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From: goldy on 14 Mar 2010 16:01
On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 00:13:30 -0600, "William R. Walsh"
<newsgroups1(a)idontwantjunqueemail.walshcomptech.com> wrote:

>Hi!
>
>> | Unable to start TV
>> | The TV player failed to initialize the video.
>
>This usually indicates a problem with the video overlay functionality.
>Sometimes it can indicate that the video card has run out of video memory.
>Have you tried running at a lower resolution and adjusting the color depth
>(16 or 32 bit)?
>
>I'm surprised to hear that you are using Windows 2000 for this. Is the
>operating system up to date with all service packs, hotfixes, rollups, etc?
>(Don't get me wrong, I love Windows 2000. It's just odd to find others who
>are still running it as well.)
>
>What CPU is in this system? (I ask because Windows 2000 at least has a flaw
>in the stream.sys driver. This flaw shows up on Pentium 4 HT microprocessors
>(with hyperthreading enabled) and manifests itself by causing any
>application that tries to use the TV tuner to lock up at some point, usually
>before you get any video. Quitting the application will not work, a "zombie"
>will be left behind in Task Manager.)
>
>Microsoft only ever released the hotfix to correct this issue for Windows
>XP, probably because it is suggested that you disable hyperthreading support
>on any other Windows operating system. It will work on Windows 2000 if you
>can get ahold of the file:
>
>I detailed the process I had to go through here with an ATI TV Wonder and a
>Dell Dimension 8300 (nVidia AGP graphics):
>http://greyghost.mooo.com/streamsys/
>
>Disclaimer: the above worked for me to solve the odd problems I encountered.
>I couldn't use the card at all beforehand. It may not work for you, might
>cause oodles of purple smoke to emanate from your computer and may very well
>insult your mother for no good reason at all. Seriously, if it works, that's
>great. If not, that's the chance you take and you are entirely responsible
>for whatever may happen. This advice is presented in good faith but with NO
>guarantee.
>
>You could just turn hyperthreading off in your system's BIOS configuration
>utility as well.
>
>William
>
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