[mythtv-users] Poor sound quality cmipci

Pierre-Olivier Bouchard petecool at vl.videotron.ca
Sun May 18 17:22:41 EDT 2003


Kevin Hjelden wrote:

> 
>> I've finally gotten mythtv setup and running with
>> capture using the following equipment:
>> Asus A7A333 (Think thats right)
>> CM8738 onboard sound
>> WinTv Go
>> Athlon 1700+
>> 256Mb Ram
>>
>> Systems encode and decodes the video just fine, but
>> the audio is just crap.  Hissing and low volume.
>> I've messed with the levels in ALSA mixer for an hour
>> or two to no avail.  Then I moved the sound feed from
>> line-in to mic-in after reading a post. That did
>> nothing as well.  I also tried all three encoding
>> levels. No discernable difference in sound quality
>> either.  Below I've provided some info that might
>> help.  If anyone has any ideas I'd be happy to hear
>> them!
> 
> 
> maybe try using /dev/adsp instead of /dev/dsp? It seems
> to have helped my AC97.
> 

Or try using /dev/sound/dsp, that worked for me. I don't remember why 
/dev/dsp didn't work, though. Wasn't bad sound quality.


Pete




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