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style='font-size:10.0pt'> When I try to record a T.V. show or watch Live T.V. in<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> KnoppMyth R4V4 I hear no sound. Here is the system I<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> have<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> PVR-250 with DirectTV satellite TV-Out COAX connected<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> to the COAX in on the PVR-250.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> VIA AC97 sound out connected to headphones.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> P4 1.4Ghz<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Elite P4VMXS motherboard<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> 1GB ram<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> These are the steps I have tried to resolve the<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> problem: <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> (1) I played a MP3 to verify it was not my sound out<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> that was not working. I heard sound, so my sound out<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> is working great. Sound out is coming from AC97 on<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> board audio. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> (2) I ran alsamixer and made sure that all channels<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> had volume and that none of the channels had MM (mute)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> above them. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> (3) I ran mythtv-setup and tried all the different<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> sound processor options i.e. dsp, dsp0, dsp1, dsp2,<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> and dsp3. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> (4) I tried test_ioctl and made sure that volume was<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> 65000 and mute was 0. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> (5) I tried the following: <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Code: <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> cd /usr/src <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> # The ivtv compile needs the src files. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> tar xvfj linux-2.4.25-chw.tar.bz2 <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> cd /usr/local/lib/ivtv/driver <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> make clean <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> # I suppose I could have used "make install" but I was<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> testing <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> # and didn"t want to add to my problems. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> make <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> cp msp3400.o<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> /lib/modules/2.4.25-chw/kernel/drivers/media/video/ <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> # And answer yes to overwrite the existing file. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> I tried mplayer /dev/video0<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> When I played Mplayer I noticed the following two<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> items displayed:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> MPEG: No audio stream found -> no sound <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> and later on down <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Audio: no sound <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> I also tried a couple of the following:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> test_ioctl -v input=X,output=Y <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Where X and Y are numbers that I try differently each<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> time. I have no clue what numbers to use, what range<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> of numbers to use, and if I need to reboot each time<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> or not.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Is there anyway to check and see what dsp my PVR-250<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> is using i.e. dsp, dsp0, dsp1, etc. without having to<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> guess? <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Each time I change the dsp using mythtv-setup do I<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> need to reboot? <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> How can I verify that there are no other msp3400.o<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> files and that the right one is loading?<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> When running Mplayer does the "MPEG: No audio stream<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> found -> no sound" line give any tips as to what might<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> be going wrong?<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Is there anything else I should try or that I missed<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> to get sound input working? <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Any help would be much appreciated! I am so close to<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> being able to record shows on my KnoppMyth box. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Also I am a super Linux novice so if you give any<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> instructions please be detailed as I may not<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> understand the command to do what you are asking me to<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> do.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Best Regards, <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face=Courier><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> John<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></div>
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