[mythtv-users] Full alsa sound

[Brent Bolin]

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 03/01/2010 05:14 PM, Brent Bolin wrote:
>>
>> Hello all.  Was just wondering when setting alsa volume levels why
>> mythtv doesn't do all the volume levels.
>>
>> For example
>>
>> Master, PCM and Front
>>
>> Setting master and/or pcm take effect, but front is not adjusted.  To
>> get the full volume out of my front ends I need to login and run
>> alsamixer and manually set front to get full volume.
>>
>> Currently using stereo jack on a couple of front ends.
>>
>
> Myth's ALSA audio output support is basically just a (series of?) hack(s) to
> extend the original OSS audio output support and was never fully developed.
>  The fact that the current code presumes that all audio cards have a Master
> and PCM control (which is not true in the case of a large number of
> Intel-HDA-based sound cards) is another anachronistic assumption that should
> eventually be fixed with a big refactoring of the audio code.  (Note that I
> did not say a "planned refactoring.")
>
> Anyone wishing to do said refactoring would make a lot of people happy.
>
> Mike
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This was not meant to be a criticism of any of the development of
MythTV only pointing something out.

I am enough of a hacker to figure out many unix/linux anomalies.

Was just thinking today what a great media center Myth has become in
my house hold in the short time I have been using it.

It gave me the ability to drop Comcast and only use OTA broadcasts and
DVD media.  Saving one bunch of money on recurring billing.

When I explain to people watching my 55 inch HD front end display that
it's NOT using cable only OTA broadcasts they ask me "who do you pay?"
I say nobody.

I'm 52 years old.  The going notion is "cable" is the only thing there
is.  Then I say OTA has been around a lot longer.  And now there is
OTA HD.

I suppose putting a little work in to make MythTV work won't be for
the masses, but trying to make it as intuitive as possible can't hurt.