Hi everyone,
I've installed my very first TV Tuner card a few days ago, and after countless attempts at trying to get it to work properly, I am on the verge of giving up. The card I purchased is a Leadtek WinFast DV2000.
My problem:
I can either get a picture or sound, but not both. There is more to it, and I will explain it in better detail.
When I first installed the card and the drivers, I was able to get a picture, but no sound. At the time, I only had generic audio drivers installed via Windows Update, and I figured that installing the proper drivers would fix the problem. Indeed it did, but then I found out that I was no longer getting a picture. All I got was a completely black screen, which worried me - even with no signal, it is supposed to show a plain blue screen like many TVs do. Uninstalling my audio drivers however, did not restore the picture. Completely removing and reinstalling the card drivers did, but installing my audio drivers would kill it again. I have found this problem to be reproducible, even after reformats. I have tried various other things, such as installing the audio drivers before the card drivers, trying different versions of the drivers, updating Windows, disabling/enabling devices, etc. Tweaking settings in Leadtek's "Winfast PVR2" TV Tuner program did not help in any way whatsoever. On a few miraculous occasions, I did manage to get both the picture and sound working, but the dreaded black screen of death returned after a reboot.
So, what gives? Could my card drivers and sound drivers somehow be conflicting with each other? Or is Leadtek's program just buggy? I honestly cannot figure it out.
Also, is this card compatible with Windows Media Center? When I tried the "Set up TV" option, it tells me that it cannot detect a TV tuner card. It isn't much of a concern to me if this card is unsupported (I don't really use Media Center), but I do want the cursed thing working correctly with its default program!
Any help in resolving this matter would be very much appreciated. Thank you.
I've installed my very first TV Tuner card a few days ago, and after countless attempts at trying to get it to work properly, I am on the verge of giving up. The card I purchased is a Leadtek WinFast DV2000.
My problem:
I can either get a picture or sound, but not both. There is more to it, and I will explain it in better detail.
When I first installed the card and the drivers, I was able to get a picture, but no sound. At the time, I only had generic audio drivers installed via Windows Update, and I figured that installing the proper drivers would fix the problem. Indeed it did, but then I found out that I was no longer getting a picture. All I got was a completely black screen, which worried me - even with no signal, it is supposed to show a plain blue screen like many TVs do. Uninstalling my audio drivers however, did not restore the picture. Completely removing and reinstalling the card drivers did, but installing my audio drivers would kill it again. I have found this problem to be reproducible, even after reformats. I have tried various other things, such as installing the audio drivers before the card drivers, trying different versions of the drivers, updating Windows, disabling/enabling devices, etc. Tweaking settings in Leadtek's "Winfast PVR2" TV Tuner program did not help in any way whatsoever. On a few miraculous occasions, I did manage to get both the picture and sound working, but the dreaded black screen of death returned after a reboot.
So, what gives? Could my card drivers and sound drivers somehow be conflicting with each other? Or is Leadtek's program just buggy? I honestly cannot figure it out.
Also, is this card compatible with Windows Media Center? When I tried the "Set up TV" option, it tells me that it cannot detect a TV tuner card. It isn't much of a concern to me if this card is unsupported (I don't really use Media Center), but I do want the cursed thing working correctly with its default program!
Any help in resolving this matter would be very much appreciated. Thank you.
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