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i jus bought a ATI TV Wonder [USB Edition] and i have a problem... everytime i click on the TV Tuner i get this error ALL the time! ''The TV Player faild to initialize the video. Ensure the correct video drivers have been installed and close any applications which may be playing video such as DVD or Web TV before attempting to restart TV.'' ugh.. i have installed/uninstalled it 3 times!!... if u can help plz email me at minus316@aol.com or jus post it here, thanks!
pc info: pentium 3, 800mhz, 127 memory ram, compaq presario, windows ME
-Minus
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this is the wonderful world of ATI
honestly all i can say is return it asap because the problems will never end and you will never be satisfied with what that card will do. my ati tv wonder pci works but it's so nurfed by ATI that half the things it says it will do on the box, welp, it doesnt do them and probably never will. -
but it works on my laptop
and its win98 600mhz 127ram
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Do you have other capture devices on your system ?. Web cam, Digital Camera, Scanner ?Originally Posted by Minusi jus bought a ATI TV Wonder [USB Edition] and i have a problem... everytime i click on the TV Tuner i get this error ALL the time! ''The TV Player faild to initialize the video. Ensure the correct video drivers have been installed and close any applications which may be playing video such as DVD or Web TV before attempting to restart TV.'' ugh.. i have installed/uninstalled it 3 times!! ... if u can help plz email me at minus316@aol.com or jus post it here, thanks!
pc info: pentium 3, 800mhz, 127 memory ram, compaq presario, windows ME
-Minus
Some software will load and hock onto the default capture device, if that happens to be a web cam, then your in trouble. Some software will load and you need to select your device from the list.
Sounds like the software is loading and trying to display something other than the TV.
Try loading one of your other devices, like a web cam, and select the TV card, then quit and load the ATI software.
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i do have a web cam but i uninstalled it and i still get the error
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- Feb 2002
- Clearwater, FL USA
Minus,
Unfortunately, you have multiple problems.
1) Compac Presario is a proprietary machine that comes with the infamous "System Restoration Disk."
2) You didn't say, so I'm guessing, you have integrated sound and video on the motherboard meaning some of your ram, usually 8mb, is used for video and your cpu has to handle ALL video and sound operations.
3) Windows ME is unstable.
4) Sending TV signal into your machine through a USB port in not the greatest of methods.
I use the ATI All-in-Wonder 128 Pro and I'm a firm believer that almost all of the problems that come up with ATI can be directly linked to the individual computer user and or a weak link in their system specifications.
You should return this piece of hardware not because of anything to do with ATI, you are simply fighting a systemic battle on many fronts which I doubt you'll be able to overcome.
Sorry, good luck,
Gary Spicuzza
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Install the Digital Video update for DirectX8.0
this is a known problem. MMC will not function without the update.
U can get it from microsoft.com n go the directx section.
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ugh!!
i jus formated and put win me again last night to see if the damn error would go away but guess what? ITS STILL THERE!! ... do u think if i put win98 it will work...also when i install the software i dont see mmc in control panel... plz help!!
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Well I used ME for a day....
Gone back to 98SE, never get problems. When ME was on for "A day" my web cam, digital camera, capture card all needed new drivers before they worked.
Ill stay with SE until XP V4 is released, then by that time it might work correctly
I guess you have ME drivers ?, not the ones that came with the card, on a fresh install you should use the new drivers straght away. -
i got the drivers from the cd but it dont help
...by the way can it be because i dont have a ATI video card?
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I use to have a ATI Capture and Video card, it always use to complain, unless I used some other software to select the video source before I loaded the ATI software, so I don't think it matters what card you have.Originally Posted by MinusI got the drivers from the cd but it dont help ...by the way can it be because i dont have a ATI video card?
When you say you got the drivers from the cd, these are the ones you got with the card, if there are newer ones then you should do a clean out with the ATI remove, and use the new drivers.
Can you see the card with any other software like Vdub ?
Another thing comes to mind was the way the drivers are installed, some USB drivers need to be added "before" the device is switch on, other need them added when you plug the device in, but usually this results with the yellow exclamation mark in the control panel.
take a look in the control panel, system > check out your system for IRQ conflicts etc ? -
the divers that came with it are the latest and theres nothin wrong in my systtem like unknown everything looks good. i wanted to kno if i can use another sorftware to watch tv and change channels and stuff on my pc?
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i agree 100% with spicuzza !
this is OS mather and driver problem
i never had big problem with ati ( AiW -radeon )
BUT i have win98se
you need to load latest mmc and driver from ati web site
+latest directX8.1+latest capture driver
and install alll this in the proper order
mention in the ati instruction
+you can have online help with ati phone service
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Watch TV yes, dont know about chane channels. I have a WinTV now, there are sevral programs that will change channel with this card, none of which belong to this cardOriginally Posted by Minus
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damn i still cant get it to work, HELP PLEASE!!
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RETURN IT! In this day in age if a system dose not work right off the bat it never will. return the card.Originally Posted by FiEND
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