[pglenn]

I am using the latest trial version of beyondTV downloaded from teh SnapStream site. I have a few questions regarding the setup of this program.

1 - anyway to eliminate, or at least change, the ANNOYING sounds this program makes on any selections?

2 - During Live-TV the brightness/contrast have no effect on the picture, however they DO affect the recordings. How do I get these to effect the Live-TV?

3 - When initially recording with the "default" setting my recorded pictures were EXTREMELY jumpy, like a yo-yo (normal then slow then normal, about every 2seconds and continual). WHen I changed to the "Snapstream Basic" setting (within the web-manager) I was able to record without any problems. Obviously not sure of the difference between the two except the default is "supposed" to be better and more resource intensive. As tests I recorded w/o the Live-TV active with no difference. The default was "only" taking about 75%CPU. As a comparison, recording with my ATI-MMC with settings of MPEG-2/720x480/8mbs/48khz also took 75%CPU but recorded flawlessy. It is a shame if I am forced to use the "snapstream basic" as there is a HUGE difference in quality between it and the ATI recordings. If the extra processing in "default" mode is not occurring on the CPU then where it is occurring? I believe it is "optimized" for hardware-encoding but that is not a option for me at this time.

4 - Is there a way to make it startup in LIVE-TV mode by default?

any and all assistance will be appreciated.
Thank you

Patrick

XP Professional
1.8gig AMD
1gig Ram
ATI 9800-Pro-AIW