[mythtv-users] Sound on analog recordings stopped working

[Patrick Oglesby]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:12 PM,  <voidtrance at comcast.net> wrote:
> The source for the PVR-250 is the exact same physical cable that feeds the
> HDHR. They just record
> the analog channels (2-31), while the HDHR record all the digital ones.
>
> I did not check the TV feed but I did check many of the videos from
> MythVideo (which
> experience the same problem and used to work prior to the problem) through
> my PS3. The sound
> is definitely still there.
>
> The fact that MythVideo videos are experiencing the same problem led me to
> believe that this is
> a sound/ALSA problem rather then a cable source problem.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Mari" <george_mythusers at mari1938.org>
> To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:54:26 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Sound on analog recordings stopped working
>
> On 10/27/2009 05:54 PM, voidtrance at comcast.net wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Recently, something happened on my MythTV system and sound from any analog
>> (PVR-250) recordings
>> stopped working. I say stopped working because I can't think of a single
>> thing that could have caused it.
>> It used to work fine. Then I went away on a business trip for a while
>> during which my system was auto-starting,
>> doing the recordings, and then shutting down. When I came back, things
>> didn't work.
>>
>> I have sound setup through my S/PDIF connector and I have MythTV
>> configured to do AC3 passthrough
>> for any digital sound. This works fine because I am able to get sound from
>> LiveTV through my HDHR and
>> for any recordings done through the HDHR.
>> However, when I switch to LiveTV through any of the PVR-250's (I have 3),
>> there is no sound. The same
>> happens for recordings done by the PVRs and any videos that don't have
>> digital sound.
>>
> [deleted]
>
> Need more info.
>
> What's your source that you've plugged into each PVR-250?  Analog cable?
>   Satellite settop box?
>
> Did you check your source by hooking it up to a TV, to make sure you're
> still getting sound from it?
>

This has come up on the list a couple times now.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/49068?do=post_view_threaded#49068

The short version is this, run

iecset audio on

and try again.