[mythtv-users] What could cause me to lose all audio *except* Hi-def audio?

[Phil Bridges]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> For some reason, my theatre MythTV box will now *only* output Hi-Def
> audio over the HDMI to my receiver.  Television shows and music have
> no audio.
>
> Here's a portion of my frontend log (-v important,general,audio):
>
>
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.163812 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:122 (AudioOutputBase) - AO: SRC quality =
> medium
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.164564 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:139 (TryOpenDevice) - ALSA: OpenDevice
> hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171490 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputsettings.cpp:80 (AddSupportedRate) - AOS: Sample rate
> 32000 is supported
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171500 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputsettings.cpp:80 (AddSupportedRate) - AOS: Sample rate
> 44100 is supported
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171506 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputsettings.cpp:80 (AddSupportedRate) - AOS: Sample rate
> 48000 is supported
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171512 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputsettings.cpp:80 (AddSupportedRate) - AOS: Sample rate
> 88200 is supported
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171518 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputsettings.cpp:80 (AddSupportedRate) - AOS: Sample rate
> 96000 is supported
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171524 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputsettings.cpp:80 (AddSupportedRate) - AOS: Sample rate
> 176400 is supported
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171530 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputsettings.cpp:80 (AddSupportedRate) - AOS: Sample rate
> 192000 is supported
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171541 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputsettings.cpp:135 (AddSupportedFormat) - AOS: Format
> signed 16 bit is supported
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171547 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputsettings.cpp:135 (AddSupportedFormat) - AOS: Format
> signed 24 bit MSB is supported
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171551 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputsettings.cpp:135 (AddSupportedFormat) - AOS: Format
> signed 32 bit is supported
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171562 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputsettings.cpp:208 (AddSupportedChannels) - AOS: 2
> channel(s) are supported
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171571 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputsettings.cpp:208 (AddSupportedChannels) - AOS: 4
> channel(s) are supported
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171579 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputsettings.cpp:208 (AddSupportedChannels) - AOS: 6
> channel(s) are supported
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171588 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputsettings.cpp:208 (AddSupportedChannels) - AOS: 8
> channel(s) are supported
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171715 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:443 (GetOutputSettings) - ALSA: Successfully
> retrieved ELD data
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171739 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/eldutils.cpp:469 (show) - ELDUTILS: Detected monitor TX-NR808 at
> connection type HDMI
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171749 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/eldutils.cpp:474 (show) - ELDUTILS: available speakers: FL/FR
> LFE FC RL/RR RLC/RRC
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171755 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/eldutils.cpp:476 (show) - ELDUTILS: max LPCM channels = 8
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171759 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/eldutils.cpp:477 (show) - ELDUTILS: max channels = 8
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171768 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/eldutils.cpp:478 (show) - ELDUTILS: supported codecs = LPCM,
> AC3, DTS, DSD (One Bit Audio), E-AC3, DTS-HD, TrueHD
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171786 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/eldutils.cpp:481 (show) - ELDUTILS: supports coding type LPCM:
> channels = 2, rates = 32000 44100 48000 96000 176400 192000, bits = 16
> 20 24
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171800 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/eldutils.cpp:481 (show) - ELDUTILS: supports coding type LPCM:
> channels = 8, rates = 32000 44100 48000 96000 176400 192000, bits = 16
> 20 24
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171809 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/eldutils.cpp:481 (show) - ELDUTILS: supports coding type AC3:
> channels = 8, rates = 32000 44100 48000, max bitrate = 640000
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171818 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/eldutils.cpp:481 (show) - ELDUTILS: supports coding type DTS:
> channels = 8, rates = 44100 48000, max bitrate = 1536000
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171825 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/eldutils.cpp:481 (show) - ELDUTILS: supports coding type DSD
> (One Bit Audio): channels = 6, rates = 44100
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171833 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/eldutils.cpp:481 (show) - ELDUTILS: supports coding type E-AC3:
> channels = 8, rates = 44100 48000
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171843 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/eldutils.cpp:481 (show) - ELDUTILS: supports coding type DTS-HD:
> channels = 8, rates = 44100 48000 96000 176400 192000
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.171851 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/eldutils.cpp:481 (show) - ELDUTILS: supports coding type TrueHD:
> channels = 8, rates = 48000 176400
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.192733 N [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audioplayer.cpp:167 (ReinitAudio) - AudioPlayer: Enabling Audio
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.488571 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> avformatdecoder.cpp:2102 (ScanStreams) - AFD: Opened codec
> 0x7f84e2ef4e50, id(MPEG2VIDEO) type(Video)
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.488579 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> avformatdecoder.cpp:1960 (ScanStreams) - AFD: codec AC3 has 6 channels
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.488820 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> avformatdecoder.cpp:2102 (ScanStreams) - AFD: Opened codec
> 0x7f84e2ef5510, id(AC3) type(Audio)
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.488857 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> avformatdecoder.cpp:2163 (ScanStreams) - AFD: Audio Track #1, with
> type 0 is A/V stream #1 and has 6 channels in the English
> language(6647399).
