[mythtv-users] Digital and Analog sound?

[Allen Edwards]

Thanks for the heads up. Can you recommend a version previous to 16.04 that
works?  I hate to go all the way back to 8.04 but I am close to doing that.

On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 9:27 AM, Stephen Worthington <
stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:

> 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.
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