[mythtv-users] 0.24 upgrade - a few issues/questions

[Bob Sully]

Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> Hi
>
> On 18 November 2010 19:14, Bob Sully <rcs at malibyte.net> wrote:
>>
>> Just mirrored my Ubuntu 10.04/Myth 0.23-fixes install to a second set of
>> partitions, tweaked /etc/fstab and rebooted into the mirror.  Ran the
>> update to 0.24-fixes from JYA's repos - went very well.
>>
>> I would like to thank Jean-Yves again, very much, for maintaining these
>> repos, especially for those of us planning to stick with Ubuntu LTS
>> releases.  I know it's a lot of work for him to do this, and it's
>> appreciated!  It saves us a lot of hassle.
>
> Your thanks should go to the mythbuntu folks ; they are the one who
> created the packages installer and I just shamelessly took them
> They have indicated that they will know build new version of mythtv
> for all LTS revision + 6 months

Excellent!  Thanks to them, then, for doing the leg-work, and to you for
making the repos so easily and quickly available.  ;-)

>>
>> I've only come across a few issues so far:
>>
>> (1) Sound:  I'm running sound out through s/pdif to my amp.
>>
>> I have run the "scan" function and am using
>> "ALSA:IEC958:CARD=Interl,DEV=0"as the audio output device.  Under "Audio
>> capabilities", "Dolby Digital" and "DTS" are checked.  "LPCM" is checked
>> but the check-mark is greyed.
>
> If LPCM is greyed, it's not used. It keeps the content in case you do
> use a source supporting LPCM and that way it keeps the previous status
> of the LPCM checkbox ; otherwise you would have to recheck it each
> time you change input which I found annoying

I agree, that would be a PITA.

>> I get 5.1 sound with my recordings and videos - no problem.  However,
>> with music, there are problems.
>>
>> Under "Music Settings", I have "Audio device" set to "default".
>> If I check "Upconvert stereo to 5.1 surround" - which is the option I
>> want to use - the receiver tells me it's getting 5.1 input when the
>> file begins to play (status bar moves, timer increments), but there
>> is NO sound.  Stopping the player shuts off the 5.1 LED on the
>> receiver.  If I UNcheck the "Upconvert" box, I do hear the music, in
>> stereo.  However, after
>
> Checking the upmix box in the mythmusic settings is all you would
> normally to play sound in 5.1
>
> Weird that you get no sound.
>
> Could you post the logs with -v audio ?

OK.  This is after a fresh start of the frontend, preceded by running
alsamixer and hitting the Mute key 4x.  Went right into "Play Music" with
upconvert ON.  Sorry, it's a lot of text, but didn't want to omit anything
useful.

