[mythtv-users] Problem Recording

[Mark Edwards]

> So, now I did fix the ringbuf1 problem, but now another problem has
> sprung up. This time I have no idea what to do because I have had this
> error before and it was fixed easily but I can't fix this one the same
> way. This error is the one when you do not have the sound set up
> correctly and when you try to watch live TV mythfrontend freezes and you
> see that it has spit out a bunch of errors relating to opening the audio
> device. I followed all of the steps in the How-To regarding trouble
> shooting audio. I can hear sound fine when I use xawtv and "aplay
> /dev/dsp". I do not know how to go about troubleshooting this problem
> because I know my sound works for everything else. Any ideas? I am not
> posting the error because it is the typical sound card problem error,
> but if someone feels that it would be useful, let me know and I will
> post it.

Have you checked the user running the backend has (reand and write) access
to /dev/dsp?
It may actually help if you posted the exact error, theres many 'typical'
errors with sound and we don't know which one you have!