[mythtv-users] Do I really need PulseAudio for

[Allen Edwards]

On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 7:13 PM Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:

>
> > [ FE/BE running 29.1 on Fedora 28 ]
> >
> > Is anyone doing simultaneous sound output on Analog and HDMI?
> >
> > I have onboard Analog plus HDMI from my nVidia GT-710. I split Analog to
> > my
> > stereo and the speaker in one monitor. HDMI feeds the other monitor,
> which
> > has
> > a pair of speakers off the headphone jack.
> >
> > I have been using PulseAudio to do it for a few years, only because I
> > couldn't
> > figure out how to do it in ALSA from a swirl of different suggestions
> from
> > Google.
> >
> > But now I wonder if I can get rid of PulseAudio altogether. My FE/BE only
> > does
> > MythTV stuff so the PulseAudio stuff might be redundant.
> >
> > Is anyone doing similar?
>
> I'd like to something similar - split between HDMI & Bluetooth (for a
> headset). Never been able to work it out!!
>
>
> --
> Robin Gilks
>

I never could get audio out of the motherboard at the same time as audio
out of HDMI. I could switch between them but I could not get them at the
same time. I finally got rid of the motherboard audio out option as there
were times when the system would switch to that mode spontaneously and the
TV sound would go off. Now I use an HDMI audio extractor box. Works great.
The optical audio goes to the preamp and the HDMI audio goes to the TV so
we can switch between them with volume controls. Best of luck.

Allen
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