[mythtv-users] Fedora 23, mythtv and pulseaudio

[Richard Shaw]

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 1:50 PM, HP-mini <blm-ubunet at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:

> On Thu, 2016-02-04 at 18:38 +0000, Neil Bird wrote:
> > On 14/01/16 19:36, Warren Sturm wrote:
> > > Has anyone else experienced problems with audio on master.  After
> running mplayer or vlc,
> > > myth will not have any audio until 'pulseaudio -k' has been issued.
> > >
> > > There is a stream of the following type of error:
> > > 2016-01-14 12:27:23.317104 E  PulseAudio: WriteAudio, stream write
> failed: PA_ERR_INVALID
> > > 2016-01-14 12:27:23.317110 E  PulseAudio: WriteAudio, short write, 0
> of 2822
> > > 2016-01-14 12:27:23.317115 E  PulseAudio: WriteAudio, stream write
> failed: PA_ERR_INVALID
> > > 2016-01-14 12:27:23.317127 E  PulseAudio: WriteAudio, short write, 0
> of 2822
> >
> >    Did you find out anything about this?  I've just discovered it
> > happens to me too.
> >
> Work-around.
> Unless you need pulseaudio server running then don't..
> If you use mythtv directly with the alsa device (no easy sharing) then
> pulseaudio server is automatically stopped.


Yes, sorry I didn't notice that when I first read the OP's email. You
should (if you haven't already) tell mythtv to use the ALSA device
directly. It will suspend PA on playback and resume it when done.

Thanks,
Richard
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