[mythtv-users] no audio in recordings after upgrade

[Kenneth Dechick]

  I upgraded to CVS from 8/15 and have found that my recordings no longer
have audio. In fact for the past several CVS upgradeds I sometimes start
LiveTV and there is no auduo untill I change the channel once (up or down)
and it comes right back in. But I have never had this new issue with no
audio in recordings. I can set a manual 1 minute record while watching the
channel but when the record starts audio drops out. No audio again unitll
the record finishes (then I have to change the channel once to regan sound
again).
     Thinking maybe it was a new CVS bug, I wiped out the CVS mythtv and
grabbed the officeal release 0.11 and started over - still no difference. So
last night I wiped that out again and grabbed last night's CVS, complied and
installed it - still no change. Have not read that anyone else is having
this problem. I have indeed been applying the .sql updates each time but it
seems like a mythtv setting muting the card during a record. Anyone else run
into this or have an idea of what is going on? Pulling out what little hair
I have left all weekend trying to figure out what is up. Ran backend and
front end in screen sessions and even snagged some of dmesg - I see no
problems and no line saying it was muting audio.  Here's some details even
though I dont see anything usefull listed:



--Frontend--
Changing from None to None
Record scheduled on channel 1042 - Channel 42 DSC at 2003/08/17 10:27 to
10:33
Input #0, mpeg, from 'rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/var/video/ringbuf1.nuv':
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 480x480, 29.97 fps, 16000 kb/s
  Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
Over/underscanning. V: 0.000000, H: 0.000000, XOff: 5, YOff: 0
Using XV port 139
Video timing method: nVidia polling
Refresh rate: 11765, frame interval: 33366
Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
Your soundcard is not reporting free space correctly.
Falling back to old method...
rebuffering (151553 256000)
Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
Input #0, mpeg, from '/var/video/1042_20030817102700_20030817103300.nuv':
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 480x480, 29.97 fps, 16000 kb/s
  Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
Over/underscanning. V: 0.000000, H: 0.000000, XOff: 5, YOff: 0
Using XV port 139
Video timing method: nVidia polling
Refresh rate: 11765, frame interval: 33366
Changing from None to WatchingRecording
Your soundcard is not reporting free space correctly.
Falling back to old method...
Changing from WatchingRecording to WatchingPreRecorded
>> Player timeout
Changing from WatchingPreRecorded to None
Input #0, mpeg, from 'rbuf://127.0.0.1:6543/var/video/ringbuf1.nuv':
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 480x480, 29.97 fps, 16000 kb/s
  Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
Opening OSS audio device '/dev/dsp'.
Over/underscanning. V: 0.000000, H: 0.000000, XOff: 5, YOff: 0
Using XV port 139
Video timing method: nVidia polling
Refresh rate: 11765, frame interval: 33366
Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
Your soundcard is not reporting free space correctly.
Falling back to old method...
rebuffering (1 256000)
Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
Changing from None to None


--Backend--
Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
Changing from WatchingLiveTV to None
Changing from None to RecordingOnly
2003-08-17 10:27:03 adding: mythtv as a player 0
2003-08-17 10:27:03 adding: mythtv as a player 0
Changing from RecordingOnly to None
Input #0, mpeg, from '/var/video/1042_20030817102700_20030817103300.nuv':
  Stream #0.0: Video: mpegvideo, 480x480, 29.97 fps, 16000 kb/s
  Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, 384 kb/s
Position map found
2003-08-17 10:34:07 adding: mythtv as a player 0


--DMESG--
Hpsc: 0x00001, Hfsc: 0x00600
Setting full NTSC height
saa7115[0]: decoder disable output
saa7115[0]: decoder enable output
saa7115[0]: decoder set norm NTSC
saa7115[0] set audio: 0x02
saa7115[0]: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
saa7115[0]: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
saa7115[0]: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
saa7115[0]: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
saa7115[0]: decoder set size
Hpsc: 0x00001, Hfsc: 0x00600
Setting full NTSC height
saa7115[0]: decoder disable output
saa7115[0]: decoder enable output
saa7115[0]: decoder set size
Hpsc: 0x00001, Hfsc: 0x00600
Setting full NTSC height
saa7115[0]: decoder disable output
saa7115[0]: decoder enable output
saa7115[0]: decoder set size
Hpsc: 0x00001, Hfsc: 0x00600
Setting full NTSC height
saa7115[0]: decoder disable output
saa7115[0]: decoder enable output
saa7115[0]: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
saa7115[0]: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
saa7115[0]: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
saa7115[0]: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
saa7115[0]: decoder disable output
saa7115[0]: decoder enable output
saa7115[0]: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
saa7115[0]: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
saa7115[0]: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
saa7115[0]: decoder set picture bright=127 contrast=63 saturation=63 hue=0
saa7115[0]: decoder disable output
saa7115[0]: decoder enable output


Only odd looking entry in any of this is:
"Your soundcard is not reporting free space correctly.
Falling back to old method..."

But I have been seeing this with all versions of myth and it has never
caused any problms before (I am using the cheap-o on-board audio codec of my
SoyoDragon lite mobo)


I have had this box up and running (RH9 w/PVR-250 AthlonXP1700+ for months
now and this is the first time that a simple upgraded to a new version has
caused this problem. One thing of note however: I has Alsa installed but
according to the frontend output, it is only using the OSS (is that supposed
to be?). Any help in this would be appreciated as I am quite stumped. It's
nice to have audio in a recording :)


--
Kenneth Dechick
System Specialist (Unix/Linux)
Commuity Computer Service
http://www.medent.com

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