windows media encoder and ati aiw 8500

[easyfab]

Can someone encode from the ati tuner in WME under XP ? Because I can't.The options are not accesible (grey color).
If someone know a solution?

[griff30]

Did you mean capture in the WM9 codecs? Nope havent tried.
I have the original AIW and the 8500AIW both can capture in lossless Huffvy AVI or MPEG1-2 and be converted to the new codec.
Have you got the latest ATI MMC ?
You can capture MPEG1 with 48.8hz sound! Set the bit rate as constant, and crank the bitrate all the way to the right to 15mBit/s.
Then you can open it in WME9 and do a 2 pass with audio fiters that will please anyone.
Or you can convert the MPEG to lossless Huffvy, strip the sound out to make 6 different wav files and convert that to an AVI with 6 channels and feed that to WME with that you get even more fun with more filters and 5.1 sound. Killer if you have the soundcard and speakers that support it.

[easyfab]

Thanks for answering.
What i mean was to encode directly in Wmv9 with the WME tool.
I have no prob to encode in avi (directly in xvid or through mjpeg codec with VB).
I just wanted to test wmv9 with tv capture. I have the same prob to capture directly with helix when i wanted to test the rv9 codec.
I don't know if the wdm ati capture interface is crap (when i test a wrapper i have no result too) or is those encoder (helix and wme)can't support wdm interface.
If someone has a solution ?