9800 AIW audio distortion & dropped frames

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I am capturing video/audio from an 8mm videotape using the ATI input dongle
& the bundled Pinnacle software and an AIW 9800 Pro to try and produce a
VCD.

Motherboard is an Abit NF7-S (512mb PC 3200 DDR) w/ onboard Nvidia
Soundstorm audio and I run my ring/tip/sleeve connector out of the video
card's dongle into the "line in" on the motherboard as per per instructions.

Since I am only trying to do vcd quality because of the 8mm tape
limitations, I find that I am still getting dropped frames and audio
distortion.

Both the 8mm tape & the VHS tape copy actually look/sound better.

I used the latest drivers and upgrades from the ATI website instead of using
the original CD per information I have read here.

Suggestions as to a solution would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
--
Ron Marraccini

 

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PS: On boot I get an "Error loading device" - "Specific Module cannot be
found" in C;\Programs\ATI and, the heading on the error massage is
Rundll.exe.

Upon going into control panel/administrative services/event properties I see
that the source is Ati2mtag, the category is WDM and the description of
the event is: SRB command failed-SRB_GET_DEVICE_PROPERTY

Anyone?

Thanks

--
Ron A. Marraccini

"Ron Marraccini" <ronm@ramlegal.com> wrote in message
news:GuJ4e.94$3n3.917@news.uswest.net...
> I am capturing video/audio from an 8mm videotape using the ATI input
dongle
> & the bundled Pinnacle software and an AIW 9800 Pro to try and produce a
> VCD.
>
> Motherboard is an Abit NF7-S (512mb PC 3200 DDR) w/ onboard Nvidia
> Soundstorm audio and I run my ring/tip/sleeve connector out of the video
> card's dongle into the "line in" on the motherboard as per per
instructions.
>
> Since I am only trying to do vcd quality because of the 8mm tape
> limitations, I find that I am still getting dropped frames and audio
> distortion.
>
> Both the 8mm tape & the VHS tape copy actually look/sound better.
>
> I used the latest drivers and upgrades from the ATI website instead of
using
> the original CD per information I have read here.
>
> Suggestions as to a solution would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> --
> Ron Marraccini
>
>

 

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Ron Marraccini wrote:
>
> PS: On boot I get an "Error loading device" - "Specific Module cannot be
> found" in C;\Programs\ATI and, the heading on the error massage is
> Rundll.exe.
>
> Upon going into control panel/administrative services/event properties I see
> that the source is Ati2mtag, the category is WDM and the description of
> the event is: SRB command failed-SRB_GET_DEVICE_PROPERTY
>
> Anyone?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
> Ron A. Marraccini
>
> "Ron Marraccini" <ronm@ramlegal.com> wrote in message
> news:GuJ4e.94$3n3.917@news.uswest.net...
> > I am capturing video/audio from an 8mm videotape using the ATI input
> dongle
> > & the bundled Pinnacle software and an AIW 9800 Pro to try and produce a
> > VCD.
> >
> > Motherboard is an Abit NF7-S (512mb PC 3200 DDR) w/ onboard Nvidia
> > Soundstorm audio and I run my ring/tip/sleeve connector out of the video
> > card's dongle into the "line in" on the motherboard as per per
> instructions.
> >
> > Since I am only trying to do vcd quality because of the 8mm tape
> > limitations, I find that I am still getting dropped frames and audio
> > distortion.
> >
> > Both the 8mm tape & the VHS tape copy actually look/sound better.
> >
> > I used the latest drivers and upgrades from the ATI website instead of
> using
> > the original CD per information I have read here.
> >
> > Suggestions as to a solution would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> > --
> > Ron Marraccini
> >
> >

Uninstall all the drivers, control panel, mmc, and finally video drivers
etc, reboot and reinstall. Order is
WDM (dont reboot) vid drivers, reboot, dvd, mmc.

Gordon

 

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I reinstalled the drivers and. on my advanced settings screen - the
SmartGart section is "greyed out" and I cannot adjust anything (even though
it's set to 8x & Fast writes disabled which is what I want)

Did I install something wrong?

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Ron A. Marraccini
RAM Legal Systems - OBI #146
2000 N.E. 42nd Ave., #192
Portland, OR 97213
(503) 232-2470

"Gordon Scott" <gordsmail@NOSPAMshaw.ca> wrote in message
news:4253AC32.468C29FE@shaw.ca...
> Ron Marraccini wrote:
> >
> > PS: On boot I get an "Error loading device" - "Specific Module cannot
be
> > found" in C;\Programs\ATI and, the heading on the error massage is
> > Rundll.exe.
> >
> > Upon going into control panel/administrative services/event properties I
see
> > that the source is Ati2mtag, the category is WDM and the description
of
> > the event is: SRB command failed-SRB_GET_DEVICE_PROPERTY
> >
> > Anyone?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > Ron A. Marraccini
> >
> > "Ron Marraccini" <ronm@ramlegal.com> wrote in message
> > news:GuJ4e.94$3n3.917@news.uswest.net...
> > > I am capturing video/audio from an 8mm videotape using the ATI input
> > dongle
> > > & the bundled Pinnacle software and an AIW 9800 Pro to try and produce
a
> > > VCD.
> > >
> > > Motherboard is an Abit NF7-S (512mb PC 3200 DDR) w/ onboard Nvidia
> > > Soundstorm audio and I run my ring/tip/sleeve connector out of the
video
> > > card's dongle into the "line in" on the motherboard as per per
> > instructions.
> > >
> > > Since I am only trying to do vcd quality because of the 8mm tape
> > > limitations, I find that I am still getting dropped frames and audio
> > > distortion.
> > >
> > > Both the 8mm tape & the VHS tape copy actually look/sound better.
> > >
> > > I used the latest drivers and upgrades from the ATI website instead of
> > using
> > > the original CD per information I have read here.
> > >
> > > Suggestions as to a solution would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > --
> > > Ron Marraccini
> > >
> > >
>
> Uninstall all the drivers, control panel, mmc, and finally video drivers
> etc, reboot and reinstall. Order is
> WDM (dont reboot) vid drivers, reboot, dvd, mmc.
>
> Gordon