[mythtv-users] Sound problem with 0.27 on Ubuntu 14.04

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Mike,

Thursday, April 24, 2014, 11:09:59 PM, you wrote:


> On 04/24/2014 08:50 AM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
>> Hoi Mike,
>>
>> Thursday, April 24, 2014, 5:28:55 PM, you wrote:
>>
>>> On 24/04/14 16:03, Mike Carron wrote:
>>>> On 04/24/2014 04:23 AM, Karl Dietz wrote:
>>>>> On 24.04.2014 07:05, Mike Carron wrote:
>>>>>>      Apr 23 19:39:01 Office mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[10904]: E
>>>>>>      CoreContext audio/audiooutput.cpp:185 (OpenAudio) Audio output
>>>>>>      device is set to a Windows device but Windows support is not
>>>>>>      compiled in!
>>>>> It appears as if you have configured mythfrontend with this hostname but on MS
>>>>> Windows in the past. Please run the audio configuration again. If you intent
>>>>> to dual boot this system you can either use different hostnames or tell mythtv
>>>>> to use a separate configuration.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Karl
>>>> ***
>>>> Unfortunately Setup -> Audio crashes the FE. If I try the Setup Wizard the FE
>>>> freezes as soon as I advance to the Audio section and Ctrl-Alt-F1 is necessary
>>>> to regain any control. I did have an MS Windows machine with the same name
>>>> (Office) and with Mythfrontend configured but it was only connected to an older
>>>> 0.25 BE. Having MythTV on this machine isn't absolutely necessary but sure is
>>>> convenient, I use it primarily to edit shows before transcoding them for the
>>>> Video Library and I can do that from any FE. I haven't done a real build for
>>>> over 25 years so I hope it won't come to that.
>>>>
>>> The next step is to run it from a console with appropriate tracing (-v) enabled
>>> so that you can pin down what happens and where.
>> Then if that doesn't create other problems, rename the machines
>> hostname or change the <LocalHostName> tag in config.xml
>>
>>
>>
>> Tot mails,
>>    Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>>
>> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
>> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
>> Het eeuwige dilemma
>> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>>
>> De lerende Mens
>>
>>
> ***
> Thanks Hika, changing the machine hostname worked.

> mike

It is the way to reset your host configuration to the default.
So be sure to check your whole configuration again after you do this.
Also the old broken configuration will still be in the database. If
you want to remove it, there was a thread about it some month ago.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

"Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
Zonder leven is er geen hoop
Het eeuwige dilemma
Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"

De lerende Mens