[mythtv-users] Frustration with ALSA and Mythtv

[cmisip]

My configuration is pretty stable.  Only one mythfrontend crash since
.12 install.

I use the oss drivers for sb live.  If you are interested, here is the
howto:

http://cmisip.home.insightbb.com/mythtv.htm

On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 04:03, Graeme Woollett wrote:
> I'm running 2.4.20-20_29 with mythtv-0.12, and a SBlive (I had the 
> problem with 0.11 as well) .
> When the machine has booted I run this script. 
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> amixer -c 0 sset Mic,0 40% unmute cap
> amixer -c 0 sset Line,0 40%,40% unmute cap
> amixer -c 0 sset Capture,0 40%,40% unmute cap
> amixer -c 1 sset Mic,0 40% unmute cap
> amixer -c 1 sset Line,0 40%,40% unmute cap
> amixer -c 1 sset Capture,0 40%,40% unmute cap
> #amixer -c 0 set Master,0 100%,100% unmute
> #amixer -c 0 set Line,0 75%,75% mute captur
> #amixer -c 0 set Capture,0 100%,100% mute captur
> #amixer -c 1 set Master,0 100%,100% unmute
> #amixer -c 1 set Line,0 75%,75% mute captur
> #amixer -c 1 set Capture,0 100%,100% mute captur
> v4lctl -c /dev/video0 volume mute off
> v4lctl -c /dev/video1 volume mute off
> 
> Not matter what I try the audio is only comming out of the RH speaker!  
> I did a fresh install of everything and the problem went away.
> I've looped the tv audio out from the tv card to the sblive line in.  
> The cable is fine!
> Now it's back, no  changes to the sound setup have been made.  Playing 
> music from ogg is not a problem so its a capture related issue.
> I saw a thread in the archives in which some people where having the 
> same problems but it didn't appear that there was a solution.
> 
> On another front I have 2 tv cards, one a an saa7134 and the other an 
> bt878 based one.
> With mythtv-0.11 these recorded simultaneously without problems.  Since 
> I've upgraded to 0.12 I either get a mythbackend segmentation fault or
> it just hangs.  I have an Nvida card with 4363 version nvidia driver.
> 
> Does anybody a a magic receipe that yields a stable myth box i.e kernel 
> version, myth version compiled or RPM, nvidia driver version etc.
> 
> This software is fantastic, thanks to all who have made it so.
> That said these problems are really hacking me off!
> 
> Graeme
> 
> 
> 
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