"alsa:default" will work if you type it into the output device field.
It is not available in the drop down. David -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Duda Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 6:17 PM To: Jeff Simpson Cc: Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] pvr-350 Live Tv Audio to remote frontend Question Jeff, One more note, I just realized that MythMusic has muted audio as well. When I do fuser -v /dev/dsp, I see that mythfrontend owns /dev/dsp. My .asoundrc contains the following: Note: my setup is a tad odd, I need to put my main audio output on /dev/dsp1, which I reroute using the alsa "default" using my .asoundrc. I found that if I changed the MythMusic settting to use /dev/dsp1, instead of /dev/dsp, I get music audio. However, changing the Video settings to use /dev/dsp1, still results in no audio for MythTV recordings, but audio for Freevo recordings. This is a very strange issue. Is there any way to define the audio to use "alsa:default" instead of /dev/dsp ? pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm "dmixer1" } pcm.dsp1 { type plug slave.pcm "dmixer1" } pcm.dmixer1 { type dmix ipc_key 1026 slave { pcm "hw:1,0" period_time 0 period_size 2048 buffer_size 32768 rate 48000 } bindings { 0 0 1 1 } } pcm.jackplug { type plug slave { pcm "jack" } } pcm.jack { type jack playback_ports { 0 alsa_pcm:playback_1 1 alsa_pcm:playback_2 } capture_ports { 0 alsa_pcm:capture_1 1 alsa_pcm:capture_2 } } Jim Jeff Simpson wrote: > On 12/29/05, *Jim Duda* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > > I'm currently an avid Freevo user. I just installed MythTV > yesterday and > started playing with it. Mythtv is very impressive. > > I have mythbackend running on one linux box, with a PVR-350 tuner > card. I > have mythfrontend installed and running on multiple linux > boxes. I can > view and hear mpeg videos on all the frontend boxes. For live TV, > I can > see the video, but I cannot hear the audio. > > I've read the mailing list and found a couple of postings on this > topic. > It's my understanding that the livetv audio from a Pvr-350 is > exported out > of the rear audio jack and not through the PCI bus like it would > with the > mpeg stream. Connecting the PVR-350 audio output back into a > sound card > input would allow a mythfrontend to hear audio, however, only on > the box > which contains the pvr-350 tuner. This doesn't help any remote > frontend > boxes. > > > Not entirely correct. The PVR-350 takes audio in and saves it with the > MPEG automatically. If you want to output to TV, you can use the audio > out of the PVR as well. The loopback audio cable is just to allow that > machine to play other audio sources to the TV (mythmusic, mythgame, > etc, things that require /dev/dsp). So in the case of remotely playing > liveTV, you should not need to use that loopback. > > Is there any means to get the audio from a pvr-350 in a > mythbackend to the > mythfrontend on another machine? Are there any plans to address > this in > future releases? > > > I have 0.18.1 running on my backend/frontend machine with a 350 as > well as a frontend only on my laptop, and audio works in all cases, > live and recorded. You say that it can play mpeg videos on the > back/frontends - do you mean other mpeg videos, or the ones that are > recorded by myth? > > I'd also take a look at the frontend logs and setup to make sure the > audio is set up properly. Additionally, check to see that the mpegs do > contain the audio - you should be able to just play the .nuv files > with a fairly recent version of mplayer on any linux machine. > > > In my freevo environment, I handle the remote livetv issue using mpeg > streaming from videolan ( www.videolan.org > <http://www.videolan.org>). It works okay, however, > mythtv appears much nicer and more integrated, albiet, no audio from a > pvr-350. I'd really like to get this working an give mythtv a > shot at > replacing freevo. > > > That's the same way myth handles remote frontends, by streaming the > mpeg. Alternatively, you can also remote-mount the fs and play them > that way, but streaming is easy enough and works. > > A likely thing to try is in the remote frontend setup, where it says > "Use PVR-350 Output" you want to say NO. That option is only for the > machine with the PVR in it - using that option on another machine will > make the video and audio try to play through the 350, which won't be > there, and won't work. You should set it up to use /dev/dsp or > whatever the equivalent device is for your system. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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