[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 8.10 audio issues

[spectro]

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 2:10 PM, spectro <spectro at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I migrated my home setup from old Knoppmyth to mythbuntu. Everything
> works
> > fine except audio in the frontend where I have two issues:
> >
> > 1. Audio starts muted in the frontend box. I need to reach out for the
> > keyboard, open xterm and unmute it with alsamixer everytime I boot the
> box
> > 2. Audio is way too low compared to my old Knoppmyth frontend in same
> > hardware. I use analog audio to my HDTV and audio levels used to be just
> > fine.
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to solve these two issues?
>
> the first is just a matter of storing your alsa state, 'alsactl store'
> should do the trick.
> the second is a bit tougher as there are a couple places to make sure
> the volume level is set correctly, so make sure the levels in
> alsamixer are at max and then check the audio output level in MythTV's
> settings.
>

Somehow both issues got fixed. I opened alsamixer in a terminal and cranked
every single audio level to 100%. I found a few ones I did not know about
all the way to the right and they made a difference.

It seems the state got saved somehow, it is no longer muted after reboot.

Thanks.
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