Mike, Good information. Nice informative post.
I don't want to hijack this thread but did you get MythGame/Xmame working on your Xbox? AJM, On 8/4/05, CTD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave wrote: > > >On 8/4/05, Johan Kihlström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Michael T. Dean wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Dave wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> I had a frontend on my Xbox without issue for about 8 months. > >>>>Then I > >>>>decided to upgrade Myth to .18, and in the process, upgrade Xebian to > >>>>1.1. > >>>> Problem is, now I can't get sound of the XBox with Myth. I can play > >>>>audio OK using aplay, but when I go to view a recording with Myth I > >>>>get "mixer unable to find control PCM" > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>What happens when you set "Mixer Controls" to "Master" instead of "PCM"? > >>> > >>>Mike > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>mythtv-users mailing list > >>>[email protected] > >>>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Doesn't matter, I'm afraid > >> > >>I just had the same problem when upgrading to the latest Xebian. > >> > >>The sound device in the X-box has no mixer, so in order to make ALSA > >>work you have to disable internal mixing in myth. > >>You also need a good .asoundrc and instead of selecting /dev/dsp in > >>audio you have to write ALSA:(device from asoundrc) > >> > >>Good luck! > >> > >>Johan > >>_______________________________________________ > >>mythtv-users mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > >> > >> > >> > > > >Ok, disabling the internal mixed fixed it. I swear I tried this > >yesterday after reading about the XBox not having a hardware > >mixer..... > >Anyway, I've got sound with: MixerControl=PCM (this is probably > >ignored since internal mixing is off), AudioDevice and > >AudioOutputDevice=ALSA:cards.pcm.dmix > > > >Thanks for the help & suggestions! > >Dave > >_______________________________________________ > >mythtv-users mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > I basically had the same issue. I installed myth 0.18.1 using install > help from http://bit.blkbk.com/ (0.4.5-beta) on a xebian 1.1.0 xbox. I > followed a previous post's instructions where the only change I had to > make was setting Audio Output Device to /dev/dsp. No volume control in > mythtv, but I have sound. > > Concerning some of the posts about HW vs. SW mod. I found the info on > www.xbox-linux.org a little dated in regards to the SW mod > instructions. I actually bought a mod chip after unsuccessfully > attempting a SW mod using the www.xbox-linux.org instructions. By the > time my mod chip arrived, I found other more up to date instructions to > accomplish the SW mod on almost any xbox no matter what HW version or > Dashboard version. > > I basically followed the instructions on the following links to SW-mod > the xbox: > http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?act=ST&f=44&t=257509 > http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/203285 > http://www.xbox-scene.com/articles/xbins.php > > I did purchase the an action replay kit from ebay for $20 and rented the > ORIGINAL MechAssault Game in order to perform the SW mod. > > I then followed the http://bit.blkbk.com/ instructions. > > Then I used some evolutions dashboard tutorial instructions on > xbox-scene.com on how to start the linux install w/o needing the boot CD. > > Now I have a stable and cheap frontend. > > Hope that helps. > Mike > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
