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Originally Posted by coconha
Hi Folks,
I am on my second TV card attempt. :-)
I recently installed Haupauge HVR-2200. I only installed the driver, not the WinTV software.
The installation was all easy and seamless. Vista MCE recognized both tuners and found all the channels.
The problem is that on all SD channels I get a very frequent (1-2 seconds) and short video and audio stuttering. Also some very light cracking noises on the audio. Most HD channels are perfect, except on SBS HD where I get the same problems from the SD channels.
I tried to install the WinTV software to check if the problem happens outside MCE. It scans the analog channels ok, but the channel scanning procedure freezes my PC everytime after 10 or 20 seconds after starting the scan in the digital channels.
Anyone got any clues or suggestions on what to try next?
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Couple of things to try.
Go into your Vista Power Management settings in Control Panel and go to the Advanced section. There will be a setting somewhere for CPU throttling. The default minimum is usually 5% and max is 100%. Try upping the lower limit to something like 50% and see if that makes a difference. Obviously if the max in not 100%, set it to that.
Also, if you have an AMD cpu, try turining off Cool'n'Quiet and see if that makes a difference.
To help troubleshoot you could also turn on the monitoring features of Task Manager then go into Media Center and play some TV. Go back to Task Manager and have a look at whether there are any disk access or CPU spikes that might correspond to your glitches.
EDIT: Oh, and posting a detailed list of your hardware might also help us shed some light on the situation.
