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No Sound, please advise

May 25, 2003, 11:00 AM

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I have been tring all sorts of different things to get mythtv working with
sound. I have installed the RPMs listed on the website and configured
everything. I am able to record stuff and all that works, however without
sound. I am using the standard oss sound drivers that shipped with the RH8
kernel. I have killed esd and have set the mixer to use the right input (there
is no port that seems to work for line, My 3 inputs are cd, phin and video, and
I have something going into all three of these, however, it is wired to use
video) I have rec and muted the correct source. However, if I start mythtv I
can't hear anything out. Is it reqed that I go to the alsa drivers??

Thanks
HEre is some other info.
[root@server dev]# uname -a
Linux server 2.4.20-13.8 #1 Mon May 12 11:48:50 EDT 2003 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
[root@server dev]# fuser -v dsp
[root@server dev]# lsmod
Module Size Used by Tainted: PF
tuner 12416 1 (autoclean)
tvaudio 15612 2 (autoclean)
bttv 82016 0
i2c-algo-bit 8776 1 [bttv]
videodev 8352 3 [bttv]
i2c-core 19140 0 [tuner tvaudio bttv i2c-algo-bit]
sr_mod 17752 0 (autoclean)
es1371 30344 3 (autoclean)
gameport 3396 0 (autoclean) [es1371]
ac97_codec 14568 0 (autoclean) [es1371]
soundcore 6532 4 (autoclean) [bttv es1371]
...

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Re: No Sound, please advise [ In reply to ]

tekchip at yahoo

May 25, 2003, 1:40 PM

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I do believe the documentation states that myth was originally
written with the intent of use of alsa but that oss has worked for
some people. I would recommend giving alsa a try.

--- Matthew Bettencourt <matt@ssc.usm.edu> wrote:
>
>
> I have been tring all sorts of different things to get mythtv
> working with
> sound. I have installed the RPMs listed on the website and
> configured
> everything. I am able to record stuff and all that works, however
> without
> sound. I am using the standard oss sound drivers that shipped with
> the RH8
> kernel. I have killed esd and have set the mixer to use the right
> input (there
> is no port that seems to work for line, My 3 inputs are cd, phin
> and video, and
> I have something going into all three of these, however, it is
> wired to use
> video) I have rec and muted the correct source. However, if I
> start mythtv I
> can't hear anything out. Is it reqed that I go to the alsa
> drivers??
>
>
> Thanks
> HEre is some other info.
> [root@server dev]# uname -a
> Linux server 2.4.20-13.8 #1 Mon May 12 11:48:50 EDT 2003 i686
> athlon i386 GNU/Linux
> [root@server dev]# fuser -v dsp
> [root@server dev]# lsmod
> Module Size Used by Tainted: PF
> tuner 12416 1 (autoclean)
> tvaudio 15612 2 (autoclean)
> bttv 82016 0
> i2c-algo-bit 8776 1 [bttv]
> videodev 8352 3 [bttv]
> i2c-core 19140 0 [tuner tvaudio bttv i2c-algo-bit]
> sr_mod 17752 0 (autoclean)
> es1371 30344 3 (autoclean)
> gameport 3396 0 (autoclean) [es1371]
> ac97_codec 14568 0 (autoclean) [es1371]
> soundcore 6532 4 (autoclean) [bttv es1371]
> ...
>
>
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Re:No Sound, please advise [ In reply to ]

ap154036 at selway

May 26, 2003, 5:52 AM

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QUOTE:
--------------------
have been tring all sorts of different things to get mythtv working
with
sound... However, if I start mythtv I
can't hear anything out. Is it reqed that I go to the alsa drivers??
--------------------

I had the same thing happening when I first installed Myth and used
the kernel sound driver. It turned out that sound worked through the
front pair of speakers only for /dev/dsp. I was trying to hear
something through the rear set of speakers. It didn't work until I
switched on the front set, just something to check.

Alex

Re: Re:No Sound, please advise [ In reply to ]

matt at ssc

May 26, 2003, 6:48 AM

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Nope, no such luck ::

> QUOTE:
> --------------------
> have been tring all sorts of different things to get mythtv working
> with
> sound... However, if I start mythtv I
> can't hear anything out. Is it reqed that I go to the alsa drivers??
> --------------------
>
> I had the same thing happening when I first installed Myth and used
> the kernel sound driver. It turned out that sound worked through the
> front pair of speakers only for /dev/dsp. I was trying to hear
> something through the rear set of speakers. It didn't work until I
> switched on the front set, just something to check.
>
> Alex
>
> _______________________________________________
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Re: Re:No Sound, please advise [ In reply to ]

joddo at apixels

May 26, 2003, 8:35 AM

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I'm just getting onto this thread so pardon me if I missed some of the
other posts.