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.488862 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> avformatdecoder.cpp:1960 (ScanStreams) - AFD: codec AC3 has 2 channels
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.489071 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> avformatdecoder.cpp:2102 (ScanStreams) - AFD: Opened codec
> 0x7f84e210fe50, id(AC3) type(Audio)
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.489081 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> avformatdecoder.cpp:2163 (ScanStreams) - AFD: Audio Track #2, with
> type 0 is A/V stream #2 and has 2 channels in the English
> language(6647399).
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.490958 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> avformatdecoder.cpp:3845 (AutoSelectAudioTrack) - AFD: Trying to
> select default track
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.490965 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> avformatdecoder.cpp:3895 (AutoSelectAudioTrack) - AFD: Trying to
> select audio track (w/lang)
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.492386 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> avformatdecoder.cpp:4019 (AutoSelectAudioTrack) - AFD: Selected track
> 1: English AC3 5.1ch (A/V Stream #1)
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.492403 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> avformatdecoder.cpp:4764 (SetupAudioStream) - AFD: Initializing audio
> parms from audio track #1
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.492427 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> avformatdecoder.cpp:4770 (SetupAudioStream) - AFD: Audio format
> changed
>                         from id(NONE)     -1Hz -1ch -1bps     (profile
> 0) to id( AC3)  48000Hz  6ch 16bps  pt (profile 0)
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.492457 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:443 (SetupPassthrough) - AO: Setting AC3
> passthrough
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.492997 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/spdifencoder.cpp:88 (SPDIFEncoder) - SPDIFEncoder: Creating
> spdif encoder (for AC3)
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.493000 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:882 (KillAudio) - AO: Killing AudioOutputDSP
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.493009 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:648 (Reconfigure) - AO: Original codec was
> AC3, signed 16 bit, 48 kHz, 6 channels
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.493023 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:666 (Reconfigure) - AO: enc(0), passthru(1),
> features (AC3,DTS,EAC3,TRUEHD,DTSHD) configured_channels(6), 6
> channels supported(1) max_channels(6)
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.493033 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:791 (Reconfigure) - AO: Opening audio device
> 'hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3' ch 2(6) sr 48000 sf signed 16 bit reenc 0
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.493041 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:121 (TryOpenDevice) - ALSA: OpenDevice
> hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3,AES0=6,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x00,AES3=0x01 for
> passthrough
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.499477 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:731 (SetParameters) - ALSA:
> SetParameters(format=2, channels=2, rate=48000, buffer_time=500000,
> period_time=4)
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.499544 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:789 (SetParameters) - ALSA: Buffer size
> range from 64 to 32768
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.499553 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:792 (SetParameters) - ALSA: Period size
> range from 32 to 16384
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.499571 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:809 (SetParameters) - ALSA: Buffer time =
> 500000 us
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.499585 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:815 (SetParameters) - ALSA: Period time = 4
> periods
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.535320 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:824 (SetParameters) - ALSA: Buffer size =
> 24000 | Period size = 6000
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.573162 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:965 (OpenMixer) - ALSA: found playback
> control Master on mixer device default
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.573174 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:992 (OpenMixer) - ALSA: mixer volume range
> on mixer device default/Master - min 0, max 31, range 31
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.573177 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:995 (OpenMixer) - ALSA: mixer device
> default/Master set up successfully
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.574666 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:901 (SetVolumeChannel) - ALSA: channel 0
> volume set 98 => 30
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.574674 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:901 (SetVolumeChannel) - ALSA: channel 1
> volume set 98 => 30
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.574680 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:808 (Reconfigure) - AO: Audio fragment size:
> 12000
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.574697 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:882 (GetVolumeChannel) - ALSA: get volume
> channel 0: 97
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.574706 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:901 (SetVolumeChannel) - ALSA: channel 0
> volume set 97 => 30
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.574712 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:901 (SetVolumeChannel) - ALSA: channel 1
> volume set 97 => 30
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.574718 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:901 (SetVolumeChannel) - ALSA: channel 2
> volume set 97 => 30
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.574723 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:901 (SetVolumeChannel) - ALSA: channel 3
> volume set 97 => 30
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.574729 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:901 (SetVolumeChannel) - ALSA: channel 4
> volume set 97 => 30
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.574734 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:901 (SetVolumeChannel) - ALSA: channel 5
> volume set 97 => 30
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.574749 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:838 (Reconfigure) - AO: Audio Stretch
> Factor: 1
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.574820 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:851 (Reconfigure) - AO: Ending Reconfigure()
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.574944 I [3509/3543] AudioOutputBase
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:1818 (run) - AO: kickoffOutputAudioLoop: pid
> = 3509
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.574959 I [3509/3543] AudioOutputBase
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:1668 (OutputAudioLoop) - AO:
> OutputAudioLoop: Play Event
> 2012-08-31 18:14:56.985459 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> mythpainter_ogl.cpp:62 (ClearCache) - Clearing OpenGL painter cache.
