[mythtv-users] DSP Sound Question

[Leandro Dardini]

Are you sure you install alsa correctly? is there some audio manager lying
around (arts for example)? have you unmuted and raised the master volume and
the pcm volume?

Leandro

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Ogles" <ntsysop at planetenigma.org>
To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] DSP Sound Question


> /dev/dsp is a link to /dev/sound/dsp  I don't think sound would work at
> all if i was to delete /dev/sound ?  I forgot to mention in the orginal
> message that I have tried /dev/dsp and /dev/sound/dsp both produce the
> same error.  I have just emerged Freevo and it works sound in all but I
> would much rather get Mythtv working.  I really like this app better than
> freevo.  Any thoughts?
>
> Chris
>
> > If you have the /dev/sound directory, then mythtv try to open
> > /dev/sound/dsp, but alsa connect your sound card to /dev/dsp. The
simpler
> > solution is to remove the /dev/sound directory.
> >
> > Leandro
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chris Ogles" <ntsysop at planetenigma.org>
> > To: <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 7:06 PM
> > Subject: [mythtv-users] DSP Sound Question
> >
> >
> >> I had mythtv working great, but the computer puked on me and now I am
> >> having sound trouble.  I am running this under Gentoo and the newest
> >> alsa-driver (sound driver is via82xx).  I can get video and sound with
> >> tvtime.  I have also done a aplay /dev/dsp and I can hear the sound
just
> >> fine that way.  I have sound from tv card going to line in on the sound
> >> card.
> >>
> >> The problem is when I try to watch a recording or live tv, I get the
> >> black
> >> screen of death.  The console that I launched from doesn't give much
> >> information about any errors, however, the myth log has contains this:
> >>
> >> Starting up as the master server.
> >> 2004-01-17 11:36:49 Enabled verbose msgs : important general
> >> 2004-01-17 11:36:51 Found changes in the todo list.
> >> 2004-01-17 11:36:55 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> >> 2004-01-17 11:36:55 adding: server1 as a player 0
> >> 2004-01-17 11:36:55 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> >> 2004-01-17 11:36:55 adding: server1 as a player 1
> >> 2004-01-17 11:36:55 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> >> 2004-01-17 11:36:55 adding: server1 as a player 0
> >> 2004-01-17 11:36:55 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
> >> 2004-01-17 11:36:55 adding: server1 as a player 0
> >> 2004-01-17 11:36:55 adding: server1 as a remote ringbuffer
> >> 2004-01-17 11:36:58 Changing from None to WatchingLiveTV
> >> Cannot open DSP '/dev/sound/dsp', dying.
> >> open: Device or resource busy
> >> Could not detect audio blocksize
> >> Cannot open DSP '/dev/sound/dsp', exitingopen: Device or resource busy
> >>
> >> I am a little confused as why aplay works and myth does not.  I have
> >> worked on this last night and this morning and need a little help.
> >> Anyone
> >> have any more trouble shooting ideas or thoughts to help me get passed
> >> this problem?  What permission should /dev/dsp have? (/dev/dsp is
> >> root:root 555 and /dev/sound/dsp is root:audio 660)
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Chris
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