New ATI Tuner Card.

[Octavean]

Really,….!?!

Very interesting indeed.

[Octavean]

Supposedly these leaked drivers fix the dual T550P bug in BTV3 and BTV4.

At least that’s what they are saying over at the snapstream forums.

[satnav4]

Supposedly these leaked drivers fix the dual T550P bug in BTV3 and BTV4.

At least that’s what they are saying over at the snapstream forums.

On 12/8/05 a new driver was released---5.12 https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...e&folderID=293 Do you know whether it includes the dual 550 tuner fix that 5.11b has?

S.

[maruko]

what does catalyst have to do in this thread, can someone explain me??, sure the guru3d drivers had the 550 drivers in it but, is it gonna be like this for the next releases?

[Octavean]

On 12/8/05 a new driver was released---5.12 https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...e&folderID=293 Do you know whether it includes the dual 550 tuner fix that 5.11b has?

S.

I dont really know.

There is also a 5.13 Beta floating around too, you can get it here:

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1280

***edit***

In a way it makes a lot of sense to bundle a number of drivers for different types of ATI products in one driver release but then again it could get rather bloated if they do.

I would have tried the new drivers but I have had some problems recently with System64-X2 and have only recently addressed and fixed them,….all. I don’t want to go messing it up now with new unofficial drivers.

Although, I just tried the new AVIVO AvivoXCode video converter that has been modified to run whether you have an X1000 class card or not,….that’s about as adventurous as I get for now.

[jonaslasky]

On 12/8/05 a new driver was released---5.12 https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...e&folderID=293 Do you know whether it includes the dual 550 tuner fix that 5.11b has?

S.

I just tried it... and YES it does include Theater 550 Pro drivers. It's actually labelled as TV Wonder Elite Drivers... but it's exactly the same thing. I'll see if it indeed fixes the dual Theater 550 audio problem. OK It DOES FIX the audio problem, great!!! I also bought a HDTV OTA tuner card from Fry's Electronics. $69.95 after rebate and it comes with BTV 3.8 SE. I've since upgraded to BTV 4 for multi-tuner support.

http://shopping.ocregister.com/rop/a...=9787158&type=

Oh yeah good news for Happauge users... http://news.com.com/DVR+technology+c...l?tag=nefd.top

Jonas

[Octavean]

It’s great that that this rather nasty dual T550P + BTV bug has been fixed. Here’s what they are saying about it in the BTV forums:

http://forums.snapstream.com/vb/show...pro#post173029

[satnav4]

I just tried it... and YES it does include Theater 550 Pro drivers. It's actually labelled as TV Wonder Elite Drivers... but it's exactly the same thing. I'll see if it indeed fixes the dual Theater 550 audio problem. OK It DOES FIX the audio problem, great!!! I also bought a HDTV OTA tuner card from Fry's Electronics. $69.95 after rebate and it comes with BTV 3.8 SE. I've since upgraded to BTV 4 for multi-tuner support.

http://shopping.ocregister.com/rop/a...=9787158&type=

Oh yeah good news for Happauge users... http://news.com.com/DVR+technology+c...l?tag=nefd.top

Jonas

Thanks for the news. How is the new HDTV card? I had my eye on the Dvico Gold from Snapstream for $150 given cable support.

Also, I just heard congress mandated all digital by Year 2009. I'll be ready for a new tuner card by then, but does that mean I will need new cards?

[jonaslasky]

Thanks for the news. How is the new HDTV card? I had my eye on the Dvico Gold from Snapstream for $150 given cable support.

Also, I just heard congress mandated all digital by Year 2009. I'll be ready for a new tuner card by then, but does that mean I will need new cards?

Yeah... fully digital by 2009... I guess we'll all be forced to switch then. Over-the-air broadcasts won't change but then we'll all need new cards to receive HDTV via cable.
I've not fully checked out the HDTV card because my antenna isn't that great. I'm trying to connect an existing UHF antenna that the previous homeowner has installed in the attic. I'll let you know how BTV4 works with HDTV.

Jonas

[dutchfudge]

Oops :}

[SHSPVR]

Holy cow you can now record in 352x480 and other REZ dran I'm in shock quick somebody pop me I think I'm seeing things hehehe and there even a new option add in called Film Mode Detected.

[SHSPVR]

I have down 5.13 and check them out but why ATI doing that why not allow ATI 550 user download a small files god I hate download BIG files.

Update there are no newer drivers in 5.13 in fact there are no ATI 550 drivers in it at all.

[satnav4]

I have down 5.13 and check them out but why ATI doing that why not allow ATI 550 user download a small files god I hate download BIG files.

Update there are no newer drivers in 5.13 in fact there are no ATI 550 drivers in it at all.

If there are no new 550 drivers, then what has fixed the 2 tuner issue for 550 users employing BTV?

S.

[SHSPVR]

My guest satnav4 is the drivers found in ATI Catalyst 5.11b which have new ATI 550 drivers which are ver 6.14.10.117

[jonaslasky]

Thanks for the news. How is the new HDTV card? I had my eye on the Dvico Gold from Snapstream for $150 given cable support.

Well... the antenna in the attic worked. All I needed was a length of old fashioned 300 ohm antenna cable for five dollars US and I was off and running. Of course walking around in the attic is not that pleasant. Luckily I put lights up in there a couple of years ago. The great thing about HDTV is it doesn't need encoding... so no CPU utilization to speak of. Playback (decoding) is a different matter. It really taxes the CPU. With my old GeForce 5200FX card, it ain't pretty watching so called "live" TV. Recording it first then watching it is a little easier... but even then I might need a 6XXX series GeForce+ PureVideo to do the trick. I tried recording then transcoding to DVD and that came out really beautiful on the DVD player. On par with the best store bought DVDs. Lovely, lovely colors and resolution.

Jonas

[Mike K]

Guys,

You did recognize you're writing in an ATI multimedia care forum, did you? With X1k series we score 108 points in HQV Video tests, so I don't see (and like) why any recommendations for NVidia hardware should be discussed here.
Have a look at http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...ty/default.asp , and you will see ATI has the better video quality anyway. And we don't charge extra for quality, if you know what I mean