Poor sound quality in Play tv usb 415

fraternity · 02-09-2009, 10:14 PM

My system is IBM R52 and i am using Xp Service pack 2.
i have installed the drivers of my usb tv tuner card and it successfully got installed. the problem is that the software which comes with it is Venti Tv and it doesnot support stereo sound result of which i m getting a very poor sound quality. can i have something better which gives a good sound quality.

please advice.

Regards...

**Pauldo** · 02-10-2009, 10:41 AM

The only light weight programs that I have experience with are WinTV2000, Dscaler and MPC-Home Cinema. These have limited supported hardware so not sure if it will work with what you have. WinTV2000 would be the first thing I would try, even though it is made by Hauppauge it is supposed to work with other tuner cards.

I guess you could also try AMCAP, but I don't know how much better the sound would be as it is just a preview application and it doesn't support digital tuner cards, as far as I know.

There are several dvr style programs out there that would defenitely give you better sound but they are a bit more involved. These include SageTV, BeyondTV, Microsoft Media Center all of which cost money. MediaPortal is an open source project that I currently use but this one takes some time to set-up properly (it is free).

You will want to check to see if your particular tuner card is supported, however, before you jump into any of those.

Hope that helps.

Pauldo

02-09-2009, 10:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
fraternity Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Poor sound quality in Play tv usb 415 My system is IBM R52 and i am using Xp Service pack 2. i have installed the drivers of my usb tv tuner card and it successfully got installed. the problem is that the software which comes with it is Venti Tv and it doesnot support stereo sound result of which i m getting a very poor sound quality. can i have something better which gives a good sound quality. please advice. Regards...

02-10-2009, 10:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
Pauldo Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Seattle, Washington Posts: 1,444 OS: winXP Pro sp3 My System	Re: Poor sound quality in Play tv usb 415 The only light weight programs that I have experience with are WinTV2000, Dscaler and MPC-Home Cinema. These have limited supported hardware so not sure if it will work with what you have. WinTV2000 would be the first thing I would try, even though it is made by Hauppauge it is supposed to work with other tuner cards. I guess you could also try AMCAP, but I don't know how much better the sound would be as it is just a preview application and it doesn't support digital tuner cards, as far as I know. There are several dvr style programs out there that would defenitely give you better sound but they are a bit more involved. These include SageTV, BeyondTV, Microsoft Media Center all of which cost money. MediaPortal is an open source project that I currently use but this one takes some time to set-up properly (it is free). You will want to check to see if your particular tuner card is supported, however, before you jump into any of those. Hope that helps. Pauldo __________________ SystemSpec \| Power Supply Info \| How to Post a Screen shot \| Speedfan[/center]