[mythtv-users] some recordings don't have audio

[Phill Edwards]

> Hello, I have a Myth box that has been running great for the last 6 months,
> but I suddenly have an odd problem.
>
> I went to watch recorded TV a few days ago, and the last few days worth of
> shows had recorded entirely without audio.  I deleted the shows and rebooted
> the machine.  Things worked ok for a few recordings, then the same problem
> happened again. Live TV works fine (with audio), but if I hit 'r' to record,
> then immediately go watch in in recordings, there's no audio.  Restart the
> backend, do the same things again, and it works.

I had a similar issue but I'm using DVB-T cards so I don't know if
this will work for you or not. In my case, as I'm recording digital TV
broadcasts the audio can be on different channels. If there was no
audio and I selected an alternative audio channel when playing back
(think it's + on the keyboard) then the audio played. So now I've
programmed a button on my remote to do this and it always seems to do
the trick.

Regards,
Phill