2010-11-18 10:50:24.310 mythfrontend version: trunk [es27255] www.mythtv.org
2010-11-18 10:50:24.310 Using runtime prefix = /usr
2010-11-18 10:50:24.310 Using configuration directory = /home/mythtv/.mythtv
2010-11-18 10:50:24.311 ThreadPool:HTTP: Initial 1, Max 25, Timeout 60000
2010-11-18 10:50:25.027 Using localhost value of vader.malibyte.net
2010-11-18 10:50:25.132 New DB connection, total: 1
2010-11-18 10:50:25.134 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.1.9
2010-11-18 10:50:25.138 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2010-11-18 10:50:25.139 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.1.9
2010-11-18 10:50:25.140 Current locale EN_US
2010-11-18 10:50:25.140 Reading locale defaults from
/usr/share/mythtv//locales/en_us.xml
2010-11-18 10:50:25.329 DPMS is disabled.
2010-11-18 10:50:25.349 Desktop video mode: 1280x720 59.935 Hz
2010-11-18 10:50:25.360 Enabled verbose msgs:  important general audio
2010-11-18 10:50:25.376 Connecting to lcd server: 127.0.0.1:6545 (try 1 of
10)
2010-11-18 10:50:25.379 Loading en_us translation for module mythfrontend
2010-11-18 10:50:25.379 New DB connection, total: 2
2010-11-18 10:50:25.379 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.1.9
2010-11-18 10:50:25.380 Desktop video mode: 1280x720 59.935 Hz
2010-11-18 10:50:25.386 Trying 1280x720 0.000 Hz
2010-11-18 10:50:25.387 SwitchToGUI: Switched to 1280x720 0.000 Hz
2010-11-18 10:50:25.392 LIRC: Successfully initialized '/dev/lircd' using
'/home/mythtv/.lircrc' config
2010-11-18 10:50:25.393 JoystickMenuThread: Joystick disabled - Failed to
read /home/mythtv/.mythtv/joystickmenurc
2010-11-18 10:50:25.423 Using Frameless Window
2010-11-18 10:50:25.423 Using Full Screen Window
2010-11-18 10:50:25.477 Using the Qt painter
2010-11-18 10:50:25.608 Current MythTV Schema Version (DBSchemaVer): 1264
2010-11-18 10:50:25.767 ThemeInfo, Warning: Unable to open themeinfo.xml
for /usr/share/mythtv/themes/BlackCurves-OSD/themeinfo.xml
2010-11-18 10:50:25.767 ThemeInfo, Error: The theme
(/usr/share/mythtv/themes/BlackCurves-OSD) is missing a themeinfo.xml
file.
2010-11-18 10:50:25.769 ThemeInfo, Warning: Unable to open themeinfo.xml
for /usr/share/mythtv/themes/Gray-OSD/themeinfo.xml
2010-11-18 10:50:25.769 ThemeInfo, Error: The theme
(/usr/share/mythtv/themes/Gray-OSD) is missing a themeinfo.xml file.
2010-11-18 10:50:25.829 Pulse: Created PulseHandler object
2010-11-18 10:50:25.830 Pulse: Callback: State changed
Unconnected->Connecting
2010-11-18 10:50:25.830 Pulse: Callback: State changed
Connecting->Authorizing
2010-11-18 10:50:25.881 Pulse: Callback: State changed
Authorizing->Setting Name
2010-11-18 10:50:25.921 Pulse: Callback: State changed Setting Name->Ready!
2010-11-18 10:50:25.931 Pulse: Initialised handler
2010-11-18 10:50:25.962 Pulse: Operation: success 1 remaining 1
2010-11-18 10:50:25.982 Pulse: Operation: success 1 remaining 0
2010-11-18 10:50:25.992 Pulse: PulseAudio suspend OK
2010-11-18 10:50:26.001 AO: Sample rate 44100 is supported
2010-11-18 10:50:26.001 AO: Sample rate 48000 is supported
2010-11-18 10:50:26.001 AO: Sample rate 88200 is supported
2010-11-18 10:50:26.001 AO: Sample rate 96000 is supported
2010-11-18 10:50:26.001 AO: Sample rate 176400 is supported
2010-11-18 10:50:26.001 AO: Sample rate 192000 is supported
2010-11-18 10:50:26.001 AO: 2 channel(s) are supported
2010-11-18 10:50:26.011 AO: AC3 or DTS capable
2010-11-18 10:50:26.011 AO: 6 channel(s) are supported
2010-11-18 10:50:26.013 AO: Killing AudioOutputDSP
