[mythtv-users] PVR-350 & 500 in same box, sound issues

[Joe Votour]

--- Intense Red <intnsred at golgotha.net> wrote:

>    I have a PVR-350 in my system which worked fine
> with the PVR-350's hardware 
> decoder.  The only "problem" was that MythTV is so
> slick TV watching has 
> increased and 1 tuner was not enough. :-)
> 
>    So I added a PVR-500 to the box.  The system is a
> combo frontend/backend 
> which outputs to the TV using the PVR-350's TV out,
> and it also serves as a 
> backend to a couple of computers in the house.
> 
>    Adding the PVR-500 was no problem -- drop it in,
> IVTV found it 
> automagically, and I added the 2 tuners (etc.) to
> mythtv-setup and all works 
> well.  Well, all except the local TV sound (remote
> frontends work just fine).
> 
>    If I turn off the "Use the PVR-350's TV out /
> MPEG decoder" setting in the 
> frontend, both video and sound work fine.  Sound
> comes out of the TV like it 
> should.  If I turn on the "Use the PVR-350's TV out
> / MPEG decoder", I get 
> video but no sound.
> 
>    Can anyone whack me with a clue-bat?
> 
>    On a semi-related note, MythTV seems to grab
> whichever one of the 3 tuners 
> it wants to record things.  What I'd like to do is
> to "reserve" the PVR-350 
> for live TV, and to have Myth do recordings only off
> from the 2 PVR-500's 
> tuners.  Is this possible?
> 
>  Thanks in advance.
> 
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When using the PVR-350 MPEG decoder, the sound comes
out the breakout connector on the card.  You'll need
to loop the sound to your sound card (as discussed in
the archives to death) and configure the mixer
correctly.

-- Joe

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