[mythtv] Couple Newbie Questions

[Isaac Richards]

On Wednesday 13 November 2002 09:23 pm, Jeremy Oddo wrote:
> Well, yeah, obviously.  I know it won't "work" (as in, I won't HEAR
> anything) but will it "work" (as in, will I see video and my machine won't
> lock-up?).  As Bill Clinton would say:  "It all depends on what you mean
> by the word 'work'?  I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
>
> I guess my question was:  do I need to have a _physical_ audio connection
> in order for MythTV to initialize properly and display a video feed?

Nope.  Since it doesn't, and you've pretty much confirmed that nothing else is 
sitting on the dsp device, the most likely thing is a sound card driver that 
doesn't do full duplex properly.  If you ever get ALSA working, that _should_ 
fix it.

Isaac