[plug] TV card woes

[Jim Householder]

Thanks, Bill, but the problem using line-in is in the tv-card 
configuration, not the mixers, etc.  A while back when I was having 
problems getting the mixers configured, I plugged the amplified speakers 
directly into the tv card's line-out and got good sound.  Now I get nothing.

I've played with all the alsa settings to no avail.  I will try oss next.

Jim


W.Kenworthy wrote:
> Check the lasa mixer, and oss mixer (in gnome they are both in the gnome
> mixer applet.)  Check the config to make sure everyting is turned on.
> Alsa is perhaps the biggest heap of crap from a Joe Average user point
> of view in the linux desktop!  What I have found with my ancient card
> using line-in, that some mixers seem to be chained as I can sometimes
> get two (one delayed by a fraction of a second) audio streams at times.
> 
> Note that tvtime and mythtv tread on each other in the state they leave
> the mixer on exit.  tvtime is the main culprit.  Also check that
> arts/esd/jack etc are not using /dev/dsp which can sometimes give rise
> to odd effects.
> 
> BillK
> 
> On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 14:02 +0800, Jim Householder wrote:
> 
>>Hi
>>
>>Since trying to get mythtv running, something has happened to my tvtime 
>>setup.  I upgraded to version 1.0 and it worked for a while.  The card 
>>is a WinFast TV2000 XP with FM radio.
>>
>>But now, I get virtually no sound from the card under linux.  If I crank 
>>up the volume all the way I get a bare whisper that sounds more like 
>>radio than TV.  The card works perfectly with WinXP with the sound 
>>patched through line-in.  Line-in works fine with MDK.
>>
>>Visible feedback indicates that tvtime's mute and volume control work, 
>>but have no audible effect.
>>
>>I loaded the btaudio module, and tvtime's volume status bar is now 
>>permanently at 0.  No adjustment possible.
>>
>>However, I used sox to successfully record from the card.  I'm sure I'm 
>>missing something painfully obvious, but I have not been able to get 
>>tvtime to look at what sox sees.  Any clues?
>>
>>xawtv also has no sound.
>>
>>Also, with the new digital card and mythtv, mythtv tells me that 
>>/dev/dsp is in use by something else, even after a fresh reboot.
>>
>>How do I find what it is?  I seem to remember something about how to 
>>find out on this list a while back, but don't know what to use for an 
>>archive search argument...
>>
>>TIA
>>Jim
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