[mythtv-users] newbie ... need help setting live tv .. no sound

Christopher Flynn flynnguy at gmail.com
Thu Oct 21 01:36:10 UTC 2004


I was playing with mythtv and I compiled it to use alsa. After I did
that I lost sound. So my suggestion would be to make sure mythtv was
compiled to use OSS. (and use alsa's oss emulation)
-Chris


On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 19:07:36 -0400, Irlapati <irlapati at verizon.net> wrote:
>  OK i get a cracking sound when using /dev/dsp.
>  
>  So in the backend and frontend, i set the setting to be /dev/dsp. I still
> get no sound. Do you know what else could be wrong?
> 
> 
>  
>  On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 13:22, Christopher Flynn wrote: 
>  Yes, you are right... I included the OSS emulation, try /dev/snd/pcmC0D0
> instead of /dev/dsp On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:06:31 -0400, Irlapati
> <irlapati at verizon.net> wrote: > I could be wrong. But i am under the
> impression that if i use ALSA, i will > not be using /dev/dsp. I am able to
> play music using xmms and mplayer using > ALSA:mixed-analog as the audio
> device. > But I will try what you said when i get home. > > > > > > On Wed,
> 2004-10-20 at 09:37, Christopher Flynn wrote: > Sounds to me like your sound
> isn't properly configured in mythtv. I would > try something like: cat
> /dev/random > /dev/dsp and if you hear static then > that's your audio card.
> Then make sure that's the one listed in your mythtv > setup. -Chris On Wed,
> 20 Oct 2004 09:25:01 -0400, Irlapati > <irlapati at verizon.net> wrote: > I
> have installed Mythtv using Jarold's > guide. When watching TV, i do not >
> get any sound out but i do get picture > though slow. I am able get sound if
> I > use the program tvtime. So I assume > that my soundcard is full duplex,
> the > connections are right and it works. > Can anyone help me figure out
> what is > wrong? Any help is appreciated. The > sooner i get this working,
> the less > likely my wife will think i am crazy. > I am using FC2. I have
> onbaord sound > and TV-out using nvidia. My tuner > card is leadtek's
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