[mythtv-users] Still no sound in MythTV with WinTV-HVR 950Q

[Adam Jimerson]

That would be hard I have no recordings because this is my first time
setting up mythtv.

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On Sep 10, 2010 2:53 PM, "Kevin Kuphal" <kkuphal at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Adam Jimerson <vendion at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok so I'm still fighting with MythTv to get audio from my cable
connection,
>> I have the audio device set to the capture device on my card, I have a
>> screenshot of the Input Devices section of mythtv-setup ->
>> http://imgur.com/eMZXc.png. From the console output when starting
>> mythfrontend I see a couple of lines that I don't know if it has anything
to
>> do with my problem:
>>
>> 2010-09-10 08:34:12.895 Opening audio device 'default'. ch 6(2) sr 48000
>> (reenc 0)
>>
>> 2010-09-10 08:34:12.896 Opening ALSA audio device 'default'.
>>
>> ALSA lib control.c:902:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL /dev/mixer
>>
>> 2010-09-10 08:34:12.929 AudioOutput Warning: Mixer attach error -2: No
such
>> file or directory
>>
>> Check Mixer Name in Setup: '/dev/mixer'
>>
>> 2010-09-10 08:34:13.129 ProgramInfo(): Updated pathname '':'' ->
>> '1002_20100910083412.nuv'
>>
>
> I would start with some simple checks.
>
> 1. Find a known good recording with audio that you can play back in on
> another computer. This will verify that you have a recording that can
> playback sound.
> 2. Play back this recording using mplayer on your frontend outside of
Myth.
> This will verify that you have good audio output working at the OS leve.
> 3. Play back this recording using Myth (either by browsing to it in the
> frontend or at the commandline using mythavtest). This will verify you
have
> audio output from Myth
> 4. Record a show on your 950Q
> 5. Play back this recording using Myth (since you already confirmed in
Step
> 3 that you have audio output). This will verify that your recordings have
> sound.
>
> Let me know which step fails and then include logs from that step. From
> your logs above, it sounds like you have Step 3 misconfigured for your
Mixer
> device which should be set to "default" if you're using ALSA I think (It's
> been a while since I checked what mine was set to)
>
> Kevin
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