[mythtv-users] Sound problem with 0.27 on Ubuntu 14.04

[Mike Carron]

On 04/24/2014 08:50 AM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> Hoi Mike,
>
> Thursday, April 24, 2014, 5:28:55 PM, you wrote:
>
>> On 24/04/14 16:03, Mike Carron wrote:
>>> On 04/24/2014 04:23 AM, Karl Dietz wrote:
>>>> On 24.04.2014 07:05, Mike Carron wrote:
>>>>>      Apr 23 19:39:01 Office mythfrontend.real: mythfrontend[10904]: E
>>>>>      CoreContext audio/audiooutput.cpp:185 (OpenAudio) Audio output
>>>>>      device is set to a Windows device but Windows support is not
>>>>>      compiled in!
>>>> It appears as if you have configured mythfrontend with this hostname but on MS
>>>> Windows in the past. Please run the audio configuration again. If you intent
>>>> to dual boot this system you can either use different hostnames or tell mythtv
>>>> to use a separate configuration.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Karl
>>> ***
>>> Unfortunately Setup -> Audio crashes the FE. If I try the Setup Wizard the FE
>>> freezes as soon as I advance to the Audio section and Ctrl-Alt-F1 is necessary
>>> to regain any control. I did have an MS Windows machine with the same name
>>> (Office) and with Mythfrontend configured but it was only connected to an older
>>> 0.25 BE. Having MythTV on this machine isn't absolutely necessary but sure is
>>> convenient, I use it primarily to edit shows before transcoding them for the
>>> Video Library and I can do that from any FE. I haven't done a real build for
>>> over 25 years so I hope it won't come to that.
>>>
>> The next step is to run it from a console with appropriate tracing (-v) enabled
>> so that you can pin down what happens and where.
> Then if that doesn't create other problems, rename the machines
> hostname or change the <LocalHostName> tag in config.xml
>
>
>
> Tot mails,
>    Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>
> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
> Het eeuwige dilemma
> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>
> De lerende Mens
>
>
***
Thanks Hika, changing the machine hostname worked.

mike