[mythtv-users] More Sound Issues - SB Live! bttv card.

Albert Santoni GameGod at sympatico.ca
Mon Jul 21 11:25:38 EDT 2003


Did you compile ALSA yourself?
If not, try following the instructions on the MythTV site for that...
(They're really good...)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent Michalski" <brent at perlguy.net>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 9:27 AM
Subject: [mythtv-users] More Sound Issues - SB Live! bttv card.


> I have searched the archives, but with the vast amount of sound problems
> in there, I was unable to find anything that helped me yet.
>
> So, I am going to ask and see if anyone has any answers for me...
>
> I have a RedHat 9 box with a Sound Blaster Live! Card in it, I can play
> movies and music fine, and I can "cat" sounds to /dev/dsp.  I cannot use
> "aplay" and point it to /dev/dsp though, it tells me "no such device"...
>
> The main problem I am having is with sound coming from my DirecTV box.
> I have an older Hauppage(sp?) card that works fine and I can see the
> video no problem.  I am using the S-Video as my input source.  If I
> start Xawtv, I can fiddle with the channels and get a bit of distorted
> sound, but I cannot get a nice, clear sound source...
>
> I am using the sound drivers that RedHat installed when I loaded this
> box, I had seen several messages about alsa having problems with SB
> Live! cards so wanted to stay away from more problems.
>
> If anyone has pointers or an example setup that they may have, that
> would be awesome!  I imagine that there are probably many out there who
> have RH9 and an SB Live! card and even an older WinTv card...
>
> Anyway, pointers and tips or complete solutions would be very welcome!
> I REALLY want to get to a point were I can RECORD shows, at the moment
> all I can do is watch existing videos, listen to music and browse
> photos...
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Brent Michalski
>
>
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