[mythtv-users] Continued sound issues

[Casper Pedersen]

All,

I have have the same problem, any information on how to fix this problem?

Regards/Casper

Damon Searle wrote:

>I'm having the same problem (well almost). I was using OSS with my SB Live
>value, but Mythtv 0.9 and 0.10 kept crashing, so I switched to ALSA. Now all
>recordings/live tv only play through the right channel. Recording with
>arecorder produces a stereo file.
>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
>>[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net]On Behalf Of Doug Miller
>>Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2003 8:17 AM
>>To: Discussion about mythtv
>>Subject: [mythtv-users] Continued sound issues
>>
>>
>>I've done some more testing to see if I could narrow down my sound
>>problem (left channel only).  I unmuted my line in on the sound card and
>>I can hear the tv fine, in stereo.  I can play wav/mp3's fine, in
>>stereo.  The problem is when I watch live tv, I am only getting sound
>>out of the left channel.  When I tried aplay /dev/dsp tho, I get the
>>following.
>>
>>myth root # aplay /dev/dsp
>>Playing raw data '/dev/dsp' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono
>>xrun!!! (at least 9.219 ms long)
>>xrun!!! (at least 11.766 ms long)
>>xrun!!! (at least 11.849 ms long)
>>xrun!!! (at least 11.846 ms long)
>>xrun!!! (at least 11.849 ms long)
>>xrun!!! (at least 11.846 ms long)
>>xrun!!! (at least 11.849 ms long)
>>xrun!!! (at least 11.858 ms long)
>>and on and on....
>>
>>8000 hz mono eh?
>>That seems to be my problem, only thing is, I am not sure what is
>>causing that.  I know for certain that the input on the tv wonder is
>>getting stereo, and I know for certain that it's being passed to the sb
>>live in stereo, and when I unmute the line in (which is set for capture
>>btw) it is coming out of my speakers in stereo.  My only problem is
>>/dev/dsp is not right.  I am using the latest alsadrivers available thru
>>portage (using emu10k1), and I also have alsa-oss emerged.
>>
>>I am running a 800p3, sb live value, ati tv wonder ve.
>>I tried both the gentoo portage .10 myth, and the cvs from last night,
>>didn't make a difference.
>>
>>I can see the picture fine when I watch live tv.
>>
>>here are some more configs..
>>myth root # cat /etc/modules.d/bttv
>># i2c
>>alias char-major-89     i2c-dev
>>#options i2c-core        i2c_debug=1
>>#options i2c-algo-bit    bit_test=1
>>
>># bttv
>>alias char-major-81     videodev
>>alias char-major-81-0   bttv
>>options bttv            card=64 radio=0
>>options tuner           type=2
>>
>>
>>my alsa config..some comments taken out to limit length
>>myth root # cat /etc/modules.d/alsa
>># Alsa 0.9.X kernel modules' configuration file.
>># $Header:
>>/home/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-sound/alsa-driver/files/alsa-module
>>s.conf-rc,v
>>1.1 2002/12/21 06:31:52 agenkin Exp $
>>
>># ALSA portion
>>alias char-major-116 snd
>># OSS/Free portion
>>alias char-major-14 soundcore
>>
>>##  ALSA portion
>>alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1
>>##  OSS/Free portion
>>alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
>>
>>
>># OSS/Free portion - card #1
>>alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
>>alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
>>alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
>>alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
>>alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
>>
>>alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
>>alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
>>alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
>>
>># Set this to the correct number of cards.
>>options snd cards_limit=1
>>
>>If there is anything else I should include, please let me know.  This
>>problem is driving me crazy.  I had this same computer working fine
>>about a month ago, until the harddrive crashed on me, and I had to
>>reinstall everything.  I got used to pausing live tv, and now I am like
>>a crack fiend without crack! PLEASE HELP!!!
>>
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