Weird audio/capture card error - no sound!

[Evander]

It's not illegal, I'm not suggesting you do anything sneaky. When you identify an item with the term "as is" it means you make no guarantees about it's function, the buyer decides if it's worth the risk.
A SCART cable is a cable with better-than-svideo quality that's used in europe. I've never seen a SCART cable, but I don't think it will connect to this card. In my opinion it's not a cable issue that's your problem, but feel free to explore this option.
No other devices with audio out in your house? Any device with a headphone jack will do, such as a portable cd player or gameboy. You can even use the cable that came the ASUS to connect it. Otherwise, you can buy a cheap but useful adapter from radio shack and connect your gamecube to the line in (this adapter is is identified (I think) as a "female rca to 1/8 stereo minijack cable"). If the guy at the store doesn't know what that is, just tell him how you want to connect and he'll point you to what you need. Don't know if a mic into line in will work, I don't wanna try it myself.
Also in my first post a posted a link to another thread, and that guy was having sound problems too, though it used to work. Maybe you should try to send him a personal message or email to see if he sorted it out

[PDFarsight]

Thanks for the info Evander. I didn't go out and buy the adapter for the Gamecube, but I used my sister's CD player with a Line Out and tested it in my SoundBlaster LIVE! Line In, and it recorded fine with Sound Recorder. This proves that the sound card drivers are fine and the computer will accept audio through the Line In. What else this proves is that there is a problem either with the input or the AV from the cable or the way the capture card is rendering it, or the way it is installed.

I have also emailed the other person from the link you provided and called ASUS Tech support back, haven't heard from any of them yet...

Thank you all for all your help. Hopefully once I get to talk person-to-person with an ASUS tech guy we can pinpoint the problem.

[PDFarsight]

Hey guys. The ASUS tech guy finally called back.

Apparently, though my video card comes with a manual that tells how to record audio with it and audio in ports and an audio out port, it does not capture audio. It is a "video capture card" in the strictest sense of the word. I don't know why the guy who built my computer bought this one; I'm guessing it's cuz he's such a moron.

Anyway, I used an adapter to hook the audio cables into my Line In on my sound card and it worked fine, although the sound quality is kind of bad. Thanks to everyone for their help.

[BriTnT]

Well done PDFarsight, as far as the poor audio goes remember its a stereo jack plug connection in your soundblaster. Another option though is to beef up the audio using a wave studio of some kind.

[Doramius]

-Unfortunately the tech guy is correct, and it's true for virtually every card on the market. So you'll be pleased to know there is nothing wrong with you card or anyone elses brand new card that you thought was a piece of crap before you knew how to use it. The reason it plays audio if you have a Tuner with it is because the audio is simply passed right through the card to the audio output to have your audio card or integrated audio on your motherboard play.
-I'm not exactly sure why, but audio and video cannot be recorded together digitally. They are coded separately, though integrated together for the playback process. (part of the reason why some people get audio out of sync). It may be because the actual digital frequencies for audio and video may be identical and would cause some sort of distortion or confusion for the processing unit if they are read together. This is only my theory. This is just technical crap for the diehard A/V junkie. From analog devices (IE: VCR, camcorder, etc.) you have to separate the signals to what is known as composite ports; the RCA Jacks. A digital device with composite ports can be substituted.
-The ease of it is, you can properly code audio and video separately, if you haven't already figured it out on your own from the tech help.
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Assuming you already have an analog source and a computer with a video capture card, this is what you need:
*RCA Stereo Audio cable
*RCA Video cable
*RCA to Stereo HeadPhone Jack cable
*2 RCA Y-Jacks (2-female to 1-Male)
*Audio Ground Loop Filter [GLF] (not required)
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-Lets first begin with the analog device. Connect the video RCA cord (usually yellow) directly to the analog device. Connect the other end to the video input of your video card's cable.
-If using a GLF, connect it to the corresponding audio output ports on the analog device. Right (usually red) to Right, Left (usually White) to left
-Connect a Y-Jack to the Right audio output and the other Y-Jack to the Left audio output of the GLF. If not using a GLF, connect to the corresponding ports on the analog device.
-Connect on end of the RCA Stereo cable to the Y-Jacks. Each Y-Jack should now have one female side not connected.
-Connect the other end of the RCA Stereo cable to the video card's audio ports or cable.
-Using the RCA to HeadPhone Jack cable, connect the RCA jacks to the remaining unconnected Y-Jack ports.
-Plug the HeadPhone Jack into your audio card or motherboard's audio 'LINE IN'.
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IMPORTANT
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In your Vomlume Controls, only 4 items should not be muted when recording: Master Volume; LINE IN; WAV; and the device your video card is connected to (IE: AUX, CD-IN, etc.; whichever the video card is connected) All others MUST be muted.