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Emptyeye Real American Level: 67 Posts: 1190/2273 EXP: 2488421 For next: 104451 Since: 05-24-04 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| Okay, so I got an external TV tuner for Christmas, so I could back up tapes of me playing video games and whatnot. The problem is that I can't get video to display on my screen...audio works fine. Here's more detail: I have found that I am unable to view video from a VHS tape when hooked to the card through composite A/V cables (Audio works fine). When hooked to the S-video cable, video displays fine; however, the unit in question is a DVD/VCR, and only the DVD portion supports S-Video (The reason I received the card in the first place was to convert VHS tapes to DVDs). When attempting to record to a file, nothing at all--video or audio--is actually stored in the file. I tried hooking the VCR up to a TV using the same cables, and it played fine, so the cables are not the problem. Likewise, I updated both the UltraMedia TV software and the drivers for my video card; both failed to help. Lastly, on a whim, I set my graphics card's hardware acceleration to None. This, too, did not solve the problem. (Additional information: The hardware acceleration was done because I looked up the knowledge base of the company--AVerMedia (The card is an AVerMedia UltraTV USB 300)--and it said that the display locked up with a certain NVidia video card. It wasn't mine, but I figured I'd try it anyway. Also, it isn't just the software provided with the card; I tried VirtualDub and was basically unable to get anything--video or audio--out of it) Anyone? A problem which may or may not be related: Despite the fact that this computer is roughly 6 months old, going to Control Panel and System gives seemingly random numbers for my processor speed. The most common number is 398MHz, which I know is far slower than the actual processor speed (If I recall correctly, the actual speed should be 1.6Ghz, about the equivilant of a 3GHz Pentium 4). Could the problem be that the program thinks my computer is slower than it really is, and if so, can I fix this? |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2713/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| The reported CPU speed can vary a bit, but if it's off by that much, your computer might be overheating. I doubt the problem has to do with CPU speeds, but heat could do it. | |||
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BMF98567 BLACK HAS BUILT A SILLY DICE-MAZE! GO! Current list of BURNING FURY >8( recipients: - Yiffy Kitten (x2) - Xkeeper Level: 53  Posts: 553/1261 EXP: 1094149 For next: 62970 Since: 03-15-04 From: Blobaria Special Move: Rising Meatloaf Backhand Combo Since last post: 21 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Some TV tuners require you to switch from composite mode to S-Video mode and vice-versa. Check the UltraMedia configuration for such an option. If that doesn't work, the player may be applying some form of copy protection to the outgoing signal, which most TV tuners probably recognize. Since it's a DVD/VCR combo, that's a definite possibility, though it seems strange that S-Video would work fine... |
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ExKay Somebody set up us the bomb! Level: 50 Posts: 400/1114 EXP: 908268 For next: 39049 Since: 03-15-04 From: Hannover, Germany Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Is a video codec installed on you computer? If not, then search for one. [Edit] Yeah, I'm a Nipper Plant. (edited by Hidden Mario on 12-29-04 04:57 AM) |
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HellSavior Red Goomba Level: 12 Posts: 15/41 EXP: 6398 For next: 1523 Since: 03-18-04 Since last post: 212 days Last activity: 110 days |
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| Perhaps you need to select a specific video/audio-in source (it should default to your tuner, but who knows); it has happened to me before. On the CPU throttling: you're running a Pentium M / Centrino. Depending on the required processor load, the CPU will throttle to lower speeds to save power. You should not need to change it manually as it will revert back to it's specified 1.6 ghz automatically when needed. |
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