[mythtv-users] Can't scan fir audio devices in new .24 install

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

On 17 November 2010 15:38, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:

> The one thing I did change was removing ALSA:default from the database
>
before scanning (I thought I had selected ALSA:spdif in .23.1 last
>
it should not matter if it's in the list previously or not.
0.24 doesn't use a list anymore, it gets created when you scan for devices


> week when I downgraded based on your advice, but it appeared to still
> be ALSA:default).  If I did not do that (or if ALSA:spdif) was in the
> database, I had an error, but no crash like I had last time.  With it
> blank, all my audio devices were populated and I could choose the
> proper one (ALSA:iec958:CARD=SB,DEV=0).
>
> You should still have a ALSA:default device in the generated list as it's
pretty common.

But using iec958 is better anyway
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