[mythtv-users] *bump* remote frontend; ALSA not working
Christopher Singley
csingley at gmail.com
Sun Jan 23 18:52:17 EST 2005
anyone? anyone?
bueller? bueller?
i'm truly stumped, and grateful for any hints
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so i got the mythtv backend working - audio,video, record, playback.
i built the frontend; i was able to get it to connect to the backend.
the frontend can playback video from backend, but no audio.
ALSA is working on the frontend system; aplay, mpg123, mplayer all work.
how can i get mythtv to send sound out to ALSA?
i am using a soundblaster live card with an .asoundrc i swiped from these
helpful people:
http://www.wilson-stowe.com/mythfiles/debian_and_myth.html
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# Override the default output used by ALSA.
# If you do not override the default, your default
# device is identical to the (unmixed) analog device
# shown below. If you prefer mixed and/or digital
# output, uncomment the appropriate four lines below
# (only one slave.pcm line).
#pcm.!default {
# type plug
## Uncomment the following to use mixed analog by default
# slave.pcm "dmix-analog"
## Uncomment the following to use unmixed digital by default
# slave.pcm "digital-hw"
## Uncomment the following to use mixed digital by default
# slave.pcm "dmix-digital"
#}
# Alias for analog output on the Sound Blaster Live! (hw:0,0)
# - This is identical to the device named "default"--which
# always exists and refers to hw:0,0 (unless overridden)
# - Therefore, we can specify "hw:0,0", "default", or "analog"
# to access analog output on the Sound Blaster Live!
pcm.analog {
type plug
slave.pcm "analog-hw"
}
# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the Sound Blaster Live! card
ctl.analog {
type hw
card 0
}
# Alias for (rate-converted) mixed analog output on the
# Sound Blaster Live! (hw:0,0)
# - This will accept audio input--regardless of rate--and
# convert to the rate required for the dmix plugin
# (in this case 48000Hz)
pcm.mixed-analog {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmix-analog"
}
# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the Sound Blaster Live! card
ctl.mixed-analog {
type hw
card 0
}
# Alias for (rate-converted) digital (S/PDIF) output on the
# Sound Blaster Live! (hw:0,3)
# - This will accept audio input--regardless of rate--and
# convert to the rate required for the S/PDIF hardware
# (in this case 48000Hz)
pcm.digital {
type plug
slave.pcm "digital-hw"
}
# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the Sound Blaster Live! card
ctl.digital {
type hw
card 0
}
# Alias for mixed (rate-converted) digital (S/PDIF) output on the
# Sound Blaster Live! (hw:0,3)
# - This will accept audio input--regardless of rate--and
# convert to the rate required for the S/PDIF hardware
# (in this case 48000Hz)
pcm.mixed-digital {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmix-digital"
}
# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the Sound Blaster Live! card
ctl.mixed-digital {
type hw
card 0
}
# The following devices are not useful by themselves. They
# require specific rates, channels, and formats. Therefore,
# you probably do not want to use them directly. Instead use
# of of the devices defined above.
# Alias for analog output on the Sound Blaster Live! (hw:0,0)
# Do not use this directly--it requires specific rate,
# channels, and format
pcm.analog-hw {
type hw
card 0
# The default value for device is 0, so no need to specify
}
#Control device (mixer, etc.) for the Sound Blaster Live! card
ctl.analog-hw {
type hw
card 0
}
# Alias for digital (S/PDIF) output on the Sound Blaster Live! (hw:0,3)
# Do not use this directly--it requires specific rate,
# channels, and format
pcm.digital-hw {
type hw
card 0
device 3
}
#Control device (mixer, etc.) for the Sound Blaster Live! card
ctl.digital-hw {
type hw
card 0
}
# Direct software mixing plugin for analog output on
# the Sound Blaster Live! (hw:0,0)
# Do not use this directly--it requires specific rate,
# channels, and format
pcm.dmix-analog {
type dmix
ipc_key 1234
slave {
pcm "analog-hw"
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_size 4096
rate 48000
}
}
# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the Sound Blaster Live! card
ctl.dmix-analog {
type hw
card 0
}
# Direct software mixing plugin for digital (S/PDIF) output
# on the Sound Blaster Live! (hw:0,3)
# Do not use this directly--it requires specific rate,
# channels, and format
pcm.dmix-digital {
type dmix
ipc_key 1235
slave {
pcm "digital-hw"
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_size 4096
rate 48000
}
}
# Control device (mixer, etc.) for the Sound Blaster Live! card
ctl.dmix-digital {
type hw
card 0
}
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running mythsetup on the frontend, i have tried using ALSA:default,
ALSA:analog, ALSA:hw:0,0, ALSA:mixed-analog settings for sound output...
all to no avail. mind you, the whole time ALSA is loaded and playable by
other applications.
i also have OSS emulation enabled and the modules are loaded, yet using
/dev/dsp or dev/sound/dsp doesn't work either.
this about exhausts my feeble knowledge of sound under linux; might there
be an ALSA guru who can give me a push in the right direction?
so close, and yet so far away....
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