> 2012-08-31 18:14:57.403332 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> mythrender_vdpau.cpp:1675 (CreatePresentationSurfaces) - VDPAU:
> Created 2 output surfaces.
> 2012-08-31 18:14:57.403364 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> mythrender_vdpau.cpp:1709 (CheckHardwareSupport) - VDPAU: Version 1
> 2012-08-31 18:14:57.403372 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> mythrender_vdpau.cpp:1716 (CheckHardwareSupport) - VDPAU: Information
> NVIDIA VDPAU Driver Shared Library  290.10  Wed Nov 16 18:06:51 PST
> 2011
> 2012-08-31 18:14:57.403382 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> mythrender_vdpau.cpp:401 (Create) - VDPAU: Created VDPAU render device
> 1920x1080
> 2012-08-31 18:14:57.434295 N [3509/3509] CoreContext
> mythplayer.cpp:506 (CheckExtraAudioDecode) - Player(0): Forcing decode
> extra audio option on (Video method requires it).
> 2012-08-31 18:14:57.471383 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> mythplayer.cpp:1737 (InitAVSync) - Player(0): Video timing method:
> USleep with busy wait
> 2012-08-31 18:14:57.472178 I [3509/3509] CoreContext tv_play.cpp:5169
> (StartPlayer) - TV: Created player.
> 2012-08-31 18:14:57.472902 I [3509/3509] CoreContext tv_play.cpp:2360
> (HandleStateChange) - TV: Changing from None to WatchingRecording
> 2012-08-31 18:14:57.474405 I [3509/3543] AudioOutputBase
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:1668 (OutputAudioLoop) - AO:
> OutputAudioLoop: Play Event
> 2012-08-31 18:14:57.492707 I [3509/3509] CoreContext tv_play.cpp:2451
> (HandleStateChange) - TV: Main UI disabled.
> 2012-08-31 18:14:57.492714 I [3509/3509] CoreContext tv_play.cpp:378
> (StartTV) - TV: Entering main playback loop.
> 2012-08-31 18:14:57.505511 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> screensaver-x11.cpp:149 (DisableDPMS) - ScreenSaverX11Private: DPMS
> Deactivated 1
> 2012-08-31 18:14:57.552332 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> mythrender_vdpau.cpp:587 (CheckOutputSurfaces) - VDPAU: Added 2 output
> surfaces (total 4, max 4)
> 2012-08-31 18:15:06.237520 I [3509/3509] CoreContext tv_play.cpp:2121
> (HandleStateChange) - TV: Attempting to change from WatchingRecording
> to None
> 2012-08-31 18:15:06.249956 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> mythpainter_vdpau.cpp:111 (ClearCache) - VDPAU Painter: Clearing VDPAU
> painter cache.
> 2012-08-31 18:15:06.250064 W [3509/3509] CoreContext
> mythpainter.cpp:32 (~MythPainter) - MythPainter: 16 images not yet
> de-allocated.
> 2012-08-31 18:15:06.313195 I [3509/3509] CoreContext
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:882 (KillAudio) - AO: Killing AudioOutputDSP
> 2012-08-31 18:15:07.633315 E [3509/3543] AudioOutputBase
> audio/audiooutputalsa.cpp:676 (WriteAudio) - ALSA: WriteAudio: Write
> failed, state: 3, err: Input/output error
> 2012-08-31 18:15:07.633337 I [3509/3543] AudioOutputBase
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:1717 (OutputAudioLoop) - AO:
> OutputAudioLoop: Stop Event
> 2012-08-31 18:15:07.633343 I [3509/3543] AudioOutputBase
> audio/audiooutputbase.cpp:1820 (run) - AO: kickoffOutputAudioLoop
> exiting
> 2012-08-31 18:15:07.636371 I [3509/3509] CoreContext tv_play.cpp:2360
> (HandleStateChange) - TV: Changing from WatchingRecording to None
>
> When I try to play in MythMusic, I get a lot of the "Write failed,
> state: 3, err: Input/output error" messages

Odd - a reboot seemed to have solved it.