2010-11-18 10:50:26.159 Pulse: Operation: success 1 remaining 1
2010-11-18 10:50:26.180 Pulse: Operation: success 1 remaining 0
2010-11-18 10:50:26.190 Pulse: PulseAudio resume OK
2010-11-18 10:50:26.190 Found ALSA:iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
(ALSA:iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
Device supports up to 5.1 (digital output, AC3,DTS,))
2010-11-18 10:50:26.283 Registering Internal as a media playback plugin.
2010-11-18 10:50:26.300 Loading en_us translation for module mytharchive
2010-11-18 10:50:26.303 Registering WebBrowser as a media playback plugin.
2010-11-18 10:50:26.303 Loading en_us translation for module mythbrowser
2010-11-18 10:50:26.375 MediaMonitorUnix::AddDevice() - empty device path.
2010-11-18 10:50:26.375 MediaMonitorUnix::AddDevice() - empty device path.
2010-11-18 10:50:26.375 MediaMonitorUnix::AddDevice() - empty device path.
2010-11-18 10:50:26.376 MediaMonitorUnix::AddDevice() - empty device path.
2010-11-18 10:50:26.376 MediaMonitorUnix::AddDevice() - empty device path.
2010-11-18 10:50:26.376 MediaMonitorUnix::AddDevice() - empty device path.
2010-11-18 10:50:26.377 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x100, gif,jpg,png)
2010-11-18 10:50:26.377 Loading en_us translation for module mythgallery
2010-11-18 10:50:26.382 Loading en_us translation for module mythgame
2010-11-18 10:50:26.393 Current MythMusic Schema Version
(MusicDBSchemaVer): 1017
2010-11-18 10:50:26.421 MonitorRegisterExtensions(0x40,
mp3,mp2,ogg,oga,flac,wma,wav,ac3,oma,omg,atp,ra,dts,aac,m4a,aa3,tta,mka,aiff,swa,wv)
2010-11-18 10:50:26.425 Loading en_us translation for module mythmusic
2010-11-18 10:50:26.428 Loading en_us translation for module mythnetvision
2010-11-18 10:50:26.431 Loading en_us translation for module mythnews
2010-11-18 10:50:26.436 Current MythVideo Schema Version
(mythvideo.DBSchemaVer): 1038
2010-11-18 10:50:26.448 Loading en_us translation for module mythvideo
2010-11-18 10:50:26.452 Loading en_us translation for module mythweather
2010-11-18 10:50:26.453 NetworkControl: Listening for remote connections
on port 6546
2010-11-18 10:50:26.555 Found mainmenu.xml for theme 'Mythbuntu'
2010-11-18 10:50:26.639 MythCoreContext: Connecting to backend server:
192.168.1.9:6543 (try 1 of 1)
2010-11-18 10:50:26.640 Using protocol version 63
2010-11-18 10:50:49.625 New DB connection, total: 3
2010-11-18 10:50:49.625 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host:
192.168.1.9
2010-11-18 10:50:49.763 XMLParse: LoadTheme using
'/usr/share/mythtv/themes/Mythbuntu/music-ui.xml'
2010-11-18 10:50:50.378 Pulse: Operation: success 1 remaining 1
2010-11-18 10:50:50.399 Pulse: Operation: success 1 remaining 0
2010-11-18 10:50:50.409 Pulse: PulseAudio suspend OK
2010-11-18 10:50:50.413 AO: Sample rate 44100 is supported
2010-11-18 10:50:50.413 AO: Sample rate 48000 is supported
2010-11-18 10:50:50.413 AO: Sample rate 88200 is supported
2010-11-18 10:50:50.413 AO: Sample rate 96000 is supported
2010-11-18 10:50:50.413 AO: Sample rate 176400 is supported
2010-11-18 10:50:50.414 AO: Sample rate 192000 is supported
2010-11-18 10:50:50.414 AO: 2 channel(s) are supported
2010-11-18 10:50:50.422 AO: AC3 or DTS capable
2010-11-18 10:50:50.422 AO: 6 channel(s) are supported
2010-11-18 10:50:50.423 AO: Needs upmix from 2 -> 6 channels
2010-11-18 10:50:50.423 AO: Killing AudioOutputDSP
2010-11-18 10:50:50.423 AO: Original codec was NONE, signed 16 bit, 44
kHz, 2 channels
