[mythtv-users] Cannot get Alsa sound after upgrade

[Len Reed]

Rich West wrote:
> Len Reed wrote:
>> Sound (both AC3-passthrough and other) works fine on my existing system: 
>> Fedora core 6 x86_64, mythtv 0.20.2-165.fc6.  On the same hardware, 
>> running the latest (Fedora 8, mythtv 0.21-185.fc8) I get no sound.  I've 
>> tried changing the output devices (in mythfrontend)and playing with 
>> mixer settings. I get nothing from either the optical or the analog outputs.
>>
>> Sound on the F8 system works fine, via the optical TOS output, when 
>> using xmms or "play".  Only mythfrontend doesn't work.  On xmms I can 
>> select "default", hw:0,0 (analog) or hw:0,1 (digital).  All work fine.
>>
>> Sound h/w is on the Asus M2N32-SLIDelux motherboard.  (Hardware: Athlon 
>> 64 dual core, DVB card, firewire, and PVR250.  High def output from 
>> Nvidia PCIE to TV.)
>>
>> On both FC6 and F8 there's one card.  It's a "HDC NVidia"; module is 
>> "snd-intel8x0".
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Quick question: Have you checked pulseaudio?  It comes (by default) with 
> Fedora 8 and, in my limited experience with it, it does tend to produce 
> the situation that you describe.
> 
> Check out:
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/328414?search_string=pulseaudio;#328414
> http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=177587

Thanks, Rich.  "yum remove pulseaudio" plus a minor tweak to the ALSA 
configuration did the trick! -Len