Configuring the sound is the part of installing MythTV that makes me wince. Its probably all in my head, but there you are. I am currently installing Myth 0.20 FE/BE(primary) on an ASUS M2NPV-VM MB under FC5 (2.6.18-1.2257.fc5smp). Everything is up and working as expected except for the digital sound. I purchased the spdif connector for the MB and am using it to feed my (second hand) Harmon-Kardon DPR 1001 receiver.<br><br><br>The Symptoms are:<br>Using the test player in Soundcard Detection causes choppy sound to come thru the speakers. I use soundcard detection because aplay does not seem to work.<br><br>$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Startup.wav<br>aplay: main:547: audio open error: No such file or directory<br><br>In MythTV I have the audio output set to ALSA:spdif. The receivers registers a signal, but no sound comes from the speakers.<br><br>I thought I would see if anyone had any advice before I began
experimenting.<br><br>Thanks,<br>bw<br><br>+++++this is my modprobe.conf<br>alias char-major-61 lirc_i2c<br>alias eth0 forcedeth<br>alias scsi_hostadapter sata_nv<br># sound configurations<br>options disable_msi=1<br>remove snd-hda-intel { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };<br>/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-hda-intel<br>alias snd-card-1 snd-mpu401<br>options snd-mpu401 index=1<br>remove snd-mpu401 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 1 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; };<br>/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-mpu401<br>alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel<br>options snd-card-0 position_fix=1 model=3stack<br># nvidia kernel module<br>alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-8776<br>alias nvidia nvidia-1_0-8776<br># ivtv modules setup<br>alias char-major-81 videodev<br>alias char-major-81-0 ivtv<br>alias char-major-81-1 ivtv<br>alias char-major-81-2 ivtv<br>install lirc_i2c /sbin/modprobe ivtv; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install lirc_i2c<br><br>+++++and my
.asoundrc<br># Override the default output used by ALSA.<br># If you do not override the default, your default<br># device is identical to the (unmixed) analog device<br># shown below. If you prefer mixed and/or digital<br># output, uncomment the appropriate four lines below<br># (only one slave.pcm line).<br>pcm.!default {<br> type plug<br>## Uncomment the following to use mixed analog by default<br># slave.pcm "dmix-analog"<br>## Uncomment the following to use unmixed digital by default<br> slave.pcm "digital-hw"<br>## Uncomment the following to use mixed digital by default<br># slave.pcm "dmix-digital"<br>}<br><br># Alias for analog output on the nForce2/4 (hw:0,0)<br># - This is identical to the device named "default"--which<br># always exists and refers to hw:0,0 (unless overridden)<br># - Therefore, we can specify "hw:0,0", "default", or "analog"<br># to access analog output on the nForce2/4<br>pcm.analog {<br> type
plug<br> slave.pcm "analog-hw"<br>}<br><br># Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card<br>ctl.analog {<br> type hw<br> card 0<br>}<br><br># Alias for (rate-converted) mixed analog output on the<br># nForce2 (hw:0,0)<br># - This will accept audio input--regardless of rate--and<br># convert to the rate required for the dmix plugin<br># (in this case 48000Hz)<br>pcm.mixed-analog {<br> type plug<br> slave.pcm "dmix-analog"<br>}<br><br># Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card<br>ctl.mixed-analog {<br> type hw<br> card 0<br>}<br><br># Alias for (rate-converted) digital (S/PDIF) output on the<br># nForce2 (hw:0,2)<br># - This will accept audio input--regardless of rate--and<br># convert to the rate required for the S/PDIF hardware<br># (in this case 48000Hz)<br>pcm.digital {<br> type plug<br> slave.pcm "digital-hw"<br>}<br><br># Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card<br>ctl.digital
{<br> type hw<br> card 0<br>}<br><br># Alias for mixed (rate-converted) digital (S/PDIF) output on the<br># nForce2/4 (hw:0,2)<br># - This will accept audio input--regardless of rate--and<br># convert to the rate required for the S/PDIF hardware<br># (in this case 48000Hz)<br>pcm.mixed-digital {<br> type plug<br> slave.pcm "dmix-digital"<br>}<br><br># Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2 card<br>ctl.mixed-digital {<br> type hw<br> card 0<br>}<br><br># The following devices are not useful by themselves. They<br># require specific rates, channels, and formats. Therefore,<br># you probably do not want to use them directly. Instead use<br># one of the devices defined above.<br><br># Alias for analog output on the nForce2 (hw:0,0)<br># Do not use this directly--it requires specific rate,<br># channels, and format<br>pcm.analog-hw {<br> type hw<br> card 0<br> # The default value for device is 0, so no
need to specify<br>}<br><br># Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2/4 card<br>ctl.analog-hw {<br> type hw<br> card 0<br>}<br><br># Alias for digital (S/PDIF) output on the nForce2/4 (hw:0,2)<br># Do not use this directly--it requires specific rate,<br># channels, and format<br>pcm.digital-hw {<br> type hw<br> card 0<br> device 2<br>}<br><br># Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2/4 card<br>ctl.digital-hw {<br> type hw<br> card 0<br>}<br><br># Direct software mixing plugin for analog output on<br># the nForce2/4 (hw:0,0)<br># Do not use this directly--it requires specific rate,<br># channels, and format<br>pcm.dmix-analog {<br> type dmix<br> ipc_key 1234<br> slave {<br> pcm "analog-hw"<br> period_time 0<br> period_size 1024<br> buffer_size 4096<br> rate 48000<br> }<br>}<br><br># Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2/4
card<br>ctl.dmix-analog {<br> type hw<br> card 0<br>}<br><br># Direct software mixing plugin for digital (S/PDIF) output<br># on the nForce2/4 (hw:0,2)<br># Do not use this directly--it requires specific rate,<br># channels, and format<br>pcm.dmix-digital {<br> type dmix<br> ipc_key 1235<br> slave {<br> pcm "digital-hw"<br> period_time 0<br> period_size 1024<br> buffer_size 4096<br> rate 48000<br> }<br>}<br><br># Control device (mixer, etc.) for the nForce2/4 card<br>ctl.dmix-digital {<br> type hw<br> card 0<br>}<br><br><br><br><p> __________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com