HOW TO: Get Theater 200 TV/Composite/S-Video inputs working in Vista

clicknext · Nov 5, 2006, 05:25 PM

I have spent a lot of hours trying to find a way to make my card work with the AIW features under Vista so I that I wouldn't have to junk it and buy a Hauppauge, and it finally paid off! I thought I would share the solution that worked for me so that hopefully it will help someone else get theirs to work.

Previously, the media chip would always display as ntativrv01, as most of you know. Even when I managed to install the driver for the device, whenever I tried to use any capture program, it would say unable to add capture graph, yada yada yada.

This solution has been done on the following system:
ATI All In Wonder Radeon 9600 Pro
Windows Vista RC2
Catalyst Display Driver 8.31.100
AV Stream (T200) Driver Version 6.14.10.1071
AMCap 9.00 used as capture program

STEP 1: Install the regular Catalyst drivers

Install the latest Catalyst driver package from the ATI website. At this time, it does not include the capture drivers

STEP 2: Install the AVStream driver

Find a copy of the old ATI Vista RC0 drivers, filename ati_LH_RC0_32.exe.-Double click on the driver to start the installation.
It will ask you where you want to install the files; pick a place. Here I picked the default C:\ATI\SUPPORT\ati_LH_RC0
After it copies the files over, and starts the Catalyst installation screen, cancel the installation
Go to the device manager, right click the ntativrv01 device, and select "Update Driver Software..."
Click browse my computer
Tell it to search in the directory where you put the install files, for me it was C:\ATI\SUPPORT\ati_LH_RC0. Make sure "include subfolders" is checked
It will install the drivers automatically from there
Restart your computer

STEP 3: Install AMCap

Install AMCap. I used a copy of AMCap I had that came with a webcam because the one you can download off the internet only works for 20 minutes. Another capture program might also work, but I havn't tried anything else other than Windows Media Capture 9 (which also works to some degree).
Create a shortcut to it
Right click the shortcut and go to properties
Click on the compatibility tab
Check "Run this program as an administrator"
Click OK, and run the program from the shortcut
Make sure in "Devices" the ATI T200 device is checked
Make sure in "Options", "Preview" is checked
Well there, you're done and hopefully it works.

STEP 4: AMCap details

Most of the features you'll want are in the Options menu
Video Input lets you select composite/S-video
Video Capture Pin lets you set the resolution of the signal to display (720x480 is the correct one on mine)
TV Tuner lets you select TV channels

Well hopefully this solution will also work for someone else. If you need the T200 driver, I've posted a link to it below, but it'll probably expire in a short time... I can send it to you via e-mail, but it would be nice if someone could host it. The portion you really need is only 400kb; too bad this forum doesn't support file attachments.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Nov 6, 2006, 10:23 AM

Why not use one of those sites like SendIt to send the file?

clicknext · Nov 7, 2006, 12:44 AM

http://download.yousendit.com/5A01AC0453EAADB5

Here it is.

sonicice · Nov 8, 2006, 07:37 AM

Hey, this worked for me, thanks!

Daenks · Nov 8, 2006, 12:43 PM

After i install the T200 driver, i get a code 10 (the device cannot start).

Vista RC2
AIW Radeon 9600 Pro

Also, vista doesn't recognize my AIW as a 3d card, so i cant use Aero without hacking the registry, any experience there?

H3X4D3C1M4L · Nov 9, 2006, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daenks

After i install the T200 driver, i get a code 10 (the device cannot start).

Vista RC2
AIW Radeon 9600 Pro

Also, vista doesn't recognize my AIW as a 3d card, so i cant use Aero without hacking the registry, any experience there?

Use Google for that Aero stuff its all there I believe

Daenks · Nov 9, 2006, 06:52 PM

Yea i got Aero working, but not the TV input, thats the important part :^)

H3X4D3C1M4L · Nov 11, 2006, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daenks

Yea i got Aero working, but not the TV input, thats the important part :^)

Well that's what the original post was about

Try posting in the Vista forum, I don't think anyone here has cared to bother with the card in Vista considering the nature of the beat in XP

marceloM · Nov 27, 2006, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clicknext

http://download.yousendit.com/5A01AC0453EAADB5

Here it is.

Could you upload it again?

H3X4D3C1M4L · Nov 30, 2006, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marceloM

Could you upload it again?

Just get him to email it to you via PM

marceloM · Dec 3, 2006, 08:18 AM

Hi guys.

I found this drivers.

http://www.station-drivers.com/telechargement/ati/ati%20catalyst%206.12%20(8.32)%20beta-2k-xp-32-64.exe

I found these drivers
I have not managed to make them work correctly

can anyone check it?

H3X4D3C1M4L · Dec 4, 2006, 03:11 PM

I don't like the look of that website... why not just download it directly from AMD's website?

marceloM · Dec 4, 2006, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L

I don't like the look of that website... why not just download it directly from AMD's website?

I usually got drivers before the official launch.

In this case, there aren't any complete drivers from ATI's website.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Dec 5, 2006, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marceloM

I usually got drivers before the official launch.

In this case, there aren't any complete drivers from ATI's website.

http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/v...n-vista32.html

?

marceloM · Dec 5, 2006, 06:06 PM

As you can See:

Catalyst BETA Drivers
Version: 8.31.100
Posted: Nov. 2, 2006
WDM: no

Station Drivers option:
Version: 8.32
Posted: Nov. 30, 2006
WDM: yes