2010-11-18 10:50:50.424 AO: enc(1), passthru(0), canAC3(1), canDTS(1),
canLPCM(0), configured_channels(6), 6 channels supported(1)
2010-11-18 10:50:50.424 AO: Creating AC-3 Encoder with sr = 44100, ch = 6
2010-11-18 10:50:50.424 DEnc: Init codecid=AC3, br=448000, sr=44100, ch=6
[ac3 @ 0x3cc8260] No channel layout specified. The encoder will guess the
layout, but it might be incorrect.
2010-11-18 10:50:50.425 DigitalEncoder::Init fs=1536, bpf=12 ofb=18432
2010-11-18 10:50:50.425 AO: Audio processing enabled
2010-11-18 10:50:50.425 AO: Opening audio device 'iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0'
ch 2(2) sr 44100 sf signed 16 bit reenc 0
2010-11-18 10:50:50.425 Opening ALSA audio device
'iec958:AES0=0x6,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x0,AES3=0x2,CARD=Intel,DEV=0'.
2010-11-18 10:50:50.426 ALSA: SetParameters(format=2, channels=2,
rate=44100, buffer_time=200000, period_time=50000)
2010-11-18 10:50:50.426 ALSA: Buffer time = 200272 us
2010-11-18 10:50:50.426 ALSA: Period time = 50068 us
2010-11-18 10:50:50.447 ALSA: Buffer size = 8832 | Period size = 2208
2010-11-18 10:50:50.464 AO: Software volume enabled
2010-11-18 10:50:50.472 AO: Audio fragment size: 4416
2010-11-18 10:50:50.477 AO: Create high quality upmixer done
2010-11-18 10:50:50.477 AO: Audio Stretch Factor: 1
2010-11-18 10:50:50.477 AO: Ending Reconfigure()
2010-11-18 10:50:50.477 AO: kickoffOutputAudioLoop: pid = 26793
2010-11-18 10:50:50.477 AO: OutputAudioLoop: Play Event
2010-11-18 10:50:50.778 AO: Pause 1
2010-11-18 10:50:50.779 AO: OutputAudioLoop: audio paused
[mp3 @ 0x7fbfa97f9cf0] max_analyze_duration reached
[mp3 @ 0x7fbfa97f9cf0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be
inaccurate
2010-11-18 10:50:50.807 AO: Needs upmix from 2 -> 6 channels
2010-11-18 10:50:50.807 AO: Reconfigure(): No change -> exiting
2010-11-18 10:50:50.808 avfdecoder.o: seek time 169
2010-11-18 10:50:50.834 AO: Pause 0
2010-11-18 10:50:50.879 AO: OutputAudioLoop: Play Event
2010-11-18 10:51:09.574 AO: Killing AudioOutputDSP
2010-11-18 10:51:09.604 AO: OutputAudioLoop: Stop Event
2010-11-18 10:51:09.604 AO: kickoffOutputAudioLoop exiting
2010-11-18 10:51:09.693 Pulse: Operation: success 1 remaining 1
2010-11-18 10:51:09.713 Pulse: Operation: success 1 remaining 0
2010-11-18 10:51:09.724 Pulse: PulseAudio resume OK

Curious - this probably has nothing to do with the sound issue, but the
log says that it's using  DB schema 1264.  On its first run after the
upgrade, it updated the schema to 1308, or so it said.  I have had NO
database problems since, and the DB health check under Mythweb is clean. 
FWIW.

>
>> stopping the music and trying to play a 5.1 source such as a recording -
>> NO sound, 5.1 LED on the receiver flashes off and on, I have to exit the
>> frontend and run alsamixer, hit "M" four times, after which I can
>> restart the frontend and watch a video or TV recording in 5.1 surround
>> again.
>
> sounds like there is an issue with the ALSA drivers for your audio card
>
> I wonder if we could add an option to automatically unmute the audio
> card; putting this in the advanced like option, something like "unmute
> audio card at startup" or something like that
>

That might well work.  If you'd like, I can post the log entries during an
episode of "flashing 5.1 LED, no sound during video playback", also.

Thanks for your help, as always -
Bob

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Bob Sully - Simi Valley, California, USA
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