I too have had the problem of no sound under myth/xawtv. I get sound
under everything else (system sounds, etc.). My problem happened to be
the options I fed bttv when I modprobed it. If I didn't have the correct
card and tuner option in my /etc/modules.conf I would get picture with no
sound. I played around with it for a bit until I got the correct values
and...PRESTO I got sound.

Jeremy

Matthew Bettencourt said:
> Nope, no such luck : alsa tonight when I get a chance.
> Thanks
> matt
>
>
> Quoting "Alexander P. Petkov" <ap154036@selway.umt.edu>:
>
>> QUOTE:
>> --------------------
>> have been tring all sorts of different things to get mythtv working
>> with
>> sound... However, if I start mythtv I
>> can't hear anything out. Is it reqed that I go to the alsa drivers??
>> --------------------
>>
>> I had the same thing happening when I first installed Myth and used
>> the kernel sound driver. It turned out that sound worked through the
>> front pair of speakers only for /dev/dsp. I was trying to hear
>> something through the rear set of speakers. It didn't work until I
>> switched on the front set, just something to check.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> mythtv-users@snowman.net
>> http://lists.snowman.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>>
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Re: Re:No Sound, please advise [ In reply to ]

matt at ssc

May 26, 2003, 8:58 AM

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Quoting Jeremy Oddo <joddo@apixels.net>:

> I'm just getting onto this thread so pardon me if I missed some of the
> other posts.
>
> I too have had the problem of no sound under myth/xawtv. I get sound
> under everything else (system sounds, etc.). My problem happened to be
> the options I fed bttv when I modprobed it. If I didn't have the correct
> card and tuner option in my /etc/modules.conf I would get picture with no
> sound. I played around with it for a bit until I got the correct values
> and...PRESTO I got sound.
>

I get sound from the passthru device. If I use xawtv I can hear everything.
HOwever, FWIK, that will not mean that I can get sound with mythtv on the delay.
I am just judging by what I have read ion the website

However, what are your modules.conf vals??
Mine are

options bttv card=3 tuner=2 radio=1 bttv_verbose=2 gbuffers=8
options tuner debug=1
options tvaudio debug=1

Thanks

> Jeremy
>
> Matthew Bettencourt said:
> > Nope, no such luck : > alsa tonight when I get a chance.
> > Thanks
> > matt
> >
> >
> > Quoting "Alexander P. Petkov" <ap154036@selway.umt.edu>:
> >
> >> QUOTE:
> >> --------------------
> >> have been tring all sorts of different things to get mythtv working
> >> with
> >> sound... However, if I start mythtv I
> >> can't hear anything out. Is it reqed that I go to the alsa drivers??
> >> --------------------
> >>
> >> I had the same thing happening when I first installed Myth and used
> >> the kernel sound driver. It turned out that sound worked through the
> >> front pair of speakers only for /dev/dsp. I was trying to hear
> >> something through the rear set of speakers. It didn't work until I
> >> switched on the front set, just something to check.
> >>
> >> Alex
> >>
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> >> mythtv-users@snowman.net
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> >>
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Re: Re:No Sound, please advise [ In reply to ]

mythtv at elmegil

May 26, 2003, 10:34 AM

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Any pointers to how you found the correct values? Thanks....

At 08:35 AM 5/26/03 -0700, Jeremy Oddo wrote:
>I'm just getting onto this thread so pardon me if I missed some of the
>other posts.
>
>I too have had the problem of no sound under myth/xawtv. I get sound
>under everything else (system sounds, etc.). My problem happened to be
>the options I fed bttv when I modprobed it. If I didn't have the correct
>card and tuner option in my /etc/modules.conf I would get picture with no
>sound. I played around with it for a bit until I got the correct values
>and...PRESTO I got sound.
>
>Jeremy
>
>Matthew Bettencourt said:
> > Nope, no such luck : > alsa tonight when I get a chance.
> > Thanks
> > matt
> >
> >
> > Quoting "Alexander P. Petkov" <ap154036@selway.umt.edu>:
> >
> >> QUOTE:
> >> --------------------
> >> have been tring all sorts of different things to get mythtv working
> >> with
> >> sound... However, if I start mythtv I
> >> can't hear anything out. Is it reqed that I go to the alsa drivers??
> >> --------------------
> >>
> >> I had the same thing happening when I first installed Myth and used
> >> the kernel sound driver. It turned out that sound worked through the
> >> front pair of speakers only for /dev/dsp. I was trying to hear
> >> something through the rear set of speakers. It didn't work until I
> >> switched on the front set, just something to check.
> >>
> >> Alex
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> mythtv-users mailing list
> >> mythtv-users@snowman.net
> >> http://lists.snowman.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> >>
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Re: Re:No Sound, please advise [ In reply to ]

joddo at apixels

May 26, 2003, 10:42 AM

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Best info I've found is this page:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/BTTV-4.html

