[mythtv-users] MythTV Install

[Richard Brook]

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Roger Siddons <dizygotheca at ntlworld.com>
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>>  On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:58:45 +0100, Richard Brook <byronf16 at gmail.com>
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>> MythTV has a Volume Control, but when I back out to the Desktop, there is
>> no sound, no Sound controls in the Settings menu and no Volume control icon
>> in Panel at the top of the Desktop. During the initial Mythbuntu 14.04
>> install, only MythTV had Sound control. I had no sound when running VLC or
>> other apps with audio output.
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>> I have done Google searches trying to find the proper way to add sound. I
>> can launch Alsamixer from Terminal, but there are more convenient ways to
>> have control over sound. It is there, by default, when Ubuntu 14.04 is
>> installed. I just need to know how to add it in to my Mythbuntu install.
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>> I haven't tried it on a Mythbuntu system but Mythbuntu is based on XFCE
>> and my desktop XFCE uses pavucontrol (audio settings/menu) and
>> indicator-sound for the panel, so you could try that;
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>> sudo apt-get install pavucontrol indicator-sound
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> I ran this command and it indicates I already have the latest version. The
> volume icon allows me to change the volume, but there are no links to the
> sound settings. If I right click on the volume icon and left click on sound
> preferences, I get a dialogue box called System Settings with just Personal
> Language Support, Hardware Printers, System Software and Updates. I cannot
> choose the type of Output and Input, Balance, Test Speakers, etc., that I
> normally can when I install Ubuntu. There are still no Sound Settings in
> the Application menu.
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I have still been unable to install the Volume Indicator in the XFCE panel
so I can adjust the sound volume and sound settings from my Mythbuntu 14.04
desktop. There are also no sound settings in the Applications menu.

It was installed by default in my Ubuntu 14.04 desktop panel.

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Rich Brook
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