[mythtv-users] Audio on HDMI - Need more suggestions

Don Brett dlbrett at zoominternet.net
Sun Jul 25 00:19:31 UTC 2010


Steven Adeff wrote:
>>>>>> Can you try without "probe_mask=0xffff,0xfff2" and see if maybe another
>>>>>> device like 0,5, 0,7, 0,8 (or whichever devices will appear) will be
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> actual device you need? On my GT220 I need to use 0,7 (In my case it's
>>>>>> 1,7 because the onboard audio is device 0).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I removed the probe_mask, but I'm not really sure how to check it.  So,
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> ran "alsa-info.sh" and it's output is here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=1154be82a2f59d3d1276ccdf854e9b21a3e17f85
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>> Good catch, I only updated alsa-driver, as the tutorial instructed, but
>>>> it
>>>> looks like the old driver is still being used.  The tutorial has a note
>>>> for
>>>> Ubuntu users to remove the "linux-backports-modules-alsa-`uname -r"
>>>> package.
>>>>  That looks like that package manages which driver is used.  Perhaps I
>>>> need
>>>> to do something to make mythdora use the new driver.
>>>>
>>>> The original system path is: (dated 4-5-2010)
>>>> "/lib/modules/2.6.32.11-99.fc12.i686/kernel/...."
>>>>
>>>> It looks like the drivers are installed under this path: (dated
>>>> 7-21-2010)
>>>> "/lib/modules/2.6.32.16-141"
>>>>
>>>> ....so it looks like they are installed, but not used (?).
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> First, do
>>> cat /proc/asound/version
>>> you need to have version 1.0.23 installed.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> [root at vanson ~]# cat /proc/asound/version
>> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
>> [root at vanson ~]#
>>
>> But I do have version 1.0.23 installed; it's not using it.  How do I tell it
>> to use the new one?  Did I do the installation correctly?
>>
>> - download alsa-driver source and un-pack
>> - ./configure --with-kernel=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686
>> - make
>> - make install
>>
>>
>> Where did I go wrong?
>>     
>
> ah, no idea. I played with Mythdora for a month trying to use it just
> as a frontend and gave up and went back to Mythbuntu...
>
>   
Sometimes a distro it takes a little getting-used-to, but I really like MythDora; I've had pretty good luck with it.  I suspect this is a Fedora thing though, there's probably some step I missed to make it look at the right version.







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