[mythtv-users] Soundblaster live and AC3 for MythDVD help

[Gregg]

I think that is the problem.  There is no rpm for my kernel
"alsa-kmdl-2.6.8-1.521"  So I think I may have to do a apt-get
dist-upgrade :(.  I was planing on changing the case anyway.  Is there
a good way to backup all the settings ect?

-Gregg



On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 10:26:44 -0600, Michael Segulja <msegulja at lmdcs.com> wrote:
>  I was having the same exact problem... music and sounds effects but no
> voices and nothing if I set xine to passthrough.  My problem ended up being
> the version of alsa.  I had 1.0.7 for alsa-utils and alsa-libs, but I had
> 1.0.6 of the alsa driver.  Check cat /etc/asound/version and see what it
> gives you.
>  
>  Here's what fixed it for me:  apt-get install alsa-kmdl-`uname -r`
>  
>  HTH,
>  Michael
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>  
>  Gregg wrote: 
>  I discovered the errors are because those lines are missing from the
> original config. I made a backup before the restore :). Anyway after the
> restore I still get no sound for dvds. I installed xine and when I play in
> 5.1 mode I get music and sound effects, but no voices. If I play in
> passthrough I get nothing. I am running 2.6.8-1.521 if that makes a
> difference. I also uninstalled and reinstalled alsa using apt-get.
> Arghhhhh!!! thanks. -Gregg On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:26:55 -0800, Gregg
> <3gemail at gmail.com> wrote: 
>  Duhh ;) I ran alsactl -v and it said "alsactl version 1.0.7" I then did the
> resore and got this... /usr/sbin/alsactl --file ~/asound.state restore
> /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:797: warning: numid mismatch (44/46) for
> control#44 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:797: warning: numid mismatch
> (45/47) for control#45 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:805: warning: name
> mismatch (Phone Playback Switch/PC Speaker Playback Switch) for control #46
> /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:805: warning: name mismatch (Phone Playback
> Volume/PC Speaker Playback Volume) for control #47 /usr/sbin/alsactl:
> set_control:805: warning: name mismatch (Mic Playback Switch/Phone Playback
> Switch) for control #48 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:805: warning: name
> mismatch (Mic Playback Volume/Phone Playback Volume) for control #49
> /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:805: warning: name mismatch (Mic Boost
> (+20dB)/Mic Playback Switch) for control #50 /usr/sbin/alsactl:
> set_control:805: warning: name mismatch (Line Playback Switch/Mic Playback
> Volume) for control #51 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:892: bad
> control.51.value type On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:53:43 -0800, Gregg Farhat
> <3gemail at gmail.com> wrote: 
>  I have ver 1.0.7, I will try the restore tomorrow night, along with the
> change in the asoundrc. My device is 0,3. I will let you know how it goes.
> -Gregg On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 14:10:19 -0500, Kyle Rose
> <krose+mythtv at krose.org> wrote: 
>  Gregg Farhat <3gemail at gmail.com> writes: 
>  I removed the suggested items and applied the .asoundrc. It still has the
> same results. I did discover if I add -ac hwac3, -ao alsa9 I get no sound on
> dvd, but if I remove it I get static. Any other suggestions besides a hammer
> :) . Thanks again for your help. LOL, I almost did this once with a live
> because of this BS, but I doubt it would have helped. Keep the faith. :)
> It's a great sound card, especially given the very low cost. Given that I
> basically only ever use passthrough (except for playing Ogg/MP3 files, which
> are all 16 bit anyway), I doubt I will ever need anything different unless a
> non-S/PDIF digital interface appears. Which version of alsa are you running?
> I know I had problems with the different variants of 1.0.6, so make sure
> you're using 1.0.7 (not -rc?) or CVS. Also, try xine instead of mplayer. The
> alsa support on each piece of software is different, and frankly I've never
> gotten mplayer to work as reliably as xine even though xine's configuration
> seems more complicated at first. Next, how is your Live wired to your AC3
> decoder? I use just the basic Live card with a coax connector going from (I
> believe) the white (left) channel on a stereo mini->RCA converter sitting in
> the top (?) mini jack, which on my card is gold instead of colored plastic,
> to the S/PDIF in on my receiver. I'm doing this from memory, so it's a bit
> fuzzy. Finally, try putting the attached asound.state into a file (e.g.
> /tmp/foo) and issuing "alsactl --file /tmp/foo restore". This is my mixer
> config. Since the Live has so many mixer settings that are so poorly
> documented, it took a lot of trial-and-error to get set up correctly. If
> this works for you, I'll post a web page indicating how to get this set up
> because I'll have positive confirmation that it works for at least one other
> person. :) This will *only* work with 1.0.7, because some of the mixer
> controls changed names, etc. Let me know what happens. I'm curious to hear
> if it works. Cheers, Kyle ________________________________
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