[mythtv-users] Audio solved...

Leif Pihl leif at pihl.us
Sat Nov 16 14:27:47 UTC 2013


On Nov 15, 2013, at 9:17 PM, Nick Rout wrote:

> 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 ;)
> _______________________________________________

NOPE. 
As previously discussed, the editor had two digits, one was a "v". 
Process of elimination means he must be old-school, and use just plain "vm". 



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