[mythtv-users] Mythmusic no longer working on remote FE

Paul Harrison mythtv at sky.com
Sat Jan 14 19:41:51 UTC 2012


On 13/01/12 17:08, Duiker TS wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a problem with mythmusic that only popped up about a month ago,
> and in the absence of any error message I have no clue how to solve it.
>
> My system is a dedicated mythbuntu BE with everything in storage groups,
> accessed by a remote mythbuntu FE. The FE has HDMI towards my TV and
> S/PDIF (optical) towards my amp. In my general setup I have the HDMI
> (ALSA:hdmi:CARD=NVidia, DEV=0) output defined, and in mythmusic setup I
> use the optical output (ALSA:iec958:CARD=Nvidia,DEV=0, as taken from the
> detect audio in the general setup). This has worked flawlessly for about
> a year.
>
> I don't tinker with a setup that works, and the only changes have been
> mythbuntu and myth-fixes updates. Currently I am running mythbuntu 10.04
> with fixes/0.24 v0.24.1-112-g40f3bae
>
> A couple of weeks ago I wanted to play some music again, and mythmusic
> didn't make a sound anymore. It still finds all my music and playlists,
> but when I select something to play it just stops. Normally on the
> screen, next to the artwork, you see the song title, the group, and the
> album with underneath the time vs total time and a progress bar. The
> time and bar no longer show, and sometimes the artwork doesn't show up
> either (just a black square, didn't happen before). When I exit
> mythmusic it doesn't give me the "exit while continue to play" question.
>
> Thinking that there was something with the optical output I changed
> music settings to "default" audio, which should point to the setting in
> general settings (i.e. hdmi). Same problem.
>
> Meanwhile the sound via hdmi for recordings and videos is just fine.
>
> The log file does not show me anything obvious:
>
> * trying with optical settings in mythmusic:
> 2011-12-30 15:52:14.273 XMLParse: LoadTheme using
> '/usr/share/mythtv/themes/default-wide/music-ui.xml'
> 2011-12-30 15:52:35.065 AO: Opening audio device
> 'iec958:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0' ch 2(2) sr 44100 sf signed 32 bit reenc 0
> [mp3 @ 0x7f3828f016d0] max_analyze_duration reached
> [mp3 @ 0x7f3828f016d0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be
> inaccurate
>
> * trying with "default" setting, using indeed my hdmi but still giving
> no sound nor progress on screen:
> 2011-12-30 15:53:35.599 XMLParse: LoadTheme using
> '/usr/share/mythtv/themes/default-wide/music-ui.xml'
> 2011-12-30 15:53:43.196 AO: Opening audio device
> 'hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0' ch 2(2) sr 44100 sf signed 32 bit reenc 0
> [mp3 @ 0x7f3829180780] max_analyze_duration reached
> [mp3 @ 0x7f3829180780] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be
> inaccurate
>
> * from when it still worked correctly
> 2011-04-16 18:35:23.646 XMLParse: LoadTheme using
> '/usr/share/mythtv/themes/default-wide/music-ui.xml'
> 2011-04-16 18:35:31.119 AO: Opening audio device
> 'iec958:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0' ch 2(2) sr 44100 sf signed 32 bit reenc 0
> [mp3 @ 0x7f5c847db030] max_analyze_duration reached
> [mp3 @ 0x7f5c847db030] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be
> inaccurate
> [mp3 @ 0x7f5c8475b2e0] Header missing
> 2011-04-16 18:38:36.771 Read frame failed
> 2011-04-16 18:38:37.719 ALSA, Error: WriteAudio: buffer underrun
> [mp3 @ 0x7f5c84dd1d60] max_analyze_duration reached
>
> * output of aplay -L:
> null
>      Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
> default:CARD=NVidia
>      HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
>      Default Audio Device
> front:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>      HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
>      Front speakers
> surround40:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>      HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
>      4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
> surround41:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>      HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
>      4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> surround50:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>      HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
>      5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
> surround51:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>      HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
>      5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
> surround71:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>      HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Analog
>      7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
> iec958:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>      HDA NVidia, ALC662 rev1 Digital
>      IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
> hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
>      HDA NVidia, NVIDIA HDMI
>      HDMI Audio Output
>
> Does anyone have an idea of things I can try to get mythmusic functional
> again?
>
>
> Thx, and have a great 2012!
>
>
> Tony
>
>

Does running mythfrontend with -v playback,file show anything interesting?

Paul H.



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