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ATI tv player stutter in Win2k

Bfavre444

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Has anyone had a problem with the ATi MMC tv player slowing down, the video moving slowly, or video stutters when you run another app that uses a lot of cpu? For example, when I load a database with my Newsgrabber 3.0, the video picture in the tv player stutters, then when I finish loading the database, the tv player stops stuttering.

I never had this problem with Win98 before where an app using a lot of cpu would stutter the tv player. The Tv player uses directshow doesn't it, so that means the tv player is simply substituting a pink screen for the video signal. So it shouldn't stutter or slow down when another app uses cpu, because directshow pink substitution really doesn't need cpu.

I don't know why in Win98 tv player never stuttered at all. In fact, in Win98, the tv player never stuttered even with heavy cpu usage by another app. Any comment is greatly appreciated.
 
The biggest thing I can say to you is..."Get third-party drivers"

ATi, while making very good hardware, packages crummy drivers with their gear. The drivers which happen to pass the Microsoft WDM process are even worse.

On my system, I did a search on Google for drivers for both my Radeon 7200, and my TV tuner card. Omega has some you might be interested in. They add functionality you've never seen before, and they are stable as a muf$cker!

Check that out if you get a chance.

Hope it helps.
 
I have no problem running ATI TV version 7.1 on my win2k while running on other heavyset programs so I can't say for you.

I just installed everyting out of ATI CD...it runs just fine.

 
Jonitus, these Omega drivers are especially made for those ATi brooktree tuner cards? (Ati tv wonder and all those Ati products use brooktree I think)
 
The same thing happens to me too. Basically if I do anything active like scrolling, opening windows, etc., the video turns into a slideshow. It doesn't really bother me much and SETI doesn't affect it at all.
 
Yes. Any heavy cpu usage for a few seconds will make the picture look like a slideshow. Weird that this happens in Win2k and not win98SE.
 
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