[mythtv-users] MythTV, minor sound issue, major video issue

Chris Siwiec csiwiec at ftdi.com
Thu Jul 17 12:11:06 EDT 2003


The sound problem I have resently see too. ( i also have a PVR 250  Havent
had time to look at.

the video problem on the other hand could be our record profiles.  Default,
livetv, and transcode
are they set for hardware MPEG?

I am not sure but it is something to check

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marius Kjeldahl" <marius at kjeldahl.net>
To: <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:05 AM
Subject: [mythtv-users] MythTV, minor sound issue, major video issue


> I'm running MythTV from CVS with a PVR 250 card and on an nForce2
motherboard
> (Shuttle SN45G with nForce2 sound and net) and have noticed a couple of
> issues. I've been waiting a week to see if these were solved by upgrading
> from the live CVS tree, but so far no sigar.
>
> 1. Sound issue
>
> When MythTV starts up and I go in and watch live tv, sound is not enabled.
> Simply switching channel seems to activate sound, but I would guess it
should
> be on by default. The only clue I have found about sound from the backend
is
> this message:
>
> WARNING:  Capture device /dev/dsp is not reporting full duplex capability
>
> Does not sound too serious, and as said I have no problem with sound after
> switching channel.
>
> 2. Video issue
>
> Watching live tv works great, even pause/unpause livetv. However, all
> recordings that have been scheduled from the program guide seems to be
blank
> (includig no sound). When I try to play recordings, the screen briefly
> flashes blue and then shows all black. I've tried various recordings on
> various channels but they all fail. I have no problem watching live tv -
only
> the recordings fail. I have found no indications in the output from the
> backend that it is having problems recording, and apart from the missing
> sound and video, it actually stores a recording (all black, no sound).
>
> Any hints would be appreciated.
>
> Marius K.
>
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