Sound issues with ATI AIW 8500dv and SB Live! Platinum 5.1

[MikeS]

I'm trying to get the best possible audio for capturing but it sounds like crap. I have the mic wire from the ATI AIW "purple pod" going into the back of my Soundblaster. Is the mic just generally bad for sound quality? Is there another way to hook the video card up to the SB? I notice there is a little white 4 pronged connector on the ATI, what is this for? I don't have any cables that fit it and it doesn't look like it matches any of the ones on the sound card.


AMD ATHLON XP 1700+ CPU
ABIT KR7A-R MOTHERBOARD
512MB PC2100 RAM
SONY 21" TRINITRON CPD-G520 MONITOR
ATI ALL IN WONDER RADEON 8500DV 64MB NTSC
ENERMAX FS-710BB 330W FULL TOWER CASE
SONY SPRESSA 16X/10X/40X EIDE INTERNAL CDRW
CREATIVE LABS SOUNDBLASTER LIVE! PLATINUM PCI 5.1
SONY 16X DVD INTERNAL EIDE DRIVE
IBM 60GB 7200RPM HARD DRIVE
KLIPSCH PROMEDIA 5.1 (500W) SPEAKERS

[hartlove]

I'm not sure if you typed one thing and meant another, but your post implied that you hooked your capture box to the 'mic' input of the sound card, whereas it should probably be hooked up to the 'line in' on the soundblaster. If that's the case, it should sound a lot better by switching to the 'line in'.
-matt