Here's a weird one.

[dragamex]

Alright. I've spent the past week futzing around with (what somebody thought was) a broken computer. Luckily, I had some fairly decent parts lying around to make it a pretty cool machine.

I popped my ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 9200 into the computer with the hopes of making it kind of a dvr.

Well, after about a day and a half of futzing, I'm a little frustrated.

I looked through the help, I played with the settings, I ground the wheat to make the flour, I baked the bread.

And I got almost all of it working.

I've got audio.

And I thought I had video.

I actually jumped when I saw in the configuration wizard hat a picture was there, playing some horrible looking movie.

And then I go to live TV, and I get the same capture error as before. (-4,0x8007001f)

So, in a nutshell, I've got audio, but no main video. However, the video will show on the preview screens in setup and channel config.

I also tested this thing with the (horrible) software it came with. It worked fine, although stuttering like an abused child because the software was so bad.

Any ideas at all?

[dragamex]

In retrospect, here's some specs:

SageTV 6.0.13.1
Windows XP SP2
AMD Athlon 3200+ 2ghz
1gb ram
ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 9200
SoundBlaster Audigy E800

That should nip any of those "Is it plugged in?" questions in the bud.

[dragamex]

Decided to get some screenshots for you kind folks. First, one of the error message:


Then, as I was trying to take a picture that shows I can get video in the channel setup, as I went into paint, the area where the still of the playing video was supposed to be turned out black. Maybe a tipoff for someone?

I can still get video in channel search and the config wizard, just to clarify.


This has got me stumped.

[bnh]

Originally Posted by dragamex

In retrospect, here's some specs:

SageTV 6.0.13.1

I don't know, except wondering if upgrading to 6.4 might help?

[MeInMaui]

There is a problem with your capture card.

The all-in-wonder is a software encoder. I think anyone around here would probably recommend that you upgrade to a hardware encoding card. You may be able to get the all-in-wonder working, but I think you will have a much better experience if you upgrade. Hardware encoding/digital hybrids are really cheap these days.

Aloha,
Mike

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by dragamex

In retrospect, here's some specs:

SageTV 6.0.13.1

Are you sure that's the version of SageTV you are using -- is that what is listed on the System Information screen? (Use the Info command while on the Main Menu.)

If so, I'm a little curious why you would start with a version that is a very old beta and is not even currently available for download. Where did you get that old version?

Edit: Maybe you got that version number from the file properties for sagetv.exe; use the System Information screen like I mentioned above, instead.

ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 9200

I suggest using one of the hardware encoder tuners listed as one of the supported tuners; see the SageTV System Requirements.

- Andy

[dragamex]

alright, looks like i do have 6.4. silly me.

can anybody suggest a workaround?

i have zip for cash. great quality isn`t my main concern. just working until i actually have extra money.

my main motivation is to dvr Lost since they're replaying from scratch on scifi.

heh. i understnd i'm a little behind on it. :P

[sic0048]

Can't help your problem. But thanks for the downlow on Lost. I did not know they were replaying them. Now I've set it as a favorite!