[mythtv-users] Digital and Analog sound?

[Stephen Worthington]

On Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:46:41 -0700, you wrote:

>Thanks so much.  I now have analog and digital sound.  I guess looking at
>alsamixer on my phone wasn't the best way to set it up :-)  I unmuted a few
>more things, got sound on YouTube working and then found a setting on Myth
>that worked for both digital and analog.
>
>I still have a problem with video quality that might make me go back to
>8.04 and will create a new thread.
>
>In terms of my setup, I do not have HDMI outputs on my computer. I use a
>DVI to HDMI cable. Interestingly, that cable only works with the 6600 video
>card.  When I use it with the 8600 video card, I get unsupported signal
>messages on the computer.  Switching to a DVI to DVI cable with a DVI to
>HDMI pigtail works with the 8600 card.  I find that strange but Google led
>me to try it and that worked.
>
>Allen

Be aware that I have a bug in 16.04 where alsa randomly gets the SPDIF
output muted - it happens to me once or twice a day, sometimes in the
middle of watching a programme.  I have never bothered to track down
where the problem is, but I do have to do an "alsactl restore" command
to restore my alsamixer settings.  And occasionally the stored
settings are wrong and I need to use alsamixer again then do "alsactl
store" to save them.  I have no idea if that is the same thing that
happened to you or if you simply never had the alsa settings right in
the first place.