Scroll down to the bottom 1/3 of the page. You may have to do a little
trial-and-error testing ;)

Jeremy

Pete Hartman said:
> Any pointers to how you found the correct values? Thanks....
>
> At 08:35 AM 5/26/03 -0700, Jeremy Oddo wrote:
>>I'm just getting onto this thread so pardon me if I missed some of the
>> other posts.
>>
>>I too have had the problem of no sound under myth/xawtv. I get sound
>> under everything else (system sounds, etc.). My problem happened to be
>> the options I fed bttv when I modprobed it. If I didn't have the
>> correct card and tuner option in my /etc/modules.conf I would get
>> picture with no sound. I played around with it for a bit until I got
>> the correct values and...PRESTO I got sound.
>>
>>Jeremy
>>
>>Matthew Bettencourt said:
>> > Nope, no such luck :> alsa tonight when I get a chance.
>> > Thanks
>> > matt
>> >
>> >
>> > Quoting "Alexander P. Petkov" <ap154036@selway.umt.edu>:
>> >
>> >> QUOTE:
>> >> --------------------
>> >> have been tring all sorts of different things to get mythtv
>> working
>> >> with
>> >> sound... However, if I start mythtv I
>> >> can't hear anything out. Is it reqed that I go to the alsa
>> drivers??
>> >> --------------------
>> >>
>> >> I had the same thing happening when I first installed Myth and
>> used the kernel sound driver. It turned out that sound worked
>> through the front pair of speakers only for /dev/dsp. I was trying
>> to hear something through the rear set of speakers. It didn't work
>> until I switched on the front set, just something to check.
>> >>
>> >> Alex
>> >>
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> mythtv-users mailing list
>> >> mythtv-users@snowman.net
>> >> http://lists.snowman.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>> >>
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Re: Re:No Sound, please advise [ In reply to ]

matt at ssc

May 26, 2003, 1:40 PM

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I finally got the audio to work(req's the alsa driver), now I have two problems.

1, the sound is lower quality than when it is in passthru mode... Now if I turn
it to med volume on the video source it works better, but not good.. Is it my
audio card (es1371) or my settings? I am using mp3 audio.

THe second problem is that if I start with mythtv it works fine. If I start
with mythfrontend and go to watch tv I get the tv window in the back, I have to
minimize the frontend window to view the live tv. Now, is this because I am
using gnome??

Thanks
Matt

Quoting Jeremy Oddo <joddo@apixels.net>:

> Best info I've found is this page:
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/BTTV-4.html
>
> Scroll down to the bottom 1/3 of the page. You may have to do a little
> trial-and-error testing ;)
>
> Jeremy
>
>
> Pete Hartman said:
> > Any pointers to how you found the correct values? Thanks....
> >
> > At 08:35 AM 5/26/03 -0700, Jeremy Oddo wrote:
> >>I'm just getting onto this thread so pardon me if I missed some of the
> >> other posts.
> >>
> >>I too have had the problem of no sound under myth/xawtv. I get sound
> >> under everything else (system sounds, etc.). My problem happened to be
> >> the options I fed bttv when I modprobed it. If I didn't have the
> >> correct card and tuner option in my /etc/modules.conf I would get
> >> picture with no sound. I played around with it for a bit until I got
> >> the correct values and...PRESTO I got sound.
> >>
> >>Jeremy
> >>
> >>Matthew Bettencourt said:
> >> > Nope, no such luck : >> alsa tonight when I get a chance.
> >> > Thanks
> >> > matt
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Quoting "Alexander P. Petkov" <ap154036@selway.umt.edu>:
> >> >
> >> >> QUOTE:
> >> >> --------------------
> >> >> have been tring all sorts of different things to get mythtv
> >> working
> >> >> with
> >> >> sound... However, if I start mythtv I
> >> >> can't hear anything out. Is it reqed that I go to the alsa
> >> drivers??
> >> >> --------------------
> >> >>
> >> >> I had the same thing happening when I first installed Myth and
> >> used the kernel sound driver. It turned out that sound worked
> >> through the front pair of speakers only for /dev/dsp. I was trying
> >> to hear something through the rear set of speakers. It didn't work
> >> until I switched on the front set, just something to check.
> >> >>
> >> >> Alex
> >> >>
> >> >> _______________________________________________
> >> >> mythtv-users mailing list
> >> >> mythtv-users@snowman.net
> >> >> http://lists.snowman.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> >> >>
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