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

[Mike Perkins]

On 26/06/13 04:08, scram69 wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 8:11 PM, scram69 <scram69 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 5:39 PM, jacek burghardt <
>> jaceksburghardt at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Did you configure asound.conf ? There are many examples on configuring it
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>>> On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 6:04 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>> On 24 June 2013 07:51, scram69 <scram69 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> you'll need to make sure pulse audio is properly configured on your box.
>>>>
>>>>
>> I have a .asoundrc file configured with the defaults as described here:
>> http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Asoundrc
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>> alsamixer indicates that my SB HDA card is the default.
>>
>> But all of that is for configuring ALSA - like Jean-Yves points out, I
>> need to figure out how to fix pulseaudio.  If only information on how to
>> configure pulseaudio was a fraction as abundant as information on how to
>> obliterate it...
>>
> Update - I had to resort to the GUI to wrestle pulseaudio into submission:
> sudo apt-get install pavucontrol
>
> aplay -l lists my soundcard as default.  However, in order to get my sound
> card to show up in the GUI I had to issue $pulseaudio --kill; perfectly
> obvious, right?  At that point I could go into the configure tab in the GUI
> and select SPDIF for my board.
>
> Anyway - hope this helps other mythbuntu users who might want sound in an
> application other than mythfrontend.
>
Of course, you'll have to put something in your startup (or take something out) 
to ensure that pulse gets killed (or doesn't start) every time you reboot.

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Mike Perkins