[mythtv-users] Plextor ConvertX tuner missing sound

Eric Pheatt eric.pheatt at gmail.com
Tue May 6 22:44:58 UTC 2008


On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Thomas Pedersen <tp at gvdnet.dk> wrote:
> Hello
>
>  I'm having trouble with getting the Plextor tuner to work in MythTV with
>  sound.
>  For now I been manually compiling and installing the go7007 driver in
>  Gentoo. (Used version 0.9.8, with a patch for the 2.6.24 kernel)
>  The gorecord application works perfectly with both sound and video output.
>  The tuner is configured and video works fine in MythTV, but sound does
>  not at all. (Tried both version 0.20.2 and 0.21 of MythTV)
>  I'm using device /dev/dsp1 which worked in gorecord (and tried both dsp
>  and dsp for input without any luck).

Have you taken a look at the Wiki page for sound?
(http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Sound_Troubleshooting)

Which audio and mixer devices are you using for output?

>  -- Gorecord is a program supplied with the driver, for those out there
>  not knowing.
>  The following error from the mythbacked seem to explain the situation:
>
>  ...
>  2008-05-02 17:10:35.355 TVRec(1): Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
>  2008-05-02 17:10:35.357 TVRec(1): HW Tuner: 1->1
>  [mpeg4 @ 0xb736c028]removing common factors from framerate
>  2008-05-02 17:10:37.633 AutoExpire: CalcParams(): Max required Free
>  Space: 2.0 GB w/freq: 15 min
>  VIDIOC_S_CTRL:V4L2_CID_AUDIO_MUTE: Invalid argument

I think this is a normal warning and harmless for the hardware and
driver... At least it does not cause me any problems.

-Eric


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