[mythtv-users] Re: dsp audio with cx8800 cards

[Jeremy Stribling]

Thanks much, this fixed the problem with tvtime and /dev/dsp . . . I can 
now hear delayed audio through /dev/dsp when watching video with tvtime 
(just what the MythTV documentation says should happen).  However, I 
still get no sound in MythTV, using /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer as the sound 
devices.  I'm still poring through mail archives, though I haven't come 
across anything that worked for me yet.  Any other suggestions?

>Message: 5
>Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:37:32 -0600
>From: Brent Fisher <brentfisher at shaw.ca>
>Subject: [mythtv-users] Re: dsp audio with cx8800 cards
>To: "mythtv-users at mythtv.org" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
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>I recently had exactly the same problem - I spent several days searching for the answer.  It turned out to be that the settings in alsamixer were incorrect.  I'm assuming that you are using ALSA.
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>You have to set the capture correctly in alsamixer.  This is done by pressing the space bar on the correct item at which point a red "CAPTUR" indicator should appear above the device.
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>I have 2 different motherboards with built-in sound chips.  On one of them I need to set capture on the "Line" item.  On the other, I need to set it to the "Capture" item.
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>Once you have done this you can actually mute the item and the audio will still be captured.
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>You may have to experiment a bit.
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>-Brent
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