Re: [PLUG] Mythbuntu Audio Troubleshooting

[TuskenTower <tuskentower@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:48 PM, jeff <jeffv@op.net> wrote:
> it has always just worked for me too, hence my extreme confusion when I
> replaced a motherboard and no sound. (Xubuntu 8.04 forward)
>
> I found all sorts of suggestions to check for sound modules after
> figuring out which hardware/soundcard I was using.  Everything indicated
> that it `should' work.
>
> It continued to not work on purpose.  One night I got determined, did
> some research, found absolutely nothing conclusive, then told VLC to use
> OSS instead of ALSA.  I'm pretty sure I found a volume control or unmute
> and VOILA - sound.
>
> Not familiar with Myth audio.
>
> Good luck.

I had a similar problem with my MythTV setup on Ubuntu.  The issue
with ALSA was the TV tuner card's sound output adding itself to the
list of audio devices.  I have a pcHDTV card.

This is what I did to get around it (.bash_profile):
<code>
asoundconf reset-default-card
cardNum=`asoundconf list |tail -n2 | grep -n NVidia | sed -e 's/:.*//'`
cardNum=$(( $cardNum - 1 ))
asoundconf set-default-card $cardNum
</code>

amul@mansion:~$ asoundconf list
Names of available sound cards:
NVidia
CX8801

That CX8801 is my pcHDTV 5500 (I used to have two, but one died).

HTH
Amul
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