Thanks Yaobing...setting to 640 x 480 fixed the aspect ratio. The video still struggles a bit (a little jerky) so I have two questions.
-In time shifting mode, can I now adjust filters in "file types" that will be applied for live TV?
-I assume its not standard to have to view live tv in time shifting mode... correct? I didn't need to be in time shifting mode with the Hauppauge card (also analog).
I'm going to see if there are updated drivers for display and capture for the 9600xt, but I will say that live tv plays fine when using the Multimedia Center software that came with the card. Experience tells me that I will stumble on some setting in MC13 that will fix the problem. I welcome any other ideas.
Ironically, ATI All in Wonder cards were the first few cards that we supported. Back then, a few years ago, they worked well. Unfortunately there is not much configuration that can be done in MC.
In time-shifting mode, you still can not do much about filter selection. Filter selection for TV must be done in TV section, not in File Types. Analog TV still is much less configurable than digital TV. For analog TV, you can select which video encoder to use for time-shifting data files. Playback should use the corresponding decoder (JRiver Video Codec is the default).
It is actually a good idea to always run TV in time-shifting mode, as long as your TV CPU/hard disk can handle it. Most modern computers should have not problem. With time-shifting on, you can pause, fast forward/rewind, and skip ads.