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<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 3:52 PM, HP-mini <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:blm-ubunet@slingshot.co.nz" target="_blank">blm-ubunet@slingshot.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div class="im">On Mon, 2013-05-27 at 14:08 -0400, Dave Matthews wrote:<br>
> Let try this with a subject.<br>
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> Also - the machine upgraded from MythTV 0.24 to 0.25 when the Ubuntu<br>
> upgrade happened.<br>
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</div><div class="im">> This is the parameter that was in place for years on the old<br>
> installation. The CA0106 is a soundblaster PCI card. Something has<br>
> changed in 12.04. How should I adjust the parameter so Mythtv gets<br>
> the right sound input device?<br>
<br>
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</div>Have you tried re-scanning audio devices in FE setup?<br>
(I'm guessing that this scans input devices as well)<br>
Try doing that scan with FE started with logging into terminal..<br>
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Can try a test with varied listed "arecord -L" devices<br>
arecord -D hw:CARD=CA0106 -r 48000 -f S16_LE -c 2 -d 5 -t wav test.wav<br>
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</blockquote></div><p> </p><div> </div><div><div><div>The rescan picks up the card as multiple devices. I tried them yesterday by adding ,DEV=n to the input device name yesterday with no change. The scan has lots of invalid argument messages.<br>
<br></div>Snip of FE setup<br>htpc@htpc:/usr/bin$ mythfrontend<br> - clipped<br>2013-05-27 16:58:23.296609 I MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server: <a href="http://192.168.1.6:6543/" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">192.168.1.6:6543</font></a> (try 1 of 1)<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:23.297619 I Using protocol version 72<br>2013-05-27 16:58:23.339962 I Bonjour: Service registration complete: name 'Mythfrontend on htpc' type '_mythfrontend._tcp.' domain: 'local.'<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:38.404682 E ALSA: snd_pcm_info_get_card: Operation not permitted<br>2013-05-27 16:58:38.705783 I Pulse: PulseAudio suspend OK<br>2013-05-27 16:58:38.862827 E ALSA: snd_pcm_info_get_card: Operation not permitted<br>
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave<br>2013-05-27 16:58:39.153130 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dmix:CARD=CX8801,DEV=0"): No such file or directory<br>ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave<br>
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>2013-05-27 16:58:39.243846 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dmix:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2"): No such file or directory<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:39.251421 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0"): Invalid argument<br>2013-05-27 16:58:39.259085 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=CA0106,DEV=1"): Invalid argument<br>ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>2013-05-27 16:58:39.266721 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=CA0106,DEV=2"): Invalid argument<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:39.274741 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=CA0106,DEV=3"): Invalid argument<br>2013-05-27 16:58:39.283644 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=CX8801,DEV=0"): Invalid argument<br>2013-05-27 16:58:39.291096 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0"): Invalid argument<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:39.298564 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1"): Invalid argument<br>2013-05-27 16:58:39.305576 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2"): Invalid argument<br>2013-05-27 16:58:39.565937 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("hw:CARD=CX8801,DEV=0"): No such file or directory<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:39.654881 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2"): No such file or directory<br>2013-05-27 16:58:39.913919 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("plughw:CARD=CX8801,DEV=0"): No such file or directory<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:40.004756 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2"): No such file or directory<br>2013-05-27 16:58:40.013547 E ALSA: snd_pcm_info_get_card: Operation not permitted<br>2013-05-27 16:58:40.604895 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("sysdefault:CARD=CX8801"): No such file or directory<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:41.010641 I Pulse: PulseAudio resume OK<br>2013-05-27 16:58:47.019054 I Pulse: PulseAudio suspend OK<br>2013-05-27 16:58:47.175943 E ALSA: snd_pcm_info_get_card: Operation not permitted<br>ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:47.563550 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dmix:CARD=CX8801,DEV=0"): No