[mythtv-users] multiple tuners, sound from one output?

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Nov 22 22:47:20 EST 2005


Alan wrote:

>Hey all, just joined up, and have recently gotten a mythtv box almost
>completely up and running via knoppmyth.  I got things working with the
>pvr350 card, and then decided to add a second cheap card in, and grabbed
>a wintv-go, which after a bit of fighting got going as well.
>
>The only issue that I have right now is with sound.  Is it possible to
>get both cards (and better still, both cards and the sound card) to have 
>sound out of a single set of outputs that I can plug into my amp.
>  
>
PVR-350 audio out to sound card line in and sound card out to amp, then 
http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-7.html .

>I currently have the pvr350 as the main tuner and the wintv-go as the
>second card, so if something is recording, the wintv card is used to
>view live tv.  
>
>The problem is that when this is happening, how can I get the sound to
>come out of the tv same as it does when livetv is playing with the 350?
>If I have speakers connected directly to the wintv card sound comes out
>fine, but if it's plugged into the line out of the wintv and into the
>line in of the 350, I get no sound.
>
>Also, when playing avis via the 'play videos' option, sound comes out of
>the sound card, not the pvr350 output.
>
>So my question would be: how can I set up my system so that all sound
>goes out of a single output, preferably the pvr350 so I can simply plug
>that into my amp.  
>
>I've experimented with the 'pvr350 controlls audio' setting and the
>results seem to be the same.
>
You don't want this enabled.  You want to use the sound card.

>  I'm hoping there's some alsa mixer hack or
>fancy way of doing this, or a hidden setting somewhere that I just need
>to flip.
>  
>
Nope.  Just need to finish configuring your system.

Mike


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