On 17 Feb 2007 20:59:22 -0800, "josh.higgs@gmail.com"
<josh.higgs@gmail.com> wrote:

>Well I am reloading a computer that has this older All-In-Wonder
>graphics card. Apparently ATI now only supports the drivers only, not
>the MMC program that lets you view TV channels and record it etc. Does
>anybody know where to get this; I have checked google for this and the
>amd/ati site with no results. Any software would be fine, so they can
>watch TV on their computer like they used to.
>
>Josh

I have several versions of the MMC program, which did you
need? Some versions may require newer DirectX be installed
first, some may have other 3rd party modifications out in
the wild like macrovision disabling utilities. I don't have
a comprehensive list of which MMC versions versus required
DirectX level, but an example would be MMC 7.x requiring
DirectX8

The computer is older, so we can't necessarily assume which
version of windows (?!) it's running. Some MMC versions are
separate downloads, especially for win9x versus 2K/XP.

If you can't get ahole of the DVD Decoder app I have that
too, at least for some versions of the MMC... like the
DirectX issue, some versions of the DVD Dec. require certain
MMC version. For example the notes for DVD Decoder 5.0
require MMC 7.2 be installed first, but "maybe" would
install if you had a newer MMC than 7.2, if the code is
compatible, and if their installer is intelligent enough to
accept a newer version and they kept it compatible.

However, the DVD decoder may not install without a code off
the CD, the following is in the notes from the DVD decoder
v5.0:

Requirements:

An ATI installation CD containing a previous version
of the ATI DVD Player. During the installation
process you will need to provide the part number from
the CD to the installer. The part number for the CD
is an 11 digit number beginning with 180.

If you can't get DVD Decoder installed, it doesn't mean you
can't watch DVDs, you'd just have to use the DVD software
('s installed codec) to do it as if DVD Decoder didn't
exist. That can work fine given a resonable CPU, most
anything in the past several years is fast enough.