Sound works fine in everything else.
Here is my configuration:
MB GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3R 775 P35
CPU INTEL|C2D E8400 3G 775 45N
VGA XFX PVT88PYSF4 8800GT 512M
CASE ANTEC|SONATA PLUS 550
TV TUNER HAUPPAUGE|1128 HVR-1800
HD 500G|WD 7K 16M SATA2 WD5000AAKS
DVD BURN SAMSUNG|SH-S203B
S/W MS WIN VISTA 32BT HMPRE 1P DVD
CPUCOOLER|ARCTIC P4|ACFZ7-PRO
OCZ SLI-Ready Edition 2GB (2 x 1GB)
240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model
OCZ2N1066SR2GK
Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1 Channels
PCI Interface Sound Card
Since you have the same tuner as I have in my system, I need to know a couple of things - are you using digital cable or analog, and is it connected to the correct one?
Also, if you remove the cable from the back of the computer and plug into either a TV or a tuner elsewhere, do you get sound?
SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
PSU
Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
Case
ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
Cooling
Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
Mouse
Logitech MX Master (shared)
Keyboard
Logitech G15 (gen 2)
Internet Speed
AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
Operating System
Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
Manufacturer/Model
Lenovo ThinkPad E545
CPU
AMD A6-5350M APU
Motherboard
Lenovo
Memory
8 GB
Sound Card
Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
Monitor(s) Displays
Lenovo 15" Matte
Screen Resolution
1680 * 1050
Hard Drives
INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
I am using a simple antenna. The only instance where sound does not work is live TV in Media Center. I read on one Microsoft posting that Vista defaults to some muted ASC or something audio stream and that Vista developers seemed to feel they have no ability or power to correct this.
I did have sound at one time. I cannot go back to that time though, since I reinstalled Vista a while back.
Thanks,
David
OK, so we're sure that the live TV is actually getting sound to the tuner card. Hmmm. I have no issues, but I use cable not an antenna - but I suppose it should not matter....
Check out the drivers for the tuner - perhaps something has happened to change something there? Cause you and I have the same tuner, and mine works flawlessly in both Vista x64 and Windows 7 x64.
SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
PSU
Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
Case
ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
Cooling
Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
Mouse
Logitech MX Master (shared)
Keyboard
Logitech G15 (gen 2)
Internet Speed
AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
Operating System
Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
Manufacturer/Model
Lenovo ThinkPad E545
CPU
AMD A6-5350M APU
Motherboard
Lenovo
Memory
8 GB
Sound Card
Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
Monitor(s) Displays
Lenovo 15" Matte
Screen Resolution
1680 * 1050
Hard Drives
INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
If you don't know what a codec pack is, then chances are you haven't installed one
A Codec is any technology that compresses or decompresses data. A Codec pack contains many different codecs essential to view many different video formats. They also contain audio codecs.
ie Windows media Player won't play High Def .mkv files by default, adding a Codec Pack which contains the correct codec , will allow you to display the image.
Since it seems likely that it's not a codec issue, have you tried checking the volume mixer while media Centre is running to see if it's unmuted?
(start and then minimize media center / right-click on the sound icon in the taskbar and open volume mixer. The media center volume slider only appears when Media Center is running)
I have Vista 32 Home Premium. There is no slider, but the indicators show sound is unmuted and shows a number in a box as the level of volume. Video clips and recordings done when the player had sound work without flaws.
Just no sound on Live TV. Window sounds work in Media Center.
So I had sound at one time, just can't figure this out. Is it possible to reinstall media center from my Vista install disk? I guess I would have to set everything up again.
No, I used media center. When I could not get sound, I installed "WinTV" from Hauppage, it does have sound on live TV, but the screen size is small and not as many features as Media Center.
Just went through this same issue with x64 mce. To fix I checked the playback devices by clicking the sound icon. I ensured that on digital audio output was selected(not sure if you're using the headphone jack or a digital audio out on yours). I then went through the speaker set up within mce and selected the type of audio output that i'm using. Then a restart is required.
