[mythtv-users] Audio not working... What should I check?

[Leif Pihl]

Colin Mackay: 

Yup.  I got very similar output, here it is: 

**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 2: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0] 
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0




Eric Sharkey: 

I haven't gotten to read that web site just yet. 



LP







On Nov 11, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Colin Mackay wrote:

> Here's something to try...  Lets see what devices Linux see's.  Try this command:
> 
> aplay -l
> 
> This should give you something along the lines of:
> 
> 
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC889A Analog [ALC889A Analog]
>   Subdevices: 0/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC889A Digital [ALC889A Digital]
>   Subdevices: 1/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
>   Subdevices: 0/1
>   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Leif Pihl <leif at pihl.us> wrote:
> See below
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 11, 2013, at 9:04 AM, Leif Pihl wrote:
> > On Nov 11, 2013, at 8:33 AM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> >> On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 9:03 PM, Leif Pihl <leif at pihl.us> wrote:
> >>> On the screen right now is a series of 16 bar graphs.
> >>> At the top center, it's labeled AlsaMixer v1.0.26 (maybe 28 - it's a fuzzy photo that I took; I'm in a different room.)
> >>> Upper left corner says the following:
> >>>  Card: HDA Intel PCH
> >>>  Chip: Intel PantherPoint HDMI
> >>
> >> Ok.  That means that PulseAudio is not active.
> >
> > Hmmm...  What would it say if PulseAudio WAS active?
> >
> >
> >> You are using the HDMI connection on the motherboard itself, not a
> >> discrete PCI Express graphics card, is that correct?
> >
> > Yes - motherboard's HDMI interface.
> > I suspected the software was going to be tough enough,
> > so I wanted the hardware to be as simple (and low cost - eh) as possible and/or practical.
> >
> >
> >>> The bar graphs show this data, going left to right:
> >>>  Master: 41 (bar is roughly 41-ish percent up from the bottom)
> >>
> >> That's a little low.  I'd recommend that you bump that to 100.  I'm
> >> not sure if it really matters with HDMI, though.
> >
> > I'll see if I can figure it out.
> > I'm assuming that if I select it in some way (tab?) that I can use the up-arrow key.
> >
> >
> >> Underneath the bar, does it show OO or MM?  You want it to say OO (you
> >> can toggle this with the m key).
> >>
> >> Eric
> >
> >
> >
> > With the SIX exceptions listed below, most of the bar graphs did show the "OO" characters you were looking for.
> >
> >> For those of you who archive the past messages, this is a response to messages dating from 11/08/13.
> > << CLIP >>
> >> The bar graphs show this data, going left to right:
> 
> 
> I was able to adjust the first ten and last two bar graphs.
> 
> Of the first ten, I set them all to 100%
> All four of those that I could not adjust started with "S/PD...".
>    (I've NOT changed their mode from "OO" to "MM" as of yet.)
> The last two (Rear Mic's) could be adjusted, but I left them at 0%.
> 
> 
> Still no change regarding the Audio output.
> 
> 
> What does the "S/PD..." and so forth stand for?
> Should I change their modes from "OO" to "MM", or leave them alone?
> 
> 
> 
> >>  Master: 41 (bar is roughly 41-ish percent up from the bottom)
> >>  Headphone: 100<>100 (bar is at 100%)
> >>  PCM: 100<>100 (bar is at 100%)
> >      (BLANK)
> >
> >>  Front: 100<>100 (bar is at 100%)
> >>  Front Mi: 0<>0 (bar is at 0%)
> >      MM
> >
> >>  Front Mi: 0<>0 (bar is at 0%)
> >      (BLANK)
> >
> >>  Surround: 100<>100 (bar is at 100%)
> >>  Center: 100 (bar is at 100%)
> >>  LFE: 0<>0 (bar is at 100%)
> >>  Line: 0<>0 (bar is at 0%)
> >      MM
> >
> >>  S/PDIF: (blank) (bar is NON Existant)
> >>  S/PDIF D: (blank) (bar is NON Existant)
> >>  S/PD 1: (blank) (bar is NON Existant)
> >>  S/PD 2: (blank) (bar is NON Existant)
> >>  Rear Mic: 0<>0 (bar is at 0%)
> >      MM
> >
> >>  Rear Mic: 0<>0 (bar is at 0%)
> >      MM
> 
> 
> See above.
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