[mythtv-users] Gravely audio

Johnny Walker johnnyjboss at gmail.com
Tue Jan 26 21:16:51 UTC 2010


On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 3:37 PM, steve <networks1 at cox.net> wrote:
> Now that I have playback audio working on my system, I notice there is
> terrible audio quality.  This is hard to describe, but it’s “gravely,” like
> there are very frequent short drop-outs.  This happens not only when I play
> back via Mythtv, but also when I play the mpeg via the Totem movie player in
> Gnome.

You left out information regarding your version of MythTv and the
Linux Distro you're using.

Have you researched this on the wiki yet?

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Sound_Troubleshooting

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> To rule out the possibility that the capture device (HDPVR) is defective, I
> copied the mpeg file onto a windoze machine and played it, and the audio
> sounds fine.  To rule out some problem with the audio hardware on the linux
> box I played a CD, which also sounds fine.
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> So somehow the problem only occurs when playing the audio from mpeg files.
> Mythtv is configured to use ALSA:front for output (ALSA:default wouldn’t
> work).  I don’t know if Totem uses that too.
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> I realize this appears not to be a mythtv-specific problem (I also posted on
> the fedora list) but I was wondering if any other mythtv users have had this
> problem, and if so how they fixed it.
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> Thanks,
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> Steve
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