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

[sarvinc@fastmail.fm]

On Saturday 04 February 2006 14:02, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> sarvinc at fastmail.fm wrote:
> >On Wednesday 01 February 2006 20:27, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> >>sarvinc at fastmail.fm wrote:
> >>>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.
> >
> >I normally use ALSA and in General have:
> >
> >Audio output device: "ALSA:default"
> >Mixer Device "Default"
> >Mixer Control "PCM"
> >
> >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.
>
> Mixer Device should be "default" (no quotes) with a lower-case "d"
>
> Mike

Sorry, that's how mine is set up. Between checking the settings and typing the 
message out I must've added a capital. For now I'm working around this by 
transcoding everything into mpeg4, but I still can't watch live tv.