[mythtv-users] Sound problems

[Matthew Mead]

Woot!

Thats it.. I didn't see that there was a seperate capture bar that needed
captur.

Its working now.

Thanks for the help!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Markey" <bjm at lvcm.com>
To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Sound problems


> Matthew Mead wrote:
> > The problem I am seeing is I am setting it as capture with alsamixer..
but
> > still no sound. I even tried to do it with the mic with no luck.
>
> Right, that's part of it but there is also an independent slider
> that controls the "Capture" level used for recording. This is
> usually several items to the right of "Line".
>
>                      CAPTUR      CAPTUR
> +--+        +--+     L+MM+R      L+--+R
> |  |        |  |      |  |        |  |
> |  |        |  |      |  |        |  |
> |##|        |##|      |  |        |##|
> |##|        |##|      |  |        |##|
> |##|        |##|      |  |        |##|
> |##|        |##|      |  |        |##|
> |##|        |##|      |  |        |##|
> |##|        |##|      |  |        |##|
> |##|        |##|      |  |        |##|
> |##|        |##|      |  |        |##|
> +--+        +--+      +--+        +--+
> Master  ...  PCM  ...  Line  ... <Capture>
>
>
> > Grrrrr.. stupid on-board sound cards.. I'm going to go get a sb here
> > shortly.
>
> Not a bad idea. I use a SoundBlaster Live! (snd-emu10k1) for
> digital out to my receiver and SoundBlaster 16PCI (snd-ens1371)
> for all my other machines. They just plain work.
>
> > whats weird is if I mute it in xawtv and then fire up aplay /dev/dsp
> >
> > I get a spam of underrun!!! (at least XX.XXX ms long) and no sound.
>
> Those are expected and can be ignored. It does confirm that
> the driver is loaded and you are talking to a device file with
> a device driver behind it. My guess is that you just need to
> crank up the "Capture" slider.
>
> --  bjm
>
>


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