[mythtv-users] 0.24RC1 and audio

[Greg Oliver]

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Ajay Sharma <ajayrockrock at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 5:06 PM, John H <arizonamythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I just compiled and installed 0.24RC1. In the previous versions of
>> myth I was using ladspa to normalize the audio since each tv tuner
>> card had varying levels by adding this and some other statements to my
>> .asoundrc file.
>>
>>  pcm.ladcomp {
>>      type plug
>>      slave.pcm "ladcomp_compressor";
>>  }
>>
>> I'd then set myth to use ALSA:ladcomp. Looks like myth is doing
>> something different by looking directly for the audio devices and not
>> the pcm devices so I can't get this to work. Anyone have a solution?
>
> I'm just curious about this setup.  If I have a stock mythbuntu 10.04
> install can I install ladcomp and tweak my .asoundrc to get the
> compressor to work?  Does this conflict with pulse?  Did you have to
> remove pulseaudio?

If you're on stock 10.4 with 0.23.x, then you should not need the
compressor.  Otherwise, yes you can. It is purely an alsa plugin.
Mythtv (unless you have it configured to use pulse) disables
pulseaudio when you start to watch a recording anyhow.

> Thanks,
> Ajay
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