Re: [mythtv-users] Soundblaster live and AC3 for MythDVD help

[Michael Segulja]

I was having the same exact problem... music and sounds effects but no voices and nothing if I set xine to passthrough.  My problem ended up being the version of alsa.  I had 1.0.7 for alsa-utils and alsa-libs, but I had 1.0.6 of the alsa driver.  Check cat /etc/asound/version and see what it gives you. Here's what fixed it for me:  apt-get install alsa-kmdl-`uname -r` HTH, Michael Michael Segulja LMD Computing Solutions, Inc. (281) 376-8181 | Office. (281) 300-8285 | Mobile (281) 576-7230 | Fax http://www.lmdcs.com | | To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; | to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it. | - Scott Granneman, Security Focus | Gregg wrote: I discovered the errors are because those lines are missing from the original config. I made a backup before the restore :). Anyway after the restore I still get no sound for dvds. I installed xine and when I play in 5.1 mode I get music and sound effects, but no voices. If I play in passthrough I get nothing. I am running 2.6.8-1.521 if that makes a difference. I also uninstalled and reinstalled alsa using apt-get. Arghhhhh!!! thanks. -Gregg On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:26:55 -0800, Gregg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Duhh ;) I ran alsactl -v and it said "alsactl version 1.0.7" I then did the resore and got this... /usr/sbin/alsactl --file ~/asound.state restore /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:797: warning: numid mismatch (44/46) for control#44 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:797: warning: numid mismatch (45/47) for control#45 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:805: warning: name mismatch (Phone Playback Switch/PC Speaker Playback Switch) for control #46 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:805: warning: name mismatch (Phone Playback Volume/PC Speaker Playback Volume) for control #47 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:805: warning: name mismatch (Mic Playback Switch/Phone Playback Switch) for control #48 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:805: warning: name mismatch (Mic Playback Volume/Phone Playback Volume) for control #49 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:805: warning: name mismatch (Mic Boost (+20dB)/Mic Playback Switch) for control #50 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:805: warning: name mismatch (Line Playback Switch/Mic Playback Volume) for control #51 /usr/sbin/alsactl: set_control:892: bad control.51.value type On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:53:43 -0800, Gregg Farhat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have ver 1.0.7, I will try the restore tomorrow night, along with the change in the asoundrc. My device is 0,3. I will let you know how it goes. -Gregg On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 14:10:19 -0500, Kyle Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gregg Farhat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I removed the suggested items and applied the .asoundrc. It still has the same results. I did discover if I add -ac hwac3, -ao alsa9 I get no sound on dvd, but if I remove it I get static. Any other suggestions besides a hammer :) . Thanks again for your help. LOL, I almost did this once with a live because of this BS, but I doubt it would have helped. Keep the faith. :) It's a great sound card, especially given the very low cost. Given that I basically only ever use passthrough (except for playing Ogg/MP3 files, which are all 16 bit anyway), I doubt I will ever need anything different unless a non-S/PDIF digital interface appears. Which version of alsa are you running? I know I had problems with the different variants of 1.0.6, so make sure you're using 1.0.7 (not -rc?) or CVS. Also, try xine instead of mplayer. The alsa support on each piece of software is different, and frankly I've never gotten mplayer to work as reliably as xine even though xine's configuration seems more complicated at first. Next, how is your Live wired to your AC3 decoder? I use just the basic Live card with a coax connector going from (I believe) the white (left) channel on a stereo mini->RCA converter sitting in the top (?) mini jack, which on my card is gold instead of colored plastic, to the S/PDIF in on my receiver. I'm doing this from memory, so it's a bit fuzzy. Finally, try putting the attached asound.state into a file (e.g. /tmp/foo) and issuing "alsactl --file /tmp/foo restore". This is my mixer config. Since the Live has so many mixer settings that are so poorly documented, it took a lot of trial-and-error to get set up correctly. If this works for you, I'll post a web page indicating how to get this set up because I'll have positive confirmation that it works for at least one other person. :) This will *only* work with 1.0.7, because some of the mixer controls changed names, etc. Let me know what happens. I'm curious to hear if it works. Cheers, Kyle _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

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