such file or directory<br>ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave<br>ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>2013-05-27 16:58:47.733510 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dmix:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2"): No such file or directory<br>2013-05-27 16:58:47.747357 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0"): Invalid argument<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:47.761113 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=CA0106,DEV=1"): Invalid argument<br>ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:551:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) The dsnoop plugin supports only capture stream<br>2013-05-27 16:58:47.777301 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=CA0106,DEV=2"): Invalid argument<br>2013-05-27 16:58:47.791246 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=CA0106,DEV=3"): Invalid argument<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:47.804729 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=CX8801,DEV=0"): Invalid argument<br>2013-05-27 16:58:47.819927 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0"): Invalid argument<br>2013-05-27 16:58:47.833686 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1"): Invalid argument<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:47.849303 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2"): Invalid argument<br>2013-05-27 16:58:48.124812 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("hw:CARD=CX8801,DEV=0"): No such file or directory<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:48.220098 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2"): No such file or directory<br>2013-05-27 16:58:48.486852 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("plughw:CARD=CX8801,DEV=0"): No such file or directory<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:48.576768 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2"): No such file or directory<br>2013-05-27 16:58:48.585301 E ALSA: snd_pcm_info_get_card: Operation not permitted<br>2013-05-27 16:58:49.178353 E ALSA: snd_pcm_open("sysdefault:CARD=CX8801"): No such file or directory<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:49.522759 I Pulse: PulseAudio resume OK<br>2013-05-27 16:58:56.054864 I Received remote 'Clear Cache' request<br>2013-05-27 16:58:59.469800 I Bonjour: De-registering service '_mythfrontend._tcp.' on 'Mythfrontend on htpc'<br>
2013-05-27 16:58:59.470311 I RAOP Device: Cleaning up.<br>2013-05-27 16:58:59.470342 I AirPay: Cleaning up.<br>2013-05-27 16:58:59.470371 I Pulse: Cleaning up PulseHandler<br>2013-05-27 16:58:59.470640 I Deleting UPnP client...<br>
2013-05-27 16:59:00.302544 I Waiting for threads to exit.<br>htpc@htpc:/usr/bin$ <br><br><br></div><div>The record test didn''t do what I expected. I tried it for all of fthe DEV numbers. None of the recordings gave me sound but a couple gave I/O errors. When I used the Ubuntu sound sttings tool and click on certain input us for the cared I hear the sound in the speakesr.<br>
<br>htpc@htpc:~/Desktop$ arecord -D hw:CARD=CA0106 -r 48000 -f S16_LE -c 2 -d 5 -t wav test.wav<br>Recording WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo<br>overrun!!! (at least 0.005 ms long)<br>
htpc@htpc:~/Desktop$ arecord -D hw:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0 -r 48000 -f S16_LE -c 2 -d 5 -t wav test.wav<br>Recording WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo<br>overrun!!! (at least 0.005 ms long)<br>
htpc@htpc:~/Desktop$ arecord -D hw:CARD=CA0106,DEV=1 -r 48000 -f S16_LE -c 2 -d 5 -t wav test.wav<br>Recording WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo<br>htpc@htpc:~/Desktop$ arecord -D hw:CARD=CA0106,DEV=2 -r 48000 -f S16_LE -c 2 -d 5 -t wav test.wav<br>
Recording WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo<br>arecord: pcm_read:1801: read error: Input/output error<br>htpc@htpc:~/Desktop$ arecord -D hw:CARD=CA0106,DEV=2 -r 48000 -f S16_LE -c 2 -d 5 -t wav test.wav<br>
Recording WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo<br>arecord: pcm_read:1801: read error: Input/output error<br>htpc@htpc:~/Desktop$ arecord -D hw:CARD=CA0106,DEV=3 -r 48000 -f S16_LE -c 2 -d 5 -t wav test.wav<br>
Recording WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo<br>arecord: pcm_read:1801: read error: Input/output error<br>htpc@htpc:~/Desktop$ </div><div> </div><div>arecord -L lists the following.</div>
<div>htpc@htpc:~$ arecord -L<br>default<br> Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server<br>sysdefault:CARD=NVidia<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog<br> Default Audio Device<br>front:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog<br>
Front speakers<br>surround40:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog<br> 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers<br>surround41:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog<br> 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers<br>
