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SickBoy
11-07-01, 07:41 PM
Anyone gotten this combo to work? I installed MMC 7.1 but I get an error: "Failed to initialize video" when I try to start the TV Program.

SB

Yodums
11-07-01, 07:43 PM
Got the lastest drivers? Does attena have to do anything with this?

Not too farmiliar with the TV tuners.

SickBoy
11-07-01, 10:05 PM
Well, didn't get it to work with Win2K. I installed Multimedia center 7.1 along with DX 8.0a and the recommended video capture update from M$. The hardware drivers installed just fine but when I try to start up the TV application, it gives me an error "failed to initialize TV display" and something about closing programs that utilize video overlay.

HOWEVER:
The new version of MMC includes the new drivers for the TV Wonder for Win98, ME, and 2K, so I went ahead and installed in Win98 and it WORKED!! It hadn't before the driver update. (PS I use a GF2 MX card with DetXP 21.83, and it hadn't worked before). I also got everything to work in WinXP, with the same video card driver, but only in 16 bit color. 32 bit screws up the TV display.

So a victory of sorts... this TV card in my box finally serves a purpose other than filling a PCI slot.

SickBoy