[mythtv-users] distorted sound

[David Brodbeck]

Xaero wrote:
> Hi,
> I have an hauppauge express (bt878 based) card. The audio works always
> well with the passthrough cable ad tvtime (or "pure" line-in)
> 
> - with an asus vm-hdmi motherboard the sound is distorted in live-tv
>   both with bt878 audio drivers (no cable) and with the passthrough
> cable . If I set the capture volume to 0, the distortion is low
>   but still present.
> - with an asrock motherboard, I get the same distortion with the bt878
> drivers, but with the cable the sound "seems" to be ok until ~50% of
> capture volume..
> 
> The card is supposed to be used with the asus motherboard, so at the
> moment I have no working configurations...
> 
> Any ideas?

Is the distortion happening on playback, or on recording?  My
motherboard distorts playback audio if I set the PCM level higher than 80%.