[mythtv-users] HDMI audio mute/unmute problem

[Glenn Sommer]

You could do a wrapper script.

You can do something like
#!/bin/sh

amixer -c 1 sset 'IEC958' mute
amixer -c 1 sset 'IEC958' unmute

mplayer "$1"

And set set mythtv to use that scrips as the player-command.


2008/10/14 JP Fournier <jape41 at gmail.com>:
>
>
>> You need to fix your audio card configuration in ALSA using alsamixer to
>> set the right*** switches--the things that many people think are
>> volumes, but are not, i.e. the ones where people say, "For some stupid
>> reason I have to set the IEC958 volume to 0 to get output from it--at
>> 100%, it's quiet...".
>
> Yep. I realize that some of the switches are just switches.  I guess the
> thing that confuses me is that mplayer doesn't have this problem while myth
> does.  After I play a recording it myth, audio seems to "reset itself" to
> being disabled.   I can play the same file over and over again with no audio
> muting problems, so I'm guessing mplayer does some sort of setup that myth
> doesn't.
>
> In alsa mixer, the only thing displayed for the HDMI card is the IEC958, so
> I'm not sure what other settings I can change.
>
> I did a bit of googling and couldn't find any references to a "channel
> change script" for recording playback so it sounds like I am stuck unless I
> want to hack at the myth code.
>
> regards
>
> jp
>
>
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