[mythtv-users] Problems after 0.24 upgrade

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Dec 28 05:47:05 UTC 2011


On 12/27/2011 10:20 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 12/27/2011 02:50 PM, Keith Pyle wrote:
>> I've seen some minor problems since upgrading from 0.21 to 0.24 and
>> would appreciate any suggestions for resolving them.
> ...
>> --- Problem 2: Mute does not work in mythfrontend.  The "Mute on" banner
>> pops up in response to a mute key (keyboard or remote), but sound does
>> not mute.  This happens on both a frontend with HDMI video/audio to the
>> television and on a frontend instance running on a Linux desktop with
>> integrated audio, so it doesn't seem hardware specific.  On both
>> frontend instances, sound can be muted via alsamixer.  For the desktop
>> instance, the settings are:
>>
>>       Audio output device: ALSA:default
>>       Mixer device: /dev/mixer
>>       Mixer controls: PCM
> /dev/mixer is OSS
>
> Change mixer device to "default" (no quotes) or output device to /dev/dsp

er, wait, in current MythTV it's "ALSA:default" for mixer if you use 
ALSA for output (not just "default").

Mike


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