Slow - jumpy TV capture on MCE Ultimate

I'm trying to setup a MCE using VIsta Ultimate, and configuration runs well
and I have the system running.

The problem is that when I try to see live TV, I get a jumpy TV capture. I
started out with the Pinnacle Vista MCE kit (110iV). As this kit only runs on
MCE and I couldn't try it out of MCE, I went back to the store and got an
AverMedia card. Installed... and I got the same jumpy capture. This time I
tried running it's own software, and... no jumps!!!

Is their specific configuration that must be performed for the MCE?
Also, I tried to run a DVD on MCE and could not get Dolby surround (even
though I have MCE configured for 5.1). When I view the same dvd on another
player, I get Dolby Surround.

Also, when I try to run a Divx video, even though I can run it on Media
Player 11, MCE insists that it does not have the codecs....
But I can't find any sepcific configuration for MCE besides that available
on the Settings menu.

I did note that the tv capture grew more jumpy as codecs were installed for
Media Player.

Can anyone provide more insight into this?

I am running an AMD Athlon 2.4Ghz, w/ 1 Gb RAM, plenty of disc and a RAdeon
350.

Thanks

JW
Mon Nov 05 05:58:46 PST 2007

Your jumpy TV is probably due to your graphics card A Radeon 9550 is the
lowest member of the ATI radeon family that can be used with TV on Vista.
"MasterPeter" <MasterPeter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:905B0069-8F21-4533-99D3-EE85EB46E45D@microsoft.com...
> I'm trying to setup a MCE using VIsta Ultimate, and configuration runs
> well
> and I have the system running.
>
> The problem is that when I try to see live TV, I get a jumpy TV capture. I
> started out with the Pinnacle Vista MCE kit (110iV). As this kit only runs
> on
> MCE and I couldn't try it out of MCE, I went back to the store and got an
> AverMedia card. Installed... and I got the same jumpy capture. This time I
> tried running it's own software, and... no jumps!!!
>
> Is their specific configuration that must be performed for the MCE?
> Also, I tried to run a DVD on MCE and could not get Dolby surround (even
> though I have MCE configured for 5.1). When I view the same dvd on another
> player, I get Dolby Surround.
>
> Also, when I try to run a Divx video, even though I can run it on Media
> Player 11, MCE insists that it does not have the codecs....
> But I can't find any sepcific configuration for MCE besides that available
> on the Settings menu.
>
> I did note that the tv capture grew more jumpy as codecs were installed
> for
> Media Player.
>
> Can anyone provide more insight into this?
>
> I am running an AMD Athlon 2.4Ghz, w/ 1 Gb RAM, plenty of disc and a
> RAdeon
> 350.
>
> Thanks

MasterPeter
Tue Nov 06 00:26:01 PST 2007

Thanks JW.

I'm going to upgrade the graphics card and try again.

"JW" wrote:

> Your jumpy TV is probably due to your graphics card A Radeon 9550 is the
> lowest member of the ATI radeon family that can be used with TV on Vista.
> "MasterPeter" <MasterPeter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:905B0069-8F21-4533-99D3-EE85EB46E45D@microsoft.com...
> > I'm trying to setup a MCE using VIsta Ultimate, and configuration runs
> > well
> > and I have the system running.
> >
> > The problem is that when I try to see live TV, I get a jumpy TV capture. I
> > started out with the Pinnacle Vista MCE kit (110iV). As this kit only runs
> > on
> > MCE and I couldn't try it out of MCE, I went back to the store and got an
> > AverMedia card. Installed... and I got the same jumpy capture. This time I
> > tried running it's own software, and... no jumps!!!
> >
> > Is their specific configuration that must be performed for the MCE?
> > Also, I tried to run a DVD on MCE and could not get Dolby surround (even
> > though I have MCE configured for 5.1). When I view the same dvd on another
> > player, I get Dolby Surround.
> >
> > Also, when I try to run a Divx video, even though I can run it on Media
> > Player 11, MCE insists that it does not have the codecs....
> > But I can't find any sepcific configuration for MCE besides that available
> > on the Settings menu.
> >
> > I did note that the tv capture grew more jumpy as codecs were installed
> > for
> > Media Player.
> >
> > Can anyone provide more insight into this?
> >
> > I am running an AMD Athlon 2.4Ghz, w/ 1 Gb RAM, plenty of disc and a
> > RAdeon
> > 350.
> >
> > Thanks
>