[mythtv-users] rear speakers not working, maybe Alsa OSS problems

[James Knight]

On Friday, May 16, 2003, at 06:16  PM, Scott Beck wrote:
> The way I understand myth is it uses /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer to speak 
> to
> the soundcard which is the Alsa OSS compatibility layer in my setup.
> Could this be a problem with the driver not working properly with this
> layer? The reason, I assume, it works with xmms is xmms uses alsa
> directly. Any thoughts?

I don't know whether this will solve your problem, but I'm working on a 
patch for mythtv to use ALSA directly. I've gotten the TV part working, 
now I'm rewriting mythmusic audio output to share the same code. 
Hopefully I'll get it all working this weekend.

James