[mythtv-users] IEC958 switch muted every reboot (ALSA)

Josu Lazkano josu.lazkano at gmail.com
Wed Apr 8 16:35:27 UTC 2015


Thanks all!

This works for me (as root): alsactl store

I execute one time and now it works if a halt or reboot the machine.

Best regards.

2015-04-08 14:32 GMT+02:00 Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz>:
> On Tue, 7 Apr 2015 19:12:34 +0200, you wrote:
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>I am installing a frontend with Debian Jessie. I have a problem with
>>HDMI audio output.
>>
>>I enabled first time in "Audio Mixer" the IEC958 switch in the "HDA
>>NVidia (Alsa mixer) and the audio works great.
>>
>>The problem is that in every reboot I need to enabled the IEC958 switch.
>>
>>How could I fix it?
>>
>>Thanks and best regards.
>
> I had a similar problem (where my S/PDIF was always off) when I moved
> from Mythbuntu 12.04 to 14.04.  I never really found out what was
> wrong, but I solved it by using alsamixer to get the settings right,
> then doing "alsactl store" as root, and adding this to /etc/rc.local:
>
> # Restore the alsa settings.  This used to be automatic in Ubuntu
> # 12.04, but does not happen in 14.04.
> alsactl restore &
>
> I still occasionally have the S/PDIF option just turn off at some
> random moment, very occasionally actually as I am playing a recording.
> Manually running alsactl restore as root fixes it again but I would
> love to know what software is causing this and why Mythbuntu 14.04 is
> not automatically saving and restoring the alsa settings.
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