[mythtv-users] No audio

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/21/2011 02:27 AM, Malte Gell wrote:
> running MythTV 0.24 and pulse audio I get no audio. Mythfrontend says
>
> 2011-02-21 08:19:56.664 Pulse: PulseAudio suspend OK
> 2011-02-21 08:19:56.717 AO: Opening audio device 'default' ch 2(2) sr 44100 sf
> signed 16 bit reenc 0
> ALSA lib control.c:902:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL /dev/mixer
> 2011-02-21 08:19:56.786 ALSA, Error: failed to register mixer device
> /dev/mixer: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
> 2011-02-21 08:19:56.786 ALSA, Error: Unable to open audio mixer. Volume
> control disabled
>
> But, /dev/mixer is there. I run pulse audio server on top of Alsa, is this a
> problem? But it seems, Mythtv suspends pulse audio?

/dev/mixer is the OSS-API mixer device.  If you use ALSA API for MythTV 
audio, you need to specify ALSA:default for the mixer.

Mike