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TEL HDMI [INTEL HDMI]*=A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 - The important parts are the card=
and device numbers, keep track of these=A0=A0 =A0 =A0- Test audio out on t=
he device like this: speaker-test -Dplughw:0,3(notice the format <card numb=
er>,<device number>)=A0=A0 =A0 =A0- If the HDMI port is plugged in and work=
ing, you should get a static noise, you can press CTRL+C to stop it=A0=A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 - In the event this does not work, you need to make sure the HD=
MI port is not muted=A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0- At a terminal: alsamixer=A0=
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0- Use the Left/Right arrows to navigate across the b=
ottom of the screen, ensure any devices label S/PDIF or IEE* show a "00" =
=A0and not "MM", if they show "MM" you can type M to unmute them. To save a=
nd exit, use the ESC key. At this point
retry your testing above.=A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 - In the MythTV Frontend, navi=
gate the menus below:=A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 - Utilities / Setup > Setup > Gener=
al > Page 4 (Audio System)=A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0- Audio output device: =
ALSA:plughw:0,3 (in the case of my system, the device and/or card numbers c=
ould be differentin your case)=A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0- Click Next/Finish=
until you exit the menu. This will allow HDMI audio to work on your MythTV=
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<table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0" ><tr><td valign=3D"=
top" style=3D"font: inherit;">Sorry if this is not the proper way to reply =
as I have not used a mailing list before.<div><br></div><div><span class=3D=
"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size:=
12px; "><b>Current Status</b> I have no idea what is causing this iss=
ue to be honest. The DVR</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">worked fin=
e this morning, I just changed from loading AMD graphics to using open</spa=
n></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana=
, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">source and that seemed to do it, but, n=
ow, later in the day, it is not working. Only</span></div><div><span class=
=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-si=
ze: 12px; ">difference between then and now is everyone is using the intern=
et. I will try
to</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family:=
Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">test later on if this is indeed=
the case. Suffice it to say, from being elated this</span></div><div><span=
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; f=
ont-size: 12px; ">morning and having it work to it dieing and now no longer=
working, yeah, not</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=
=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">exactly happy.<=
br><br>All the configuration data has been correct since the beginning. Als=
o, to clarify, the</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=
=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">digital side wo=
rks perfectly and I have no complaints. I also do not have a set top</span>=
</div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, =
Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">box so the IR blaster is not a concern at=
the moment.
Only extended basic cable</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span=
" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">here whi=
ch is why I need the analog side to work. I have started looking into</span=
></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana,=
Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">getting a different card as well so I co=
uld test to see if I would have better results. </span><span class=3D"=
Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: =
12px; ">I also signed up for a trial of Schedules Direct to see if that</sp=
an></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdan=
a, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; "></span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span=
" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">would ma=
ke any difference, answer, not really. The analog scanner somewhat</span></=
div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Ar=
ial, Tahoma;
font-size: 12px; ">works though. It picked up most of my channels even tho=
ugh it said it failed. A final</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-=
span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">note=
, I am now running Mythbuntu 10.04 64-bit with MythTV .23 as per basically<=
/span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Ver=
dana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">everyones suggestion.</span></div><=
div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, =
Tahoma; font-size: 12px; "><br></span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style=
-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">I h=
ave tried everything everyone has suggested and unfortunately, except =
for the</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-fam=
ily: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">MythTV audio over HDMI that=
</span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana=
, Arial, Tahoma;
font-size: 12px; ">Nick (foxbuntu) had told me, it all failed. I'm now</sp=
an></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdan=
a, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">thinking it has something to do with s=
ignal degredation as more people start using</span></div><div><span class=
=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-si=
ze: 12px; ">their cable on the block and, as I said earlier, all the people=
currently using the</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" styl=
e=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">internet. I wi=
ll try again tomorrow morning to see if it works then or not. If I do end</=
span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verd=
ana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">up keeping this card, there are stil=
l a few other questions I have about it and</span></div><div><span class=3D=
