[mythtv-users] Sound problems with Oneiric

[Tim Draper]

On 15 November 2011 06:57, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Dirk Aust <dirk_aust at gmx.de> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I have trouble with sound playback in frontend with Oneiric, several settings in the frontend setup,
>> but Ican't get sound out of the TV. It worked with the former setup with Ubuntu 10.04 on the same
>> HW.
>
> Have you changed myth versions, say from 0.23 to 0.24 during the
> upgrade? If so you need to scan for audio devices in frontend setup.
> In fact it wouldn't harm to do so.
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i find i have to run 'alsamixer' and unmute the required output
channel for things to work (use M to toggle mute status)
and to confirm, i then run 'speaker-test -c 4' for a 4ch speaker test.

 (this is on <=11.04 though, not 11.10).