[mythtv-users] Wierd audo issue on new install

[John Marshall]

>> I don't know if it's the same issue as yours, but I sometimes find my audio
>> is muted after a reboot (or maybe just on a new kernel).  Myth seems to
>> ignore "mute", but other apps have no sound.  I have to use pavucontrol and
>> un-mute the device.
>>
> Thanks
> I have checked with alsamixer and there are no muted channels/devices.

Alsamixer didn't indicate anything was muted for me, either.  I had to 
use pavucontrol.  It also has a setting for a default device, I think.


 > It appears that this has resolved the issue for me =(
 > sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio

"pavucontrol" is Pulse Audio Volume Control, so if it was only muted in 
PulseAudio then that makes sense.