[mythtv-users] ECS Liva for frontend - brief report

Larry Kennedy lunchtimelarry at gmail.com
Sat Jan 3 03:08:19 UTC 2015


On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Larry Kennedy <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Calvin Dodge <caldodge at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I can answer at least one question.  As the Liva doesn't use Nvidia
>> video, you won't get anywhere with Nvidia drivers.
>>
>
> I didnt think so.
>
>
>>
>> I set up the frontend (in Audio) to use HDMI sound.  I don't get
>> anything from the sound test, but it DOES work when I'm playing shows.
>> Have you tried that?
>>
>
> I am testing by playing a recorded program.  As I toggle through the
> choices in the myth frontend audio setup.
>

Just wanted to let everyone know that I solved the HDMI audio issue by
upgrading to the 3.16 kernel.


>
>
>> Calvin Dodge
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Larry Kennedy <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I got my Liva up and running with Mythbuntu 12.2.  My BE is CentOS 6
>> running
>> > 0.26.1 so I assumed I needed to go with this older version of
>> Mythbuntu.  I
>> > just had to roll forward from 0.25 to 0.26.
>> >
>> > Will Mythbuntu 14 allow me to roll back to myth 0.26?  I assume not.
>> >
>> > Anyway,  I've got the thing up and running except that I get no audio
>> over
>> > HDMI.  This is my first experience with Mythbuntu, so I am struggling a
>> bit.
>> > I've search all over the net and there are just so many things to try,
>> and
>> > it's hard to know whether any of this is relevant to the Liva, being a
>> new
>> > and different beast.
>> >
>> > I can find no sound preferences anywhere in the system menu or in
>> Mythbuntu
>> > itself.  Is this normal for Mythbuntu?
>> >
>> > Do I need to make any adjustments to the audio settings in the Liva
>> Bios?  I
>> > didn't.
>> >
>> > I have read that some users have installed nvidia drivers to get HDMI
>> sound
>> > to work.  Do I need to do that?  Looks like I am running lightDM now.
>> >
>> > Should I get rid of pulse audio? This has been a common mythtv theme
>> over
>> > the years.
>> >
>> > I toggled through all the possibilities in the mythtv audio setup menu
>> (this
>> > list seemed to match aplay -L output) and nothing produced sound. I
>> didn't
>> > try the wizard, but I did rescan.
>> >
>> > Do I need a custom /etc/asound.conf to enable HDMI sound?
>> >
>> > I checked alsamixer, F5 to show all, and nothing is muted.
>> >
>> > I checked aplay -l:
>> >
>> > **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
>> > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC282 Analog [ALC282 Analog]
>> >   Subdevices: 1/1
>> >   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>> > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: ID 2882 Digital [ID 2882 Digital]
>> >   Subdevices: 1/1
>> >   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>> >
>> >
>> > Nothing here screams HDMI though.
>> >
>> > aplay -L shows more:
>> >
>> > default
>> >     Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server
>> > sysdefault:CARD=PCH
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>> >     Default Audio Device
>> > front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>> >     Front speakers
>> > surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>> >     4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
>> > surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>> >     4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
>> > surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>> >     5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
>> > surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>> >     5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
>> > surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>> >     7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
>> > hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ID 2882 Digital
>> >     HDMI Audio Output
>> > dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>> >     Direct sample mixing device
>> > dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ID 2882 Digital
>> >     Direct sample mixing device
>> > dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>> >     Direct sample snooping device
>> > dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ID 2882 Digital
>> >     Direct sample snooping device
>> > hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>> >     Direct hardware device without any conversions
>> > hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ID 2882 Digital
>> >     Direct hardware device without any conversions
>> > plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>> >     Hardware device with all software conversions
>> > plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
>> >     HDA Intel PCH, ID 2882 Digital
>> >     Hardware device with all software conversions
>> >
>> >
>> > Any suggestions very much appreciated.  I am at my wits end.
>> >
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