Disable TV-on-demand?!

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My setup consists of the following

AMD 2500 Mobile ( overclocked to 2.2Ghz 200FSB )
1GB Kingston HyperX DC 3200 2-3-2-6
ATI AIW 9600XT 128MB AGP
ATI TV Wonder Pro
Windows XP Home

Catalyst 6.2
MMC 9.08


The Catalyst and MMC versions have worked best for me so far however, I'm
having problems with multview and would like to know if there is a newer
Catalyst and MMC which works better and in which TV-on-demand can be easily
be disabled?

TIA
 
USR said:
My setup consists of the following

AMD 2500 Mobile ( overclocked to 2.2Ghz 200FSB )
1GB Kingston HyperX DC 3200 2-3-2-6
ATI AIW 9600XT 128MB AGP
ATI TV Wonder Pro
Windows XP Home

Catalyst 6.2
MMC 9.08


The Catalyst and MMC versions have worked best for me so far however, I'm
having problems with multview and would like to know if there is a newer
Catalyst and MMC which works better and in which TV-on-demand can be easily
be disabled?

TIA
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I'll get flamed but why turn off TVOD ? Does it work poorly with analog
TV ? It works great with digital TV and is the main reason I use it.
BTW 9.13 is much better than 9.08, at least with an HDTV Wonder.

GG
 
I'll get flamed but why turn off TVOD ? Does it work poorly with analog
TV ? It works great with digital TV and is the main reason I use it.
BTW 9.13 is much better than 9.08, at least with an HDTV Wonder.

GG
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to turn off TOD:

1. Open regedit.
2. Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ATITechnologies\Multimedia\Features\DTV\Channel
Manager

3. Set the key "LiveMode" to value "1" .


xman
 
I'll get flamed but why turn off TVOD ? Does it work poorly with analog
TV ? It works great with digital TV and is the main reason I use it.
BTW 9.13 is much better than 9.08, at least with an HDTV Wonder.
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TVOD does not only suck up valuable processor cycles but also wears down the
hard drive needlesly.
 
xmradio said:
to turn off TOD:

1. Open regedit.
2. Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ATITechnologies\Multimedia\Features\DTV\Channel
Manager

3. Set the key "LiveMode" to value "1" .


xman
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Hi XMan:

Does this registry change work for all version of MMC? I'm wanting to
install 9.15.

TIA
 
USR said:
TVOD does not only suck up valuable processor cycles but also wears down the
hard drive needlesly.
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With an HDTV Wonder on an Athlon 3000xp (modest computer) it uses
between 20 and 40 % processor time - the computer has nothing else to
do anayway so ...
As for the hard disk, I've never heard anybody even mention 'wearing
down the hard drive needlessly'. Of course, I've only had computers
since 1980 so I haven't heard it all yet.

GG
 
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With an HDTV Wonder on an Athlon 3000xp (modest computer) it uses
between 20 and 40 % processor time - the computer has nothing else to
do anayway so ...
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Mine has... I have dual monitor setup and TV is on one monitor, while I
can work/play on the second.
Marx
 
With an HDTV Wonder on an Athlon 3000xp (modest computer) it uses
between 20 and 40 % processor time - the computer has nothing else to
do anayway so ...
As for the hard disk, I've never heard anybody even mention 'wearing
down the hard drive needlessly'. Of course, I've only had computers
since 1980 so I haven't heard it all yet.

GG
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"has nothing else to do anyway"...I guess you've never heard of
multitasking?

You mean to tell me that you've been using computers since 1980 and have
never had a hard drive die on you? I find that hard to believe!
 
USR said:
"has nothing else to do anyway"...I guess you've never heard of multitasking?

You mean to tell me that you've been using computers since 1980 and have never had a hard drive die on you? I find that hard to
believe!
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I've been lucky also, and never had a hard drive fail on me from the first ibm xt.
Most of the POS system boxes at the store are real old run 24/7 buried under
god only knows what and half full of dust.
 
USR said:
"has nothing else to do anyway"...I guess you've never heard of
multitasking?

You mean to tell me that you've been using computers since 1980 and have
never had a hard drive die on you? I find that hard to believe!
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1: the 1980 computer was an Apple ][ plus so had no hard drive until
first PC in '86

2: sure multitasking but with computers being so cheap, why not a
dedicated TV computer? That's its job, nothing else. I don't want my
video getting screwed up by some other app going stupid and causing a
glitch.

3: I turn machines off when not is use and with 10 + machines over 20
years of PC use have had 1 Seagate 40 meg (not gig) drive go bad back
in '89. No failures since.

GG
 
I'll get flamed but why turn off TVOD ? Does it work poorly with analog
TV ? It works great with digital TV and is the main reason I use it.
BTW 9.13 is much better than 9.08, at least with an HDTV Wonder.
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Making VOD "always on" deprives us of the choice. When is that ever a
good thing?
 
Making VOD "always on" deprives us of the choice. When is that ever a
good thing?
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Hi all,
Following this thread and similar (VOD) because of problems I sure
have with it.

Abit NF7-S v.2
ATI AIW 2006 AGP
A gig of RAM
AMD Barton 3200
CoolerMaster 510W psu
Brand new install of WinXP Pro
Latest drivers and MMC
Everything fully patched

I watch a lot of analog cable TV while I work. There's clearly
interference between the NIC and the TV. Before I discovered the reg
fix to stop VOD (which doesn't stick, I've had to reset it twice) I
would get choppy performance from the TV and every 5 minutes or so I
actually lose ~30 seconds. The broadcast would actually skip ahead.

Now that I've disabled VOD it's much smoother but not like it used to
be, pre MMC v.9.03 (or whenever it was we stopped plugging the audio
out into the sound card's line in).

But all that comes to a screaching halt when I try to use my VPN
(Cisco). The first time the TV was on and I connected the VPN, the
system simply reset, as in rebooted. Starting the TV after VPN
connects and TV is nearly unwatchable (choppy) and when I start a
large file transfer both TV and VPN break, and a reboot is required.

I probably should have started a new thread with this, but the VOD
choice issue seemed to segue nicely into my issue, and there ain't a
whole lot going on here anyway : )
Sorry for the thread hijack.
Feedback welcome

C.
 
My thoughts and there just thoughts :

Go to : Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools, click on : System
Information. Once there click on the tab Hardware Resources and go into
either Conflicts/Sharing or IRQ's. If the NIC and the video card are sharing
the same IRQ redirect the IRQ in the system BIOS.

Go into the windows device manager, tab to System devices. Look for AGP
2.0/AGP 3.0 Controller, if it's not there you need to install the drivers
off your Mainboard CD.
 
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