[mythtv-users] MythMusic volume

[Joe Garcia]

And the fix

In the general setup for mythmusic

Select "Audio device:" and hit the backspace key to delete what is
there.  Type in "ALSA:default".  Click through to finish to save. 
Rejoice in newfound happiness that the volume control in Mythmusic now
works.

On 11/29/05, Joe Garcia <joejgarcia at gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually I have this same exact problem.  Did anybody find any answers
> to this?  I followed the instructions here
> http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php?module=via82xx.
>
> this is an output of lsmod | grep oss
>
> snd_pcm_oss            57888  0
> snd_mixer_oss          18944  1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm                92680  4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
> snd                    60292  12
> snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
>
> Still can't get mythmusic to work.  Also the "Master" slider does
> nothing, but "PCM" does.
>
>
> On 10/17/05, Sage <sage at gypsycaravan.com> wrote:
> > So there's no way around this?  I don't have an SPDIF-out, so that's not
> > really an option for me.  I just want to use the same control for MythMusic
> > as I do for MythTV -- you'd think this would be the norm.  No way to compile
> > MythMusic with ALSA, or to make its OSS controls work on a machine using
> > ALSA drivers?
> >
> >
> > On 10/12/05, Nick <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 13/10/05, Sage <gypsycaravan at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > > When I'm playing songs via MythMusic, my volume control does not work.
> > > >  If I hit the up/down volume keys on the remote, there is a volume bar
> > > > that moves up and down, but the actual sound does not increase or
> > > > decrease.
> > > >
> > > > Volume controls work fine for watching recordings or live tv.  In the
> > > > "General" settings, I have the volume controls configured to
> > > > manipulate the Master volume.  I'm using ALSA sound drivers.
> > > >
> > > > Is this normal behavior for MythMusic?  What can I do to get volume
> > > > control working?
> > >
> > > MythTV is likely using the ALSA mixer (set as 'default' ) to control
> > > your audio. MythMusic uses OSS and so could be using a different
> > > control that the ALSA mixer does not control (if using ALSA with
> > > OSS-emulation. I use SPDIF-out so don't have this problem, but seem to
> > > recall a similar post a few weeks back.
> > >
> > > Nick
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