[mythtv-users] HELP: audio has gone

[Bruce Markey]

Chris Rouch wrote:
> I'm having problems with mythtv sound on a Terratec Cinergy card. The
> audio out from the card is connected to the line in on my sblive.
> 
> I've looked at the troubleshooting guide. xawtv is fine, so I know the
> sblive card is working. If I mute the line input and set it to capture
> and run aplay /dev/dsp then I get delayed sound, as expected.
> 
> What is really strange is that if I run xawtv with line in muted, and
> also run mythfrontend in live tv mode, after a short delay I get sound
> again. And I can pause live tv and when I unpause it the sound picks
> up where it should. so myth is getting the audio as it should.
> 
> The only thing I can see in the backend logfile that might be relevant is
> 
>  NVR: Error, unknown audio codec

Normally, this message only shows up when the recording profile
settings are not correct. First make sure your database doesn't
have errors "mysqlcheck -r -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg" then
go to TV Settings->Recording Profiles and check the audio settings
for each of the profiles.

--  bjm