[mythtv-users] Sometimes sound does not record - recent problem
Mike Jasper
e394td at comcast.net
Mon Nov 1 06:54:29 UTC 2004
Julian Edwards wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 07:51, Mike Jasper wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I've been using mythtv successfully for many months, enjoying the heck
>>out of it. I'm running the latest ATrpms packages on FC1 (thanks Axel
>>and Jarod), on a box with dual PVR-250s. It's been running flawlessly
>>for months.
>>
>>Two nights ago, the Daily Show recorded with no audio. I figured it was
>>a fluke, maybe a problem with the cable signal. Then tonight, three
>>shows recorded with no audio. However, other shows recorded just fine
>>earlier, with perfect audio. It's intermittent. Like just now I went
>>to try "Watch TV" and the first channel (TNT) had no audio. I went up a
>>channel, and the audio suddenly kicked in. Then I went back to TNT and
>>the audio continued to work.
>>
>>I did an apt-get upgrade a few days ago, and I'm wondering if maybe
>>something got upgraded that's causing the problem. I'll paste some
>>package versions below. I'm not sure what was upgraded most recently,
>>although I'm pretty sure ivtv was. Could ivtv have anything to do with
>>this? Perhaps I should downgrade to 0.1.9. Can anyone help me figure
>>out what might be wrong? I've tried rebooting, different combinations
>>of recording/playback, etc.
>
>
> Put this line in your modules.conf:
> alias msp3400 msp3400-ivtv
>
> I forget the reason but Axel posted this a couple of weeks ago (see the
> archives).
Thanks, that seemed to do the trick. After some digging I found Axel's
post on the ivtv list.
Mike
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