<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 12:29 AM, Michael T. Dean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 11/27/2009 04:47 PM, mark wrote:<br>
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Matt S. wrote:<div class="im"><br>
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On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 3:00 PM, mark wrote:<br>
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Sound will stop several times a day, or can be made to do so when attempting<br>
to open a wmv file from videos.<br>
The only way to get it to start again is to restart alsa-utils from init.d,<br>
then it is fine again.<br>
Ubunty 9.10 with compiled fixes, sound and vid via HDMI.<br>
<br>
I have this using XFCE, with the sound and volume in XFCE settings<br>
unchecked, compiled with pulse.<br>
Maybe I am misunderstanding the audio setup. Should I be setting things up<br>
differently?<br>
<br>
What could be causing this audio stop behavior? What does alsa-utils<br>
restart actually fix?<br>
Ideas?<br>
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Mark - not sure, but I'm having a similar issue in that occasionally<br>
on Ubuntu 9.10 where I'll loose the ability to send analog/pcm sound<br>
out via SPDIF, yet digital audio still works. It seems to be resolved<br>
when I run the speaker-test command. Here's a bug report of the<br>
issue, thought it might be related to what you are seeing, but I<br>
honestly don't know:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/25632" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/25632</a><br>
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Yes, that does sound like my issue. Odd. Oh well, a cron entry to restart alsa-utils will fix it.<br>
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Both sound like issues where you're using PulseAudio in an external program, which re-enables the suspended Pulse that made audio work properly in Myth.<br>
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Mike<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>I had this problem in 9.10 as well and restarted alsa all the darn time. I am using 10.04 now and just noticed that i can fix it by just toggling the mute in alsamixer for the master audio. That's right, just mute and unmute and viola. I am using SPDIF as well. Something happens in myth when changing between live TV, recordings, or mythmusic. I use all three all the time and have to keep alsamixer open in another window for toggling. Hopefully we can find a fix soon because it's just plain annoying. ;)<br>
<br>Andrew<br>