[mythtv-users] TV - Just live sound : no record, no pause (

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Oct 4 01:02:23 UTC 2005


p.crassous wrote:

>When viewing TV, and hit P, the image pauses but not the
>sound. When recording, sound does not get recorded.
>
>When I quit mythtv, the TV sound continues to play until I
>stop the alsa daemon. On the next system start, it starts to
>play as soon as the alsa daemon starts !
>
>I read the myth howto chapter on sound and used various alsa
>mixers accordingly to set 
>- Line=mute, capture,
>- Capture=capture
>- Master = nomute
>- PCM = nomute
>all with 75to100% levels
>
>but there is no sound at all with line=mute 
>
>The problem occurs either with  (device=ALSA:default,
>mixer=default) or  (device:/dev/dsp, mixer=/dev/mixer) in
>mythfrontend
>  
>
You still need to fix your audio settings.  See 
http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-21.html#ss21.5 (specifically the 
section "Troubleshooting audio") and  re-read 
http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-7.html .

>I run mythtv 0.18.1 (home compiled) on debian sarge on an
>Intel865PERL motherboard. I get the image from an internet TV
>box with a SCART out. 
>...
>I noticed that there is no "mixer" device in /dev/snd, is this
>a problem ??
>  
>
Nope.

HTH.

Mike


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