[mythtv-users] Cannot get Alsa sound after upgrade

[Rich West]

Len Reed wrote:
> Sound (both AC3-passthrough and other) works fine on my existing system: 
> Fedora core 6 x86_64, mythtv 0.20.2-165.fc6.  On the same hardware, 
> running the latest (Fedora 8, mythtv 0.21-185.fc8) I get no sound.  I've 
> tried changing the output devices (in mythfrontend)and playing with 
> mixer settings. I get nothing from either the optical or the analog outputs.
>
> Sound on the F8 system works fine, via the optical TOS output, when 
> using xmms or "play".  Only mythfrontend doesn't work.  On xmms I can 
> select "default", hw:0,0 (analog) or hw:0,1 (digital).  All work fine.
>
> Sound h/w is on the Asus M2N32-SLIDelux motherboard.  (Hardware: Athlon 
> 64 dual core, DVB card, firewire, and PVR250.  High def output from 
> Nvidia PCIE to TV.)
>
> On both FC6 and F8 there's one card.  It's a "HDC NVidia"; module is 
> "snd-intel8x0".
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

Quick question: Have you checked pulseaudio?  It comes (by default) with 
Fedora 8 and, in my limited experience with it, it does tend to produce 
the situation that you describe.

Check out:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/328414?search_string=pulseaudio;#328414
http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=177587


-Rich