[mythtv-users] User job advice

[Harry Devine]

Jesse Burt wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 19:51 -0500, Jesse Burt wrote:
>
>   
>> Check your mixer (try alsamixer if you have it) to see if you have a
>> "Line capture" channel or switch. If it does try unmuting or turning it
>> on and muting the separate 'Line in' channel. This should allow audio to
>> be captured from the Line in port without having to hear it on your
>> speakers all the time.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jesse
>>     
>
> I don't know why I hadn't thought of this the first time through but you
> can also try capturing the audio over the bus instead of piping it
> through your sound card. Make sure you have the cx88-alsa.ko kernel
> module loaded and in your MythTV Capture Card setup, change the audio
> device to that of your HD5500 (if you have one sound card and one
> capture card it will most likely be /dev/dsp1). Be sure to also set the
> sampling rate to 48000 Hz in your recording profiles; I believe any
> other setting with the pcHDTV cards ends up sounding tinny.
>
> Cheers,
> Jesse
>
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Never mind!  I just got it working.  I did 'ls -l /dev/ds*' and saw that 
I had 2 devices:  /dev/dsp and /dev/dsp2.  I took a guess that /dev/dsp 
was the main sound device, and that /dev/dsp2 was the one on the pcHD550 
card, so I set it as my audio device in the capture card setup and 
success.  That was the final piece of the puzzle!  Now I can record all 
of the channels that I want.  Hopefully it's bye-bye to my Comcast DVR 
($13.95/month) VERY soon!

Thanks alot for the help.  Just you asking that question about /dev/dsp1 
got me thinking about the problem in a new way.
Harry