[mythtv-users] ALSA not working in Myth

[Al McIntosh]

Chris Lynch wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> So today I decided to break down and move to the SVN version of Myth 
> (8858).  I have everything working now with the exception of audio.  
> Previously ALSA worked just fine from RPMs (I'm running on FC4), but 
> now I get nothing from the frontend.  When I compiled myth, I did the 
> following command:
> ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-xvmc --enable-opengl-vsync 
> --enable-proc-opt --enable-audio-alsa --enable-firewire --enable-dts
>
> That should enable ALSA... and I get no compile errors and all looks good.
>
> But when I run Myth and play any file, I get the following in the log:
> 2006-02-04 20:51:17.917 Audio output device is set to an ALSA device 
> but ALSA support is not compiled in!
> 2006-02-04 20:51:17.917 NVP: Disabling Audio, reason is: Unable to 
> create AudioOutput.
>
> This is really confusing - if I play a file in Xine or with mplayer 
> using ALSA, it plays just fine.  Yikes.
>

Use of a package, IE: ALSA only requires the libraries. To build against 
a package you would require the devel package, IE:
alsa-lib-devel.