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

[Gabe Rubin]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> On 18 November 2010 04:32, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> When I had ALSA:default or ALSA:spdif in the database (and shown in
>> the settings screen) and tried to scan for audio devices, it gave me a
>> pop-up that said ALSA:default is not a valid device and then just
>> allowed me to click ok (this is not verbatim, best I can remember it).
>>  I had to actually go into the database and make that value blank and
>
> there is no need to manually edit the database; just select any of the
> device in the list.
>
> pressing the scan button has two purposes:
> find which devices are available on your system and tested to work
> and test the capabilities of the audio device you manually entered
> (here ALSA:default)
>
> that it shows a pop-up stating that it's not a valid device means that
> it was found that either it didn't exist in alsa subsystem, or
> couldn't be opened etc.

I understand that I should not have to edit the database manually, and
once the list was generated, I did not.  I simply chose the correct
device.  However, until I manually edited the database to remove the
reference to ALSA:XXXX (whether XXXX was default or spdif), no devices
would populate the list (akthough I could be misremembering things and
not actually looked to see if devices were populated once I received
that pop-up -- I don't think I misremembering though).
>
>> the scan for audio devices to make it work.  When I had softsqueeze
>> running, it would not bring up the iec958 device, so I had to kill
>> that program to properly scan (I understand why it would not add that
>> device to the list and not saying this is an issue, I am just giving a
>> description of what happened).
>>>>
>
> yes, if the device is in use elsewhere, when you scan, it test all the
> discovered device sequentially ; as iec958 couldn't be opened, it's
> not added to the list
>
That is what I assumed happened.

Nevertheless, thank you for all your work on redesigning the audio
system for myth.  I have a feeling that this will make setup of audio
a much easier process in the future.  One question though, how does
the .asoundrc file get affected by these changes and is it no longer
needed or ignored by myth now?