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Ozdemon
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:51 pm |
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I have not been able to figure out how to get ALSA working over hdmi, so I use OSS instead. However, I have to go into Linhes Config/Audio settings every time I boot and then press test audio (I get "Front, Center" spoken in a female voice) otherwise I have no audio.
I have an Asus M4A78-EM which has onboard audio http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=0KyowHKUFAQqH2DO
Sound over OSS is obtained with the setting spdifout, dsp7.
Can anyone suggest either the correct settings to get audio over hdmi for R6 or alternatively a solution to me losing sound with OSS every time I shutdown?
[Edit] Solved - see posts below.
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Ozdemon
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:58 pm |
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Can anyone help? Should I assume the loss of OSS sound every startup is a bug?
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jams
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:14 pm |
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it might be a bug.
Does typing soundon fix the problem between reboots?
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Ozdemon
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:41 pm |
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jams wrote: it might be a bug. Does typing soundon fix the problem between reboots?
Do you mean in the terminal?
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jams
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:58 pm |
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Yes open a terminal, and run soundon as root, or sudo soundon
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Ozdemon
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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 4:56 am |
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jams wrote: Yes open a terminal, and run soundon as root, or sudo soundon
OK, I did that - get msg that OSS already loaded. Still have to check sound under audio settings to get sound. Tks anyway.
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mark60050
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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:39 am |
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I also had trouble getting HDMI working ALSA in R6. I ended up setting MythVantage to "Tinker" and setup ALSA manually. Take a look at this response for a clue as to how to get started.
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20006#122369
I now have HDMI working with ALSA. If you are still having trouble, let me know and I can post a more detailed step-by-step install. I'll need to pull out my notes to do that.
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Ozdemon
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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:42 pm |
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mark60050 wrote: I also had trouble getting HDMI working ALSA in R6. I ended up setting MythVantage to "Tinker" and setup ALSA manually. Take a look at this response for a clue as to how to get started. http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20006#122369I now have HDMI working with ALSA. If you are still having trouble, let me know and I can post a more detailed step-by-step install. I'll need to pull out my notes to do that.
Mark, thanks for the reply, but I can't get to first base.
Code: cat /proc/asound/version No such file or directory Code: cat /proc/asound/cards No such file or directory
I used pacman to make sure I had alsa installed. I rebooted. I think ALSA may be beyond me and I might be better off finding a way of getting OSS to work after reboot (without a sound test).
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manicmike
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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:35 pm |
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Ozdemon wrote: Mark, thanks for the reply, but I can't get to first base. Code: cat /proc/asound/version No such file or directory Code: cat /proc/asound/cards No such file or directory
From memory, you can install alsa from utility --> LinHes Configuration. Can't recall the sub-sub-menus though (probably sound), but you can choose alsa from there and I believe it will run the appropriate commands to install it for you.
Mike
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mark60050
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:25 am |
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Ozdemon wrote: I think ALSA may be beyond me and I might be better off finding a way of getting OSS to work after reboot (without a sound test).
Try turning on ALSA from the service menu
Service Menu -> LinHES Configuration -> Audio Settings
This may install ALSA for you. (Like Mike suggests) I have had ALSA available on both my LinHES machines. After you let MythVantage configure ALSA you can then try and change the audio settings over to "Tinker". I never tried to get OSS to run. It may be that configuring a system for OSS will uninstall ALSA. I don't really know.
I do have HDMI working with LinHES and I can break down the commands for you if you get ALSA installed
Good luck!
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Ozdemon
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Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:14 pm |
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mark60050 wrote: I also had trouble getting HDMI working ALSA in R6. I ended up setting MythVantage to "Tinker" and setup ALSA manually. Take a look at this response for a clue as to how to get started. http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20006#122369I now have HDMI working with ALSA. If you are still having trouble, let me know and I can post a more detailed step-by-step install. I'll need to pull out my notes to do that.
Some GOOD NEWS!
Following your instructions, step-by-step I now have ALSA working over hdmi for everything except TV. Why TV doesn't work I don't know (DVB-Australia). It worked fine with OSS.
I checked alsamixer and couldn't see anything obviously TV related. I also checked the backend to see if there was something there that needed to be tweaked.
So definitely some progress. Just need sound over TV. Many thanks for your help.
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:17 pm |
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Ozdemon wrote: Following your instructions, step-by-step I now have ALSA working over hdmi for everything except TV.
Have you told mythtv frontend to use alsa? Settings -> General (I think)
Mike
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Ozdemon
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:20 pm |
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manicmike wrote: Ozdