[mythtv-users] Myth and multiseat

[Yan Seiner]

On Tue, October 14, 2008 11:11 am, Rene Harder wrote:
> Brad DerManouelian schrieb:

>> How do you handle audio from two separate instances?
>>
>>
> ALSA can handle multiple audio clients pretty well. The only thing is,
> that ALSA will mix the sound together if you play music and a movie
> simultaneously.
> If you need independent sound output you will need a second sound card.

A half-baked guide:

http://wiki.c3sl.ufpr.br/multiseat/index.php/How_to_make_the_sound_work

Basically, figure out from the hardware address which card is which, tag
them with the number that matches the display you want to use, set myth up
to use alsa:default, and then run

ALSA_CARD=$SOUND_CARD$DISPLAY mythfrontend

--Yan

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