[mythtv-users] No Audio

[Michael T. Dean]

Brandon Gawronski wrote:

> Hi… I’ve searched for a few weeks now and haven’t found any situations 
> similar to mine. I try to do everything one step at a time. I’ve 
> installed Fedora 4 Core and got my Hauppauge PVR 150 working with 
> tvtime (http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/), comes installed in FC4. It 
> tunes in all my channels, I can change channels, and I have audio.
>
> I then installed the mythtv components. Everything works great, I can 
> pause, rewind, and record… the guide appears correctly on screen, 
> wonderful. However…I don’t have any audio on Live TV or recorded 
> programs. Am I correct in saying that MythTV uses mplayer for playback?
>
No. See http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-21.html#ss21.5 (specifically 
the section, "Troubleshooting audio"). It even explains why xawtv (and 
tvtime) are not good tests to see if audio is working properly.

> I’ve tried to use mplayer to play a regular *.mpg file… and it always 
> come back with an error, no codec found, then the video plays with no 
> audio… just like MythTV. When I google the error that I’m getting, it 
> tells me to copy over some windows DLLs and a bunch of other 
> craziness. Are these issues related?
>
Too soon to tell. Fix Myth, then try playing back a recording with MPlayer.

> If I get mplayer to work do you think MythTV will work?
>
Nope (unless getting MPlayer to work requires fixing Myth ;). Fix Myth 
first.

> Any ideas..? Thanks for the help!
>
HTH.

Mike