[mythtv-users] Playing a sound during Live TV/Recordings

[Eni Gma]

this happens to me when the bttv module is not loaded. run dmesg and make 
sure bttv is listed.

On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Kaushik Mallick wrote:

> I am not sure if this is a coincidence or not, but
> this thing started happening to me as well last night!
> I am using a WinTV Go (Model 190) PCI card and I am
> running MythTV-0.8 on RedHat 8.0. Watching TV locks up
> the mythfrontend, I have to hit Ctrl-Alt-F4 to get to
> the desktop somehow and kill the terminals where I
> isssued mythfrontend from. Sometimes, its even worse
> and only thing that helps is a hard boot.
> 
> 
> --- Russell Tweed <russell at daftconsulting.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > First post so please be gentle :)
> > 
> > Have installed MythTV 0.8 from source on RedHat 9,
> > all works fine until I
> > actually go to watch TV - at this point the entire
> > system 'hangs' (ie: no
> > input, no screen updates, no network response - no
> > nothing!)
> > 
> > The output from mythbackend show the last thing to
> > happen was a change 
> > from None to WatchingLiveTV.
> > 
> > I've checked the sound devices as per the docs -
> > aplay /dev/dsp works as 
> > expected, and xawtv has been working on this
> > particular box for months. 
> > Nothing else is claiming /dev/dsp - artsd and esd
> > have been disabled and 
> > are not running, and 'fuser /dev/dsp' confirms this.
> > 
> > I've also been through the mailing list and noticed
> > a couple of people 
> > reporting similar issues, but with no followups.
> > 
> > I'm using a WinTV PCI card (ie: bttv driver) and
> > onboard via 82cxxx audio.
> > 
> > So - anyone - what's the next step in order to find
> > out what's locking the 
> > system?
> > 
> > -Russell
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
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