsion no matter what I'd do.
After searching for the problem, I found a setting I'd never think of:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You go to Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Audio -> Sound Recording
and choose 713x BDA Analog Audio Capture, then click on Volume, and set the slider on around 30% of the max level (between 2nd and 3rd line). Then, close the volume control window, and choose Your sound card as recording device in the main window.
That's it, sound is not distored any more, and now I don't have any problems with the sound - it works every time I start ChrisTV!!!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
P.S. Although it's not logical, this option defines the sound volume during both play and recording. This option has nothing to do with sound level in:
ChrisTV -> Program Settings -> Image & Sound settings