surround50:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog<br> 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers<br>surround51:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog<br> 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers<br>
surround71:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog<br> 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers<br> iec958:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Digital<br> IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output<br>
dmix:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog<br> Direct sample mixing device<br>dmix:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Digital<br> Direct sample mixing device<br>dmix:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog<br>
Direct sample mixing device<br>dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog<br> Direct sample snooping device<br>dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Digital<br> Direct sample snooping device<br>
dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog<br> Direct sample snooping device<br>hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog<br> Direct hardware device without any conversions<br>hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1<br>
HDA NVidia, ALC888 Digital<br> Direct hardware device without any conversions<br>hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog<br> Direct hardware device without any conversions<br>plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0<br>
HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog<br> Hardware device with all software conversions<br>plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1<br> HDA NVidia, ALC888 Digital<br> Hardware device with all software conversions<br>plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2<br>
HDA NVidia, ALC888 Analog<br> Hardware device with all software conversions<br>sysdefault:CARD=CX8801<br> Conexant CX8801, CX88 Digital<br> Default Audio Device<br>dmix:CARD=CX8801,DEV=0<br> Conexant CX8801, CX88 Digital<br>
Direct sample mixing device<br>dsnoop:CARD=CX8801,DEV=0<br> Conexant CX8801, CX88 Digital<br> Direct sample snooping device<br>hw:CARD=CX8801,DEV=0<br> Conexant CX8801, CX88 Digital<br> Direct hardware device without any conversions<br>
plughw:CARD=CX8801,DEV=0<br> Conexant CX8801, CX88 Digital<br> Hardware device with all software conversions<br>sysdefault:CARD=CA0106<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> Default Audio Device<br>front:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0<br>
CA0106, CA0106<br> Front speakers<br>rear:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> Rear speakers<br>center_lfe:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> Center and Subwoofer speakers<br>side:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0<br>
CA0106, CA0106<br> Side speakers<br>surround40:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers<br> surround41:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers<br>
surround50:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers<br> surround51:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers<br>
surround71:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers<br> iec958:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output<br>
dmix:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> Direct sample mixing device<br>dmix:CARD=CA0106,DEV=1<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> Direct sample mixing device<br>dmix:CARD=CA0106,DEV=2<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> Direct sample mixing device<br>
dmix:CARD=CA0106,DEV=3<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> Direct sample mixing device<br>dsnoop:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> Direct sample snooping device<br>dsnoop:CARD=CA0106,DEV=1<br> CA0106, CA0106<br>
Direct sample snooping device<br>dsnoop:CARD=CA0106,DEV=2<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> Direct sample snooping device<br>dsnoop:CARD=CA0106,DEV=3<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> Direct sample snooping device<br>hw:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0<br>
CA0106, CA0106<br> Direct hardware device without any conversions<br>hw:CARD=CA0106,DEV=1<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> Direct hardware device without any conversions<br>hw:CARD=CA0106,DEV=2<br> CA0106, CA0106<br>
Direct hardware device without any conversions<br>hw:CARD=CA0106,DEV=3<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> Direct hardware device without any conversions<br>plughw:CARD=CA0106,DEV=0<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> Hardware device with all software conversions<br>
plughw:CARD=CA0106,DEV=1<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> Hardware device with all software conversions<br>plughw:CARD=CA0106,DEV=2<br> CA0106, CA0106<br> Hardware device with all software conversions<br>plughw:CARD=CA0106,DEV=3<br>
CA0106, CA0106<br> Hardware device with all software conversions<br>htpc@htpc:~$ </div><div> </div><div>Dave<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div></div>