[mythtv] Couple Newbie Questions

[Ray]

On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 03:12:56PM -0800, Jeremy Oddo wrote:
> Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to ruffle any feathers, I'm _trying_ to
> get some more detailed info.  mythtv doesn't send much to my shell so I
> don't know where it's hanging.  I keep bringing up the fact that the file
> in /mnt/store keeps growing because I thought that might be useful info
> (but up to this point nobody has commented on that). 

Well, it sounds like it's recording but cannot playback at the same time. 
What happens if you schedule a recording and go play it back later rather
than watching it live?

> I'm also totally
> unfamiliar with ALSA and I'm trying to get my head around it.  I _DO_ have
> audio in other packages so I wasn't sure if ALSA is a recommendation for
> those that are getting NO audio from anywhere. 

Most apps don't need full duplex (record and play at the same time).  Alsa
drivers generally seem better at that then the kernel drivers, at least with
some sound cards.

-- 
Ray