[mythtv-users] ECS Liva for frontend - brief report

[Calvin Dodge]

In the raw data what I see is "ALSA:hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0", and I
believe that's the choice that you'll see (the fronted is in use, so I
can't check it directly right now).

Calvin Dodge

On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Calvin Dodge <caldodge at gmail.com> wrote:
> I can answer at least one question.  As the Liva doesn't use Nvidia
> video, you won't get anywhere with Nvidia drivers.
>
> I set up the frontend (in Audio) to use HDMI sound.  I don't get
> anything from the sound test, but it DOES work when I'm playing shows.
> Have you tried that?
>
> Calvin Dodge
>
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Larry Kennedy <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I got my Liva up and running with Mythbuntu 12.2.  My BE is CentOS 6 running
>> 0.26.1 so I assumed I needed to go with this older version of Mythbuntu.  I
>> just had to roll forward from 0.25 to 0.26.
>>
>> Will Mythbuntu 14 allow me to roll back to myth 0.26?  I assume not.
>>
>> Anyway,  I've got the thing up and running except that I get no audio over
>> HDMI.  This is my first experience with Mythbuntu, so I am struggling a bit.
>> I've search all over the net and there are just so many things to try, and
>> it's hard to know whether any of this is relevant to the Liva, being a new
>> and different beast.
>>
>> I can find no sound preferences anywhere in the system menu or in Mythbuntu
>> itself.  Is this normal for Mythbuntu?
>>
>> Do I need to make any adjustments to the audio settings in the Liva Bios?  I
>> didn't.
>>
>> I have read that some users have installed nvidia drivers to get HDMI sound
>> to work.  Do I need to do that?  Looks like I am running lightDM now.
>>
>> Should I get rid of pulse audio? This has been a common mythtv theme over
>> the years.
>>
>> I toggled through all the possibilities in the mythtv audio setup menu (this
>> list seemed to match aplay -L output) and nothing produced sound. I didn't
>> try the wizard, but I did rescan.
>>
>> Do I need a custom /etc/asound.conf to enable HDMI sound?
>>
>> I checked alsamixer, F5 to show all, and nothing is muted.
>>
>> I checked aplay -l:
>>
>> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
>> card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC282 Analog [ALC282 Analog]
>>   Subdevices: 1/1
>>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>> card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: ID 2882 Digital [ID 2882 Digital]
>>   Subdevices: 1/1
>>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>>
>>
>> Nothing here screams HDMI though.
>>
>> aplay -L shows more:
>>
>> default
>>     Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server
>> sysdefault:CARD=PCH
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>>     Default Audio Device
>> front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>>     Front speakers
>> surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>>     4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
>> surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>>     4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
>> surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>>     5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
>> surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>>     5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
>> surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>>     7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
>> hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ID 2882 Digital
>>     HDMI Audio Output
>> dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>>     Direct sample mixing device
>> dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ID 2882 Digital
>>     Direct sample mixing device
>> dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>>     Direct sample snooping device
>> dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ID 2882 Digital
>>     Direct sample snooping device
>> hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>>     Direct hardware device without any conversions
>> hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ID 2882 Digital
>>     Direct hardware device without any conversions
>> plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ALC282 Analog
>>     Hardware device with all software conversions
>> plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
>>     HDA Intel PCH, ID 2882 Digital
>>     Hardware device with all software conversions
>>
>>
>> Any suggestions very much appreciated.  I am at my wits end.
>>
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