[mythtv-users] .23 Sound Issues............Please God shoot me now!!

[Another Sillyname]

On 2 June 2010 14:21, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Wednesday, June 2, 2010, Jim Hendry <hendryjh at gmail.com>
>> As far as I can tell the only way to control optical volume is with pulseaudio (or esd/arts). ALSA does not seem to have a mechanism for controlling master/pcm volume for S/PDIF.
>>
> Course there is.
>
> As mentioned in this thread and many times before. If using spdif  or
> digital audio, you can make myth control the volume by setting the
> mixer device to "software".
>
> Why use pulse that will completely mess the quality of the output?
>
> Pulse only ever make sense on a PC if you are using this PC for
> running other application than mythtv , at the same time as mythtv and
> that also requires audio output.
> And maybe when you want to output audio on another PC.
>
> In all other cases, ALSA is the best solution for mythtv and I can't
> see what functionality pulse would provide that myth can't already do.
>
> JY
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Jean-Yves

The 'export DEBUG_PULSE_AUDIO_ALSA_EMULATION=1' immediately prior to
running mythfrontend fixes the problem for me.

To everyone who is suggesting other remotes the reason I HAD to fix
the problem without buying a new remote is the system is also driven
by a Sony PS3 bluetooth remote which gets used during the day for
music playing around the house.  However when the phone rings the
volume needs to be turned down from wherever, the easiest way to do
this was with a BT remote so that's what I did.  WAF very high as it's
small and neat, big clunky complicated remote that needs to be pointed
at the Amp as a replacement would have been a non starter.

I'm a happy bunny at the moment though as the system does exactly what
I want, 1 remote controls the volume all through the myth system...

Thanks