[mythtv-users] blank screen + "Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!"

John Knottenbelt jak97 at doc.ic.ac.uk
Wed Oct 8 13:20:32 EDT 2003


Hi Kevin, what audio chipset are you using? I get similar messages using the 
ALSA:default device on the CMI 8738 chipset.

On Wednesday 08 October 2003 06:05, Kevin Bowen wrote:
> I just upgraded my distribution (from redhat 9 to Fedora (i.e. redhat
> beta)) and rebuilt and installed myth .11 (keeping my database and settings
> from my previously working install), and now I'm getting this old problem,
> where when I enter live TV, I get a blank screen, then after a few seconds
> pause, MANY lines of "Audio buffer overflow, audio data lost!" printed to
> the console by mythfrontend. I got this problem once before after I
> upgraded ALSA, and the solution then was to change my audio device from
> /dev/dsp to /dev/dsp0. This time, however, my alsa setup hasn't changed
> (same install as before) and its working for everything else. I tried
> changing the audio device back, but still the same thing. Anyone have any
> idea what else could be causing this this time around?
>
> Kevin Bowen
>
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