No Audio with ATi MMC v9.0+?

[bcass]

First, I want to thank lordsmurf for his (I think he's a "he", or are smurfs gender neutral? ) excellent Capture Guide on DigitalFAQ.com. It was extremely helpful for this newbie to get the capture parameters right the first time!

One thing I ran into though -- I have the ATi Radeon 7200 VIVO card and am using ATi's "TV" program to capture, as illustrated in the FAQ. But when I tried upgrading my MMC software first to version 9, it would not capture audio or even let me select the Audio Format -- that listbox was greyed out. I tried a couple of the 9.xx versions and none of them allowed audio. But when I installed v8.9, everything worked fine.

Has anyone run into this and found a solution? I know ATi's latest version (9.03?) requires some kind of .NET update and some newer hardware, but the 9.00 version doesn't as far as I know. However, only v8.x allows audio capture on my system.

Thanks!
Bryan

[lordsmurf]

Drivers still installed properly? New drivers?
You're in the INITIALIZATION WIZARD inside MMC?

[bcass]

Drivers still installed properly? New drivers?
You're in the INITIALIZATION WIZARD inside MMC?

Yes, I did install the whole 9.0 Catalyst package, or are you talking about the audio drivers? Audio drivers were not changed between the v9.0 and v8.9 install, so I don't thnk that's the problem. I have run the installation wizard, yes. Maybe I just can't use v9.0 on my hardware for some reason? Your examples in the FAQ use v8.1. Have you tried v9.0 yet?

[lordsmurf]

I run 9.0 on my main system, yes.
As usual, a somewhat tricky install, mainly just remembering to set everything up.

[Heywould3]

try selecting line in or AUX and back and forth in the wizzard.. make sure that in the sound device settings that neither are muted... ill bet your problem is in there.. let me know..

[bcass]

Thanks for your help, guys. I think I will wait to uninstall/install things again. I'm in the middle of a conversion project of taking all my home movies on tape and converting to DVD. So I have everything in MMC v8.9 set up and working OK; I don't want to lose my presets and such by uninstalling. I'll take this issue up again after I get done and fiddle around with installing different versions. Thanks again!

[lordsmurf]

You upgraded MMC WITHOUT uninstalling the previous one!!! UH-OH... MISTAKE!!

MUST uninstall EVERYTHING before installing new one.

[bcass]

You upgraded MMC WITHOUT uninstalling the previous one!!! UH-OH... MISTAKE!!

MUST uninstall EVERYTHING before installing new one.

No, oh Blue One... I did uninstall first. ATi makes that pretty clear.

[lordsmurf]

Well, then just go and ignore my last tidbit of advice. Does not apply.

[greymalkin]

i believe i made that terrible mistake..I still can capture audio and video just fine, but for some bizarre reason I have to leave the volume properties up on the screen after checking the "line in" box or else it will just capture the video...i'm due for a good ol' fresh load pretty soon anyways. :P