[mythtv-users] mythbuntu 12.04 mythtv 0.26 no sound except for mythfrontend

[jacek burghardt]

Did you configure asound.conf ? There are many examples on configuring it


On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 24 June 2013 07:51, scram69 <scram69 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So, not exactly a problem with myth... but I have no sound on my frontend
> > machine except when using mythfrontend.  I am using spdif out of the
> > mainboard (HDA ATI SB, ALC888 Digital).
> >
> > I notice in the front end log that it appears myth suspends pulseaudio
> for
> > playback, and then re-instates it following playback.  However, killall
> > pulse audio does not help.
>
> you'll need to make sure pulse audio is properly configured on your box.
>
> if you've configured myth to use ALSA by default, it will suspend
> pulse to access the ALSA device directly.
>
> you can configure myth to use pulse too; though with SPDIF you
> probably do not want that as you'd be loosing 5.1 audio
>
>
> >
> > I also notice that user mythtv is part of the audio group, but that my
> user
> > is not.  Could that be the problem?
>
> it all depends on how your pulse audio is configured ; by default you
> would have a pulse daemon running, which itself must be in the audio
> group . that you're user isn't , is not a problem per say as you do
> user -> pulse -> audio
>
> it's pretty rare these days that pulse isn't properly configured out
> of the box though
>
> JY
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