sky digi to tv card sound problem

[paulyoung666]

i can get audio and picture fine when i am watching it , the problem i have is when i record and then try and play back , the sound is distorted as if the input signal is too high , no amount of fiddling seems to cure it , i tried turning the digi box sound down as far as it goes and it helped albeit slightly , this has got me right stumped

hi Paul

have you checked the properties for recording in your volume control??

I just had a look & a recent install of xp had defaulted to microphone selected for the source, not line in (or whatever your card is set for)???

edit - what I mean is, the volume may be set too high there, whichever device is chosen

[paulyoung666]

thanks , i have checked that and it is set to line in , it has deffo got me beat this one

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

thanks , i have checked that and it is set to line in , it has deffo got me beat this one

tried lowering the volume setting there?

my ati card doesn't like a record volume setting much over 50%, for line in, or it distorts..

[paulyoung666]

yep , tried it all the way down to zero and it still wont have it , it is almost as if the sound is going somewhere else , i know that sounds stupid but ............

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

yep , tried it all the way down to zero and it still wont have it , it is almost as if the sound is going somewhere else , i know that sounds stupid but ............

you could try running the config routine, again - on mine, during the setup, I can hear the sound on the chosen input, when it is right & I seem to remember a level meter - iirc....

[paulyoung666]

finally tracked it down to a dodgy connection into the sound card

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

finally tracked it down to a dodgy connection into the sound card

Glad you got it sorted