Audio pass through

[shadowmaster625]

I have a cheap leadtek TV2000 RM card. I've got my vcr connected up to it by way of coaxial cable. (That means I'm stuck with just channel 3, but that's ok.) I think I have the sound hooked up right because I can record ok.

When I playback the video file that I just recorded, both the video and audio are ok. Not great, but functional. As a PVR this thing works just fine.

However...

The problem I have is I cannot for the life of me get the sound to play in real time. You know, like if you just want to watch tv? The video comes in ok but I cant get any sound.

This seems so simple... I cant be the only one having this problem. Anyone know how I can make it so my CD-Input "passes through" to my speakers without having to record?

 

[realibrad]

how are you stuck on channel three? make sure you have the latest drivers. also do you have a sound card or are you using onboard audio?

 

[shadowmaster625]

I'm not really stuck on chaneel 3, that's just where you tune your tv when you're feeding it a coaxial input from a vcr.

My sound card setup is rather complicated, so I'd almost rather not say what I've got going. :lol: As I've said I'm able to get sound by recording, even through window's basic Sound Recorder. I just need to know how to take what's connected to my CD-In line and make it play all the time, in real time.

 

[realibrad]

this might seem low tech, but try getting a splitter and have the audio go to some speakers or something. it sounds like it could be a software problem. as for real time, there might be some lag but im not sure how much.

 

[shadowmaster625]

heh I have thought about doing that, and it is a viable option. But it just seems like there's an application for it out there somewhere.

And yeah I do think it is a software problem... namely with Windows. I've tried using Total Recorder's monitoring mode, and when it's enabled I can see the EQ graphs jittering around, but amazingly enough it doesnt give you the option to route that sound to your speakers.

 

[Thunderfox]

Open windows volume control, go to options / properties, and look for CD audio (or whatever you have it plugged into on your sound card) and place a check in that box. You will now have a volume control for it, so you can un-mute it and turn up the volume.