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ilovetheusers
June 27th, 2003, 08:57 AM
Just an FYI.

ATI put out a new version of MMC 7.9 for TV wonder cards. It's much nicer and alows you to record in formats that can be ported easily to DVD or VCD later. New drivers too.
meatwad
June 27th, 2003, 09:24 AM
When did they come out? I just loaded updated drivers on Monday.
NooNoo
June 27th, 2003, 09:29 AM
/me potters off to ati.... ta ILTU
ilovetheusers
June 29th, 2003, 10:31 AM
Originally posted by meatwad
When did they come out? I just loaded updated drivers on Monday.

Dunno, but it's got a cool new feature that lets you make the TV window semi translucent and it lets you work on things behind it. They don't seem to have removed many of the bugs from before. The "pops" still happen when it initializes and it still gets "stuck" when moving from the tv listings to regular TV and you have to go shut the guide down manually. You'd think they would kill the quirks first...
NooNoo
June 29th, 2003, 10:45 AM
My aiw just died :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:
Platypus
June 29th, 2003, 12:15 PM
Originally posted by NooNoo
My aiw just died

:( Undocumented feature of the new drivers?
NooNoo
June 29th, 2003, 12:32 PM
Nope was the typical, it was fine last night... came in to it 12 hours later and no video, rebooted, everything spins up, usb roger bleeps but I don't get to see it. Got a gforce 2 mx in there now - hope they are quick about replacements :(
ilovetheusers
June 30th, 2003, 09:35 PM
Originally posted by NooNoo
My aiw just died :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

Sucks!:(


I now notice that atimmc.exe does not like to terminate and it's making it tough to "tivo" things. It's not all the time but it's kind of annoying. Dumb ATI drivers/MMC. Oh well, the blended window is worth it.
Pericles
July 2nd, 2003, 08:43 AM
Gentlemen,

I haven't tried v. 7.9 but I've been experiencing the same symptoms with v 7.5 -namely w/ terminating ATIMMC.exe process after I've quit the applications.

From what I'm reading, theyre doesn't seem to be much enhancement in the new pack. So why trouble ourselves with the new driver implementation? I've found that my Radeon and AIW cards work best under default drivers. Besides, removing and replacing ATI's driver suite is often a cumbersome task that can generate more headaches than the original driver suite.

Last time I tried to update...I ended up wasting about 20 hrs. trying to get the system back to where it was. The biggest problem was seen w/ UT2K3 -the game would start but the maps woudln't load. So, I was wondering around in a bright white atmosphere! I ended up reinstalling everything over again! AARRGGGH!

Good Luck Though!
ClickHere2Surf.com
July 7th, 2003, 01:24 PM
I have ATI MMC 8.2, I guess TV wonders don't support higher than 7.9 yet?
GokuSS2
July 7th, 2003, 04:24 PM
I have 8.5:D
ClickHere2Surf.com
July 7th, 2003, 04:27 PM
Originally posted by GokuSS2
I have 8.5:D

I just installed it too, I liked the EASYLOOK but it disables sooo many features (cant FF/REW videos with remote, functions assinged to remote ABCDEF buttons are ignored, toggle fullscreen changes aspect ratio instead).

Any way to get these features back?
ilovetheusers
July 7th, 2003, 04:34 PM
I don't know if TV wonders support what or when but until now I have only been able to find/use 7.1 and it had issues here and there. The new version has even more issues as I can see.


In my case, the 7.1 drivers were not working at all with my raedon card and these do.
meatwad
July 7th, 2003, 04:59 PM
Originally posted by ClickHere2Surf.com
I just installed it too, I liked the EASYLOOK but it disables sooo many features (cant FF/REW videos with remote, functions assinged to remote ABCDEF buttons are ignored, toggle fullscreen changes aspect ratio instead).

Any way to get these features back?

Upgrade to the TV Wonder 1.5 software.
ClickHere2Surf.com
July 7th, 2003, 05:02 PM
I did, didnt work until I re-rebooted, but the toggle fullscreen button still chnages aspect ratio instead.
NooNoo
July 7th, 2003, 05:20 PM
Suggest you email ATI and file a bug report.
ClickHere2Surf.com
July 7th, 2003, 05:23 PM
Originally posted by NooNoo
Suggest you email ATI and file a bug report.

It's not a bug, it's a feature :D

But I dont like that feature assigned to the toggle fullscreen button on the remote, I'll email them but obbviously I'll just get a reply from their automated system until I reply a few times and get a human.
darkhorse
September 14th, 2003, 04:20 PM
ATI MMC version 8.6 now available.
Rellik
September 14th, 2003, 05:38 PM
To get the remote to behave like it did before(like the full screen button), you need to disable EAZYLOOK in the ATI MMC configuration, but you will lose all the features of EAZYLOOK, like the on screen display.