[mythtv-users] Can't scan fir audio devices in new .24 install

Adam Jimerson vendion at gmail.com
Sat Nov 13 14:28:06 UTC 2010


On my first attempt I didn't have any custom setting, during the upgrade
those setting where carried over.

Sent from my Nexus One running Android 2.2
On Nov 13, 2010 9:25 AM, "Jean-Yves Avenard" <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> On 14 November 2010 00:44, Adam Jimerson <vendion at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ok so the Scan does work its just not making any changes to the menu
>> automatically.  After hitting the scan button then scrolling through the
>
> It does change the menu content automatically.
> However, if you have entered a custom entry: that entry is left
> displayed and will configure all fields according to what the device
> you have entered is capable of doing (for example, if you have
> manually entered an analog device, AC3 and DTS will be disabled)
> .
> This was specifically design for people wanting to enter manually a
> device that myth didn't find.
>
> Scan devices button has two purposes: scan all devices and scan the
> device you manually entered.
>
>> "Audio Output Device" I see a "ALSA:surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0" option
>> selecting that and playing a test video and audio works.  Incase MythTV
>> selecting the device that it found during the scan should be the default
>> action I am still sending in my logs, otherwise please ignore and thanks
for
>> the help.
>
> I see things differently.
> User settings shouldn't be changed without explicit consent by the user.
>
> Also, how could myth now what you actually have plugged to your PC?
> it's just not possible.
>
>>
>> Frontend output: http://pastebin.com/5pyeC9ah
>> Backend output: http://pastebin.com/xPEnWbVb
>
> Those logs show that everything is working properly.
> ALSA reports devices that can't be opened and as such they are removed
> from the list.
> You entered custom data and it scan those.
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