[mythtv-users] No sound from Win PVR-350
Intense Red
intnsred at golgotha.net
Fri Jan 6 14:25:11 UTC 2006
My setup: Kubuntu, latest 0.4.1 ivtv, w/a PVR-350 using TV Out to a regular
NTSC TV.
My system puts out both audio and video to the TV just fine -- but *not*
when using the MythTV option of using the 350's hardware TV playback.
Here is my present sound configuration:
* From the PVR-350's TV-Out comes three RCA-type cables. One of those is piped
straight to the TV; that seems fine, since it's the video cable and the video
gets to the TV just fine using any setting.
The other 2 cables are plugged into a reverse-Y, thus merging the two RCA
cables from the PVR-350 into a single computer-speaker-type audio plug.
I have 3 audio ports on my motherboard: Mic-In, Line-In, and Line-Out.
(Previously, my computer's speaker was plugged into Line-Out and worked
fine.) The reverse-Y cable with the two RCA cables of the PVR-350 is plugged
into the Line-In socket of my sound card.
* A Y cable with a single computer-speaker-type audio plug and two RCA plugs
is plugged into the sound card's Line-Out socket. The two RCA plugs of that
Y cable are then plugged into the two RCA plugs of my TV.
From what I've read, the above cable layout is normal. Any advice and/or
idiot-level instructions to get this sorted out would be appreciated.
I have to wonder if my problem(s) are in my software setup. Here are some
questions/possibilities:
* In MythTV's Utilities/Setup, Setup, TV Settings, Playback menu there is a
screen to "Use the PVR-350's TV out / MPEG decoder"; also on that page is a
prompt for "TV audio through PVR-350 only".
No matter what options I use of the two above-mentioned options, I get no
sound.
However, if I entirely turn off the "Use the PVR-350's TV out / MPEG
decoder", then all seems fine -- video plays and I also have sound come out
of the TV.
Is this normal behavior? Is anyone using the PVR-350 TV out / MPEG decoder
option successfully?
Thanks in advance.
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