[mythtv-users] Audio issues - New Install

[Jerry]

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 9:47 PM, Ashu Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 7:31 PM, Jerry <mythtv at hambone.e4ward.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Ashu Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 6:54 PM, Ashu Desai <ashu.desai at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Jerry <mythtv at hambone.e4ward.com>
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Karl Newman <newmank1 at asme.org>
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>> Maybe you need to disable Pulse Audio... I don't use it, but I think
>>>>>> it might override alsa.
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>>>>> This can be tricky to do in Fedora and I'm sure it's similar in
>>>>> CentOS.  I've found that:
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>>>>> chmod -x /usr/bin/pulseaudio
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>>> I did this and this is what I got after a reboot
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>>> [mythtv at mythfe7 ~]$ alsamixer
>>> ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect:
>>> Connection refused
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>>> cannot open mixer: Connection refused
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>>> I think it's the permissions?
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>>> [mythtv at mythfe7 ~]$ ls -ahl /usr/bin/alsamixer
>>> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 66K Nov  7  2016 /usr/bin/alsamixer
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>>> Should I be changing permissions?
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>> Sorry about that.  It worked for me.  If you can't get alsamixer to open,
>> then I'd switch it back and reboot.
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>> chmod +x /usr/bin/pulseaudio
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>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_sound_problems has some
>> suggestions, specifically:
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>> using dnf or yum (not both -- pick the one you use)
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>> dnf|yum remove alsa-plugins-pulseaudio
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>> I wasn't able to fully disable pulseaudio until changing permissions as I
>> told you.
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> That changed my default to HD NVidia - however it gives this static sound
> like before when playing certain files or any music (mp3)
> Basically FE doesn't like those soundtracks.I looked at them
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> For example - my movie U-571 with DTS - static noise. Fast & Furious - DTS
> - plays just fine.
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> There is a KODI page on working with PulseAudio.  Check it out, it might
help you.  It took me a few minutes to try the command line choices.  You
might be able to select the proper sound card this way at least.

http://kodi.wiki/view/PulseAudio

I've been trying to get my passthrough working in KODI -- I get static like
you do unless I disable the passthrough settings.  It works with other
programs but not with KODI.

That is, I don't get any errors in Plex Media Player and MythTV, but how
can you really tell if you have DTS or not?  I guess it either makes static
or it works.

Hopefully, you will have more luck that I am having with KODI.  I am
throwing in the towel for the rest of today.
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