"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size:=
12px; ">about
Mythbuntu.</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font=
-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; "><br></span></div><div><=
span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahom=
a; font-size: 12px; ">I still need to get the remote working however. Once =
again, I tried following this</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-s=
pan" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">guide=
that was linked to on the MythTV</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-sty=
le-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">w=
iki:<a href=3D"http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3D8257616&a=
mp;postcount=3D27" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-=
decoration: underline; ">http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/sh...6&postc=
ount=3D27</a> but I am lost at</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-s=
tyle-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; "=
>step 1 and 3. I have
already updated to the newest drivers already so, I don't</span></div><div=
><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tah=
oma; font-size: 12px; ">have to redo step 2.<br><br>Also, I am having the k=
nown audio issue that causes there to be no audio</span></div><div><span cl=
ass=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font=
-size: 12px; ">playback on analog channels. I have tried "sudo rmmod cx18" =
and "sudo</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-f=
amily: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">modprobe cx18" however, e=
very time I "sudo rmmod cx18" it tells me something</span></div><div><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; fo=
nt-size: 12px; ">else is using it and it cannot be terminated at this time.=
How would I go about</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" sty=
le=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">disabling, we=
ll, what
needs to be disabled.<br><br>Last thing I need to get set up in the system=
is get audio over HDMI for the entire</span></div><div><span class=3D"Appl=
e-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px=
; ">system. That way I can stream videos from Firefox and such and have all=
audio</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-fami=
ly: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">through HDMI. I know I can d=
o this in Ubuntu by simply right clicking the speaker</span></div><div><spa=
n class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; =
font-size: 12px; ">icon in the system tray and changing the preferences but=
, I cannot do that in</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" sty=
le=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">Mythbuntu. Ho=
w would I go about setting this up?</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-s=
tyle-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px;
"><br></span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-fam=
ily: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">After this point, it is wha=
t I had to do to get the DVR working... when it was able</span></div><div><=
span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahom=
a; font-size: 12px; ">to work this morning that is. I am getting help from =
a few places so I am including</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-=
span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; ">ever=
ything here to make sure everyone is on the same page.</span></div><div><sp=
an class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma;=
font-size: 12px; "><br></span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 12px; "><div>Getti=
ng ATI Drivers working: NOW, to get the proprietary ATI drivers working tha=
t can be download from the hardware drivers link. I had to go into my MythT=
V Front End
and follow these instructions from a fellow MythTV user who also bought th=
is motherboard on Newegg:</div><div><br></div><div>MythTV Frontend Utilitie=
s/Setup->Setup->TV Settings->Playback-> then to the third page =
and set the "Current Video Playback Profile" to "Normal."</div><div><br></d=
iv><div>Gukin, as he is called, was running an older setup though, I have f=
ound I can either run Normal, High Quality, or Slim. If I try to run any of=
the CPU types, I get a double vision thing going on with the screen. The s=
creen gets split in half from left to right and the show is played in its e=
ntirety on both the top and bottom half. While I love my shows, I have no d=
esire to watch them in stereo.</div><div><br></div><div>HDMI Audio:Thanks t=
o an awesome guide from Nick (foxbuntu) I was able to get the HDMI audio wo=
rking for MythTV. The guide is as follows:</div><div><br></div><div>From a =
terminal: aplay -l</div><div> - This will
provide several audio playback devices, one will be easily be the HDMI por=
t, similar to this:</div><div> -</div><div=
> - *card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: =
INTEL HDMI [INTEL HDMI]*</div><div> - The =
important parts are the card and device numbers, keep track of these</div><=
div> - Test audio out on the device like this: spe=
aker-test -Dplughw:0,3(notice the format <card number>,<device num=
ber>)</div><div> - If the HDMI port is plugged =
in and working, you should get a static noise, you can press CTRL+C to stop=
it</div><div> - In the event this does no=
t work, you need to make sure the HDMI port is not muted</div><div> &n=
bsp; - At a terminal: alsamixer</div><div=
> - Use the Left/Right
arrows to navigate across the bottom of the screen, ensure any devices lab=
el S/PDIF or IEE* show a "00" and not "MM", if they show "MM" you can=
type M to unmute them. To save and exit, use the ESC key. At this point re=
try your testing above.</div><div> - In th=
e MythTV Frontend, navigate the menus below:</div><div> =
- Utilities / Setup > Setup > General > Page 4 (Audi=
o System)</div><div> - Audio =
output device: ALSA:plughw:0,3 (in the case of my system, the device and/or=
card numbers could be different</div><div>in your case)</div><div> &n=
bsp; - Click Next/Finish until you exit t=
he menu. This will allow HDMI audio to work on your MythTV system.</div></s=
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