[mythtv-users] unable to initialize audio with pvr 350

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Sat Feb 4 20:02:54 UTC 2006


sarvinc at fastmail.fm wrote:

>On Wednesday 01 February 2006 20:27, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
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>>sarvinc at fastmail.fm wrote:
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>>>It's an odd question I know, but is it possible to use the pvr350s
>>>recording capabilities only? I've just moved and really don't feel like
>>>dragging the TV out when there's a perfectly good monitor in front of me.
>>>I don't remember what I did, but video plays on the monitor, but I get
>>>the message "unable to create audio output." If I link to the recording
>>>and watch with Myth Video the recording plays fine.
>>>      
>>>
>>MythVideo uses mplayer to playback video unless you changed it to the
>>Internal player.  It sounds like you don't have your audio device
>>properly assigned in the General setup of MythTV.  It should be set to
>>the same that mplayer ends up using.
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>I normally use ALSA and in General have:
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>Audio output device: "ALSA:default"
>Mixer Device "Default"
>Mixer Control "PCM"
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>Since I'm using Alsa should I be using something else? I've just tried pretty 
>much every combination that's there under General and no luck.
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Mixer Device should be "default" (no quotes) with a lower-case "d"

Mike


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