[mythtv-users] MythTV Install

[Daryl McDonald]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com>
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>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Roger Siddons <dizygotheca at ntlworld.com>
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>>>  On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:58:45 +0100, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>> MythTV has a Volume Control, but when I back out to the Desktop, there
>>> is no sound, no Sound controls in the Settings menu and no Volume control
>>> icon in Panel at the top of the Desktop. During the initial Mythbuntu 14.04
>>> install, only MythTV had Sound control. I had no sound when running VLC or
>>> other apps with audio output.
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>>> I have done Google searches trying to find the proper way to add sound.
>>> I can launch Alsamixer from Terminal, but there are more convenient ways to
>>> have control over sound. It is there, by default, when Ubuntu 14.04 is
>>> installed. I just need to know how to add it in to my Mythbuntu install.
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>>> I haven't tried it on a Mythbuntu system but Mythbuntu is based on XFCE
>>> and my desktop XFCE uses pavucontrol (audio settings/menu) and
>>> indicator-sound for the panel, so you could try that;
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>>> sudo apt-get install pavucontrol indicator-sound
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>> I ran this command and it indicates I already have the latest version.
>> The volume icon allows me to change the volume, but there are no links to
>> the sound settings. If I right click on the volume icon and left click on
>> sound preferences, I get a dialogue box called System Settings with just
>> Personal Language Support, Hardware Printers, System Software and Updates.
>> I cannot choose the type of Output and Input, Balance, Test Speakers, etc.,
>> that I normally can when I install Ubuntu. There are still no Sound
>> Settings in the Application menu.
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> I have still been unable to install the Volume Indicator in the XFCE panel
> so I can adjust the sound volume and sound settings from my Mythbuntu 14.04
> desktop. There are also no sound settings in the Applications menu.
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> It was installed by default in my Ubuntu 14.04 desktop panel.
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> Rich Brook
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> I couldn't find the sound settings you're looking for in Mythbuntu either,
Mr Mashos can you advise the OP as to how to make sound adjustments in
Mythbuntu?
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