[mythtv-users] Onboard Sound with VIA8235

[David Engel]

On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 10:07:30PM -0700, Shawn Jackson wrote:
> After getting mythtv installed I would always get a black screen when 
> selecting 'watch tv' with a message in the term "player: cannot open audio" 
> or something or other.  I tried using ALSA and a million other things, and 

More than likely, you've got artsd, esd or someother program using
your sound device and preventing myth from using it.  Your Santa Cruz
doesn't have this problem since it supports hardware mixing,
i.e. multiple programs can use it at the same time.

David
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David Engel
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