I've been looking around forums that may talk on this subject but didn't see much on this. I have an AverMedia PCI 550 TV Tuner card and after I do a recording of a TV show the sound has a slightly noticable distortion on the high end. Maybe some call it sounding tinny. I made sure the audio settings were not overdrivened before I start any recordings. Questions I have, are there better TV Tuner cards out there with better audio qualities or do I need to upgrade to the lastest drivers available for the AverMedia? I seem to be having a hard time finding info on their products as far as upgrading the drivers. I have the Audgy 2 ZS and good speakers to go with it. I appreciate any info or help. Thanks
First off: I would advise you that any program/hardware that generates updates does it for a reason and it would be a good idea to take advantage. They usually find fixes for known problems or newly found ones by the consumer and staff. Secondly: You have a good brand/make/model of a Tuner card although there are many that can do the trick. I use Hauppage. Just preference. They are very affordable and I've never had an issue with mine. Here is a link you may find useful: http://www.hauppauge.com/
Thanks for the reply uniique1. I did upgrade however, I'm still experiencing the sound problem. I may uninstall and reinstall the program--and delete anything in the registry pertaining to AverMedia to see if this will help any. After that maybe pull the card, clean and then reseat it back into the motherboard. If this doesn't help any, then I may take your advice and purchase the Hauppage. I've read a lot of good things about this card. What model card do you have? I have read elsewhere that the PVR-150 can give an overdriven sound with the tv cable input and couldn't be corrected in software (or registry) and that the PVR-250 works great. Maybe the AverMedia is somewhat similiar to the PVR-150 and that is why I think I'm having problems with it.
You're welcome and your plan of attack will definitely take care of the issue if there's any salvaging your card. I have the the PVR-250 model and it does work great!! Let me know how it goes. Just curious, does the AverMedia card you have come with a remote?
I have the AverMedia Ultra TV PCI 550 and it does come with the remote. It did start out, after doing all the installation, sounding really good but now after thinking about it I'm wondering if I have a software issue. I did add some other video programs on my computer. What I think I'll do is go back and delete these programs one by one and also check the registry. I'll see if this will solve the problems. If it doesn't work then I'll go through formatting the hard drive and start over. If the card comes up sounding good then I'll be very selective in what programs I'll allow on my computer. If after all the work the card doesn't work then I'll be on my way to getting the Hauppage PVR-250. I have three computers and maybe I should dedicate the computer, that I use for videos, for doing only videos. I've read that if you use your computer for music or videos, the computer should only be used for that purpose because of all the processing involved. Have you heard this?
That's true to a point. Don't interpret that as you have to buy a PC specifically for music, one for video, and so on and so forth, that would be impractical and of course expensive. Whatever you were reading I believe is saying it'd be a good idea to try and do one operation on your PC at a time. Like don't watch tv thru your computer, decrypt a dvd, surf the web and do other task simultaneously. Not saying that it's not possible but depending on your systems capabilities or lack there of, it could cause problems. Make sense?
I agree with you. I try not to use the one computer for other operations while I'm recording videos, editing, burning and multi tasking. I built this computer with that in mind and made sure that I had all the right components. With the Abit AI7 i86 mobo, I'm running a Pentium 4 with 2.8 GHz and 1GB ram. I don't seem to have any issues with the system after I upgraded the bios as I installed everything. Been good to me so far. This looks like a good weekend for me to tear into the computer and see what the AverMedia card is doing. I'll let you how it is going after I clean house on this computer.
I've come to a conclusion that the AverMedia PCI 550 is just plain garbage. I've done everything to get this thing to work correctly. Cleaned the computer by formatting and reinstalling the card and the software with the drivers. All I got was more problems. Now I can't even get a decent cable video signal. I've read that people have had nothing but problems with AverMedia. There is terrible tech support from them. And guess what! They don't make that card anymore and can't even get an updated driver for it. In one of the forums on the internet, somebody said "beware of buying AverMedia products". I wished I would of listened to them at the time I was getting ready to buy it. It appears, the card that I have, has deteriorated over time. When I first installed the card with the software, it was recording with no problems. Then after awhile, the problems started. Bad audio and then bad videos. I even went into the computer to see if I had any IRQ conflict problems in the contol panel of my OS. Now I will go with one of the most popular card, Hauppauge PVR-250 or PVR-350. Any thoughts on which of the two cards are better?
