[mythtv-users] Lost HDMI sound in Media Library->Search Internet videos after move to Mythbuntu 12.04

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Thu Nov 1 03:48:17 UTC 2012


On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:53 AM, HP-mini <blm-ubunet at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 03:34 -0400, Ian Evans wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > So my 12.04 sound score card:
>> >
>> > Mythvideo and recordings: sound is great, no change since my 10.04 install
>> > Dropping to desktop: sound in browser
>> > MythMusic: sound
>> > Myth Internet Radio (new in .26): sound
>> >
>> > Browse Internet Video & Search Internet Video: no sound
>> > Information Center->News Feeds (podcasts): skipping, choppy sound
>>
>> Okay...fixed it. Used info in this page:
>> http://omappedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_PA#PA_through_HDMI
>>
>> #load-module module-udev-detect
>> load-module module-alsa-sink device=plughw:1,9 sink_name=output
>> ### Make some devices default
>> set-default-sink output
>>
> That entry is needed when you are using pulse audio server for output
> (or your browser defaults to system setting) & your pulse is an older
> version that did not enumerate more than 1 HDMI output per GPU.
>
> Old version of alsa (<1.0.24) had a similar problem & that was when the
> use of modprobe options probe_mask was en vogue.
> Alsa will open as many audio devices per card as it supports, this is 2
> for most nVidia GPU.
>
> Some GPU have more than 2 codecs (MCPs IONs), the latter generation uses
> 2 codecs & mux them to 4 ports.
>
> This could have meant you could have 4 different HDA streams from MCP
> mobo.
> You can only have 2 HDA streams now.
>
> I didn't think mythbuntu installed pulse ??

Neither did I. Installing it possibly gave rise to the problem in the
first place :)


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