[mythtv-users] emu10k1 unable to capture?

Chad masterclc at gmail.com
Tue Sep 20 00:52:41 UTC 2005


On 9/18/05, Jeff Clemens <teedub303 at gmail.com> wrote:
> From the research I've been able to do, it looks like the latest Alsa build
> is broken for some emu10k cards, including my audigy.  I've heard that
> installing alsa 1.0.9a, instead of whatever version ATRPMS has up now, fixes
> it, but I can't seem to meet all of the dependencies to be able to install
> that version. 
>  
> with my card, the line in stopped working, and I lost the ability to control
> any of the mutes for any of my channels.
> I guess I'm stuck not watching tv until the next alsa build comes out.  I
> tried compiling a version that is supposed to work (it's patched), but
> couldn't meet the compile dependencies.  (I'm not that experienced with
> compiling packages myself yet). 
>  
> 
> 
>  
> On 9/16/05, Chad <masterclc at gmail.com> wrote: 
> > 
> > Hello!
> > 
> > I am having quite the time here trying to configure an SB Live to
> > capture within Myth.
> > 
> > I know this is not indicative of anything, but with tvtime, TV sounds
> > just fine.
> > 
> > I have every volume up in the playback screen in alsamixer, and have
> > switched around every capture device, yet nothing gets played back 
> > from within myth.
> > 
> > The audio is patched to the "Line-In" on the soundcard by an
> > 1/8"|3.5mm stereo audio cable.  I've also tried "Mic" with no luck.
> > The capture card does not have it's own audio capturing mechanism. 
> > 
> > Any ideas are very welcome.
> > 
> > For the sake of information, here's my lspci and lsmod:
> > 
> > 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8385 [K8T800 AGP]
> > Host Bridge (rev 01)
> > 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge 
> > [K8T800/K8T890 South]
> > 0000:00:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394
> > Host Controller (rev 80)
> > 0000:00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live!
> > EMU10k1 (rev 07)
> > 0000:00: 09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game
> > Port (rev 07)
> > 0000:00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
> > 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
> > 0000:00:0c.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7130 
> > Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)
> > 0000:00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420
> > SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
> > 0000:00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
> > VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE
> (rev 06) 
> > 0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
> > 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
> > 0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
> > 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
> > 0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 
> > 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
> > 0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB
> > 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
> > 0000:00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
> > 0000:00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge 
> > [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
> > 0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
> > [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
> > 0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
> > [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 
> > 0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
> > [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
> > 0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
> > [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
> > 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 
> > [GeForce4 MX 440] (rev a3)
> > 
> > 
> > And LSMOD:
> > Module                  Size  Used by
> > snd_seq_midi            9536  0
> > snd_emu10k1_synth       8832  0
> > snd_emux_synth         35584  1 snd_emu10k1_synth
> > snd_seq_virmidi         8640  1 snd_emux_synth 
> > snd_seq_midi_event      9216  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi
> > snd_seq_midi_emul       8896  1 snd_emux_synth
> > snd_seq                57304  5
> >
> snd_seq_midi,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi_emul
> > snd_pcm_oss            53920  0
> > snd_mixer_oss          18560  1 snd_pcm_oss
> > ohci_hcd               21828  0
> > i2c_viapro             10136  0
> > ehci_hcd               31880  0
> > uhci_hcd               33824  0 
> > tuner                  39976  0
> > saa7134               119636  0
> > video_buf              22020  1 saa7134
> > v4l2_common             8384  1 saa7134
> > v4l1_compat            14660  1 saa7134
> > i2c_core               21952  3 i2c_viapro,tuner,saa7134 
> > ir_common               9732  1 saa7134
> > videodev               11712  1 saa7134
> > snd_emu10k1           117892  1 snd_emu10k1_synth
> > snd_rawmidi            25824  3
> snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1
> > snd_seq_device          9808  5 
> >
> snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
> > snd_ac97_codec         91140  1 snd_emu10k1
> > snd_pcm                90376  3
> snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
> > snd_timer              24520  3 snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm 
> > snd_page_alloc         11216  2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
> > snd_util_mem            6016  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
> > snd_hwdep              10912  2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1
> > snd                    54496  12
> >
> snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
> > soundcore              10720  2 saa7134,snd
> > ohci1394               33868  0
> > ieee1394              354192  1 ohci1394
> > evdev                  12608  0
> > usbcore               117100  4 ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd 
> > nvidia               4367052  0
> > skge                   36816  0
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > _______________________________________________


Good to know, thanks!  I guess I'll just throw in a different soundcard.

Thanks for all the replies!

Chad


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