No Sound Watching Live TV Windows Media Center

[rchusid]

I suddenly have no sound when I play live TV in Windows Media Center 2005 on a Windows XP. (This has happened occasionally in the past but would resolve with rebooting).

Naturally I have made sure sound is not muted anywhere. All other sounds play correctly, including playing a DVD in Media Center.

I have tried using system restore and removing some of the items I have installed recently (even though I think it was still working after they were installed).

I have tried reinstalling the software for the video card (ATI eHomeWonder) the sound card (Sound Blaster Audigy) and installed a new set of audio codecs. A couple of months ago I added the most recent Media Center update. Rechecking Windows Update there are no new updates available. (I had considered removing the update and then reinstalling but when I began to uninstall I got a warning message that a large number of other program would not work if this was removed and I was afraid this might create even new problems).

I am running out of ideas as to how to fix this. Any more suggestions?

[lowellriggsiam]

It is possible that the sound recorder on your ATI has gone out, can you hear sound if you play a vhs tape through the same connection, or does it record anything in silence and play with sound after the fact?

[rchusid]

Thanks for answering. I haven't tried hooking up a VHS tape but I have been wondering if it is a hardware problem. (With live television there is no sound either live or with recordings). I spent so many hours last weekend on this that unless someone comes up with something easy to try I am thinking of trying a new card (or USB) tuner this weekend. I figure I'll get one such as from Hauppauge which appears to have its own viewing software so that if I can't get media center to work I'll just use the software which comes with the new device to view tv.