[mythtv-users] MythTV audio output

[ian at duckland.org]

On Sun, 18 Jan 2004, Kevin Kuphal wrote:

> I'm having some trouble with audio output from MythTV.  
> 
> I have a Redhat 9 system installed with MythTV from RPMs.  
> I'm using the latest RPMs of ALSA.  
> I have a Yamaha based sound card that is connected to my stereo using the
> SPDIF connection.  
> I have my WinTV PCI card (bt878) connected from line out to line in of the
> Yamaha card.
> I can play from mplayer, aplay, cat > /dev/dsp, or any other method and it
> all plays through the SPDIF connection as I have my .asoundrc set to route
> default pcm to it.
> MythMusic plays fine
> MythVideo plays fine
> 
> Except for MythTV.  I can hear the TV out from a set of computer speakers
> connected to the card but no sound is output to the SPDIF connection.  
> 
> Any suggestions?  Do I need to compile MythTV with native alsa support (I've
> been avoiding compiling from source)?
> 

What does your /etc/modules.conf say?  It sounds like you just need to 
make sure that you've got OSS emulation configured, and you can tell Myth that 
you're using OSS.  No need for native Myth ALSA support at this point.  
Then just point Myth at the correct OSS audio output device...

	-I