Can't get audio to work on my WinTV

[WHSLacrossekid]

Running Windows XP, and have a Santa Cruz Sound Card

I think I hooked everything up fine. I can see a picture and everything, but no audio. Anyone know a fix?

 

[sohcrates]

are you sure "line in" on the soundcard isn't muted in the multimedia control panel?

 

[WHSLacrossekid]

yes, i'm positive. i just captured a small video and the AVI file does have sound but not when i watch the TV

 

[sohcrates]

what input did you capture video / audi through? not the "cable" input?

 

[mastertech01]

Open the TV2000 applet, click on Aud, and see that the selection is the same as you have it plugged into your sound card. Make sure if you use 5.1 audio that your input is not being used as an output for the 5.1 setup as some sound cards are setup. If it does you will likely have to change to 2 speaker arrangment to get your input working correctly/

 

[WHSLacrossekid]

i have no idea, but i can't get it to do it again

 

[Jeff7]

Are you using the external connections? Mic or Line-in? Or is it the internal connector to the sound card?

 

[WHSLacrossekid]

master, didn't work.

Jeff - External (Line out - Line in)

 

[Woodchuck2000]

So you've got the Line out of your WinTV going to the line in of the Santa Cruz?

Open the windows mixer, select options -> properties -> adjust volume for recording (not playback)
Check the box marked 'Select' next to the Line In slider
That solves most of the problems people have with WinTV audio - By default, only a single input is enabled and the chances are it isn't the line-in. People don't normally realise that a separate set of sliders exists for input and that they're tweaking the output sliders.

 

[WHSLacrossekid]

sound good in theory Wood, but it didn't work for me

 

[Woodchuck2000]

Hmm... What model card and driver revision are you using? It's worth checking in device manager -> sound video and game controllers to make sure you have Two devices installed - an Audio Driver and a Video driver.

BTW, just to stop you kicking yourself later, make sure that the cable is plugged into the right holes, and that the input you select does in fact correspond to the hole you've stuck the cable in. I've managed to plug the cable into the microphone in on my Audigy and sat there wondering why the line-in didn't work.

 

[WHSLacrossekid]

It's the WINTV-FM-Go

It's hooked up right (I chekced like 10 timeS)

Using 311 drivers

 

[Woodchuck2000]

USB, eh? I'm using an internal PCTV-PCI with the 317 drivers under XP and it works very well.

It's worth trying the following;
Connect a walkman to the line-in of your sound card just to check that you are actually passing whatever is coming in the Line In.
Plug some speakers directly into the line-out of the PCTV just to check it is actually putting out audio.

One of those will fail unless there's a small black hole in the middle of the cable going from PCTV -> Sound Card eating anything that tries to pass...

 

[DanQ]

Is your audio set to mono or stereo? If it's stereo, try using mono. I know it sound simple but it happened to me before

 

[Jeff7]

I think the WinTV-Go models are actually PCI. For whatever reason, they didn't call the USB models "Go" though that would seem to make sense.
But Woodchuck2000's idea there should find the problem; also do something to check out the patch wire to make sure that it's not harboring a "black hole."