[mythtv-users] video but no audio from recorded shows

[mmcconnell at uniserve.com]

What kind of capture card?

Quoting tech at gnuconsulting.com:

> I have jiggered it so that my machine doesn't lock up while recording
> shows anymore (retrograding the kernel to 2.4.24 seems to have done the
> trick, as that changes the drivers for video, audio, bttv, and the
> kernel all at once).  Now, the problem is that when 'watching' live tv
> (that's a joke, as it's unusable on my machine), I get both audio and
> video.  And, when a scheduled recording goes off, I can hear the audio 
> through my speakers (which is annoying, but not life threatening).  But,
> when I go to watch a recorded show, I get nothing but silence.  I wanted
> to test the file with mplayer to see if it was a myth playback thing vs. 
> a myth recording thing but mlpayer doesn't recognize the file at all.
> Neither does xine, for that matter.  I tried transcoding the file to mp4 
> (I assume that's what the RTjpeg/MPEG4 selection in the transcoder's 
> config was saying) by hitting X while watching (and the little 'transcoding 
> queued' popped up, and I saw the transcoding binary in top), but after 
> it finished the only file in my mythvids directory was the .nuv, still 
> unrecognized by mplayer. 
> 
> How should I proceed? 
> 
> Setup:
> front and backend on same machine
> debian/sid
> v 0.14 deb packages
> 2.4.24
> sb64
> bt878
> duron 750
> 1.25GB ram
> nvidia mx440 w/binary drivers
> other needed info? just ask!
> 
> Thanks for all your help so far!
> 
> D.A.Bishop
>