[mythtv-users] Audio solved...

[Nick Rout]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Leif Pihl <leif at pihl.us> wrote:
> Guys/Gals:
>
> Here's my "report" for lack of a better word, about the solution to the
> Audio problem I had.
> For background information, see previous posts with subject:  "Audio not
> working... What should I check?"
>
> Two days ago, I had just begun perusing through the recommended web site:
> "https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture#HDMI_output_does_not_work",
> when I had reason to drop by my friend's place who knows Linux/Unix/BSD,
> etc.
> I mentioned the Audio and multi-tuner problems, and he ended up stopping by
> today to see what he could do.
>
> He ended up going through the directions as listed on the above web page.
> We determined that while my original installation had the correct default of
> HDMI audio, this most recent re-build had the analog 1/8th inch audio jacks
> as the default audio output.
> The solution that did NOT work was the file that looked something like this:
>    defaults.pcm.card 0
>    defaults.pcm.device 7
>    defaults.ctl.card 0
> His solution was to create the file with the content that looked something
> like this:
>    type hw
>    card 0
>    device 7

I hope he used vim ;)