[mythtv-users] Remote frontend sound problems

Bruce Markey bjm at lvcm.com
Sun May 25 22:24:42 EDT 2003


Ken VanDine wrote:
...
> The master backend works like a champ, and the laptop worked great as a 
> frontend until it's hard drive died.  The slave backend/frontend works fine 
> when it is running as it's own master.  When it is acting as a slave and 
> frontend there is no sound.  Also, if I don't run the backend at all on the 
> redhat 9 box and just using it as a remote frontend to the master there is 
> no sound.  It also behaves the same for both playing recordings or live-tv.  
> Mythfrontend gets these errors when connecting to the master backend:
> 
> <snip>
> open: No such file or directory
> open: No such file or directory
> open: No such file or directory
> ----repeats many times-----
> open: No such file or directory
> open: No such file or directory
> player: Can't open audio device: 
> </snip>
> 
> Again, it plays fine as a frontend for it's own backend... it just does this 
> when connecting to the master backend.  I am pretty sure the laptop frontend 
> was configured about the same and it worked fine.  I am at a loss :-)
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas?

Sure. It sounds like the "Audio output device" isn't set
correctly for that host in the master backend's database.
 From that frontend when connecting to that master, go to
Setup->General->Audio in current CVS or TV->Setup->Playback->
Audio if more than a week or so old.

--  bjm



More information about the mythtv-users mailing list