ATI All-in-Wonder 9600 Pro: Multimedia Refresh
by Andrew Ku on October 16, 2003 11:38 AM EST- Posted in
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Multimedia Center anew — Integrated Media Burning & Muvee
ATI continues to bundle their version of Pinnacle Studio 8, which brought the software capability to burn content directly to disk. The problem with this still remains that it is part of a 3rd party software vendor, even though the hardware still concurrently supports direct burn-to-disk. It is likely that ATI will incorporate this feature into Multimedia Center in the future, but until that time, ATI has integrated a burn-to-disk function within their Library. Once you click on the “create media layout” button, you are prompted with a dialog box to set up the media export to disk.
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It is interesting to note that ATI offers a selection of schemes, which to burn DVDs/VCDs. The selection is for the art work, which is the background of the disk, such as in chapter preview.
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After scheme selection, the Library creates a separate field below the listed media, and allows users to simply drag and drop media selection. With this done, exporting to disk is ready to go. This was intended to give users more flexibility to archive their media, and is particularly helpful because it is a one-stop location to do so.
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New to the bundle is muvee autoProducer DVD Edition, which helps users make the movie making process more dummy proof. The idea is that with 6-buttons, you can select the video, audio, a pre-defined style, captions, and then make a movie out of them with transitions and special effects. We found it to be a cleaner and easier-to-use program than VideoStudio, which has been bundled traditionally with All-in-Wonder cards.
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ddschmidt - Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - link
I just bought an ATI AIW 9600 Pro and am wondering if you want tell me how to get the tv tuner to display on the secondary monitor. The article talks about the tv display "docking" when you try to move it to the secondary monitor, but the article goes on to discuss what happens when the tv display spans two monitors and that it shows only on the monitor that has the largest part of the tv display window.Thanks.
Anonymous User - Friday, October 24, 2003 - link
Does anybody where I can buy this card in Europe (Germany)Anonymous User - Friday, October 24, 2003 - link
Is it really worth it to upgrade to an AIW AGP card for PVR type features, versus a PCI card? I have a AverTV Studio Card and use WinDVR software to record my shows. But, the quality seems to suck on some low & high channels! I was wondering if the xtra bandwidth from the AGP slot versus the PCI slot would clear up the recordings? I already have a 9000 Pro for what litte gaming I do. The gaming I'm not concerned with! I mostly use it as a TIVO (with no subscription fees!!!)Anonymous User - Thursday, October 23, 2003 - link
Does this card offer hardware decoding or/and hardware encoding like the hauppauge PVR 350.Seems quite important if your going to actually use this card as PVR type device.
Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - link
Or perhaps it's slower...Anonymous User - Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - link
Hercules has released a AIW 9800SE in europe at a very cheap price! That should be faster than the 9600 Pro and perhaps it can be modded to a 9800 Pro?www.Hercules.com
Anonymous User - Monday, October 20, 2003 - link
I concur. Not having DVI is a real step back for ATI on this product line. This is the first Radeon AIW card that has not offered DVI. A huge disappointment, as my LCD monitor takes only DVI (which I bought because the first Radeon AIW I bought had the DVI connector). And because it's an MDR-20 to DVI-D connector, I can't use it at all (well, there is that $400 converter, but that kind of defeats the purpose). Talk about pulling the rug from under you. Thanks a bunch, ATI.Anonymous User - Monday, October 20, 2003 - link
I am so disappointed that AIW 9600 Pro doesn't have DVI.Anonymous User - Monday, October 20, 2003 - link
I want this card... bbbbaaaadddd! Thank you ATI for finally including RADIO!Anonymous User - Monday, October 20, 2003 - link
I want this card... bbbbaaaadddd! Thank you ATI for finally including RADIO!