[mythtv-users] Sound Problem - Redhat 9 + ALSA via8233

[John Madill]

I feel your pain!  I just went through 3 days of this, and the bottom line is
that nothing I did helped.  Audio worked fine with the standard RedHat driver,
but couldn't get sound from the 8233 with the ALSA drivers.  Well, I *could*
hear something if I cranked the amp up to 100%, but that was barely noticible.

I searched the web, including the FAQ and the ALSA site, and found nothing that
would help.

Only thing I could figure is that the audio is coming out of a port OTHER than
the jack on the back system board, or maybe the driver just doesn't work.  I
dunno.

If the audio didn't sound so bad, I would have switched back to the RedHat
drivers, but instead I opted to turn off the Via8233 and use an old SoundBlaster
Live PCI card I had here collecting dust.

Sometimes the obvious isn't so obvious.

If you figure it out, I'd love to know the fix, but figure out what your time is
worth and see if maybe a *known good* card would be a cheaper fix in the long
run.

-jm

On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 15:58:40 +1200, Daniel Williams wrote:

> I have just recently configured up my RedHat 9.0 box with MythTV .10.
> 
> Everything works fine, except that there is no sound!!
> I have downloaded + compiled the latest snapshot ALSA driver for my
> VIA8233 onboard sound card.
> 
> Sound works fine in xawtv and everything else I've tried, but not in
> MythTv.
> 
> I've seen on the net, a suggested test to see if things are configured
> correctly by:
> running xawtv and muting the sound.
> then running aplay on the /dev/dsp device to ensure the sound comes through.
> aplay -r 48000 /dev/dsp
> 
> This doesn't play any sound, and I get messages "xrun!  xxxx"  with xxx
> being some number of Milliseconds.
> 
> Everything appears to be setup according to the docs.
> 
> Any Ideas / Experience in what's wrong???
> 
> TIA.
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
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