MediaStudio Pro 6.5 & ATI DV Wonder: Report

[Jerry Jones]

Jerrold Jones

Some more information to report regarding the ATI DV Wonder and our new 1.7Ghz Pentium 4 Dell 8100 Dimension system:

We're going to swap out the SoundBlaster Live for a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz this afternoon.

I just tested a Sony DCR-TRV900 with 48khz, 16bit audio using the DV Wonder.

1. Output to tape: FLAWLESS
2. Batch capture: FLAWLESS
3. Device Control: FLAWLESS

The news regarding the Sony DCR-VX1000 may relate to the SoundBlaster Live.

Using the SoundBlaster Live, we have experienced some intermittent, yet serious popping noises during some scrubbing and some output sequences that we believe are related to the DCR-VX1000's exclusive reliance on 32Khz, 12-bit audio.

The Sony DCR-TRV900 captures, on the other hand, yield none of these symptoms... even with the SoundBlaster Live.

The TRV900 captures scrub perfectly and output perfectly. It's amazing.

The Sony DCR-VX1000, sadly, does not provide one the option of using 48Khz, 16-bit audio. So we can't switch the setting.

We'll report on how we get this ironed out.

But - I would emphasize I do not believe the DCR-VX1000 captures have anything to do at all with the ATI DV Wonder.

We suspect it's the SoundBlaster... or a software setting.

Batch capturing, device control and timeline playback using the VX1000 are perfect.

[Indiana]

Re: MediaStudio Pro 6.5 & ATI DV Wonder: Report

Originally posted by Jerrold Jones

At home, I'll also be testing the ATI DV wonder with my new motherboard, an Elite Group k7S5a (SiS 735 chipset) and an AMD Athlon 1.4Ghz, 266Mhz chip (Thunderbird core). I'll report on how well that works, too.
JJ

Sorry for being totally OT, but seeing you're one of those seldom SIS owners, could you please run some Sandra Mem benchmarks and post the results in this thread.

[Jerry Jones]

Well. This is surprising. Regarding the 12-bit, 32Khz audio of the Sony DCR-VX1000 - which is regarded as a 4-channel audio format - the Ulead Web site features this obscure advisory:

http://www.ulead.com/msp/tips.htm

"NOTE: MediaStudio Pro 6.5 handles 2-channel audio format as stereo audio and may not read/write 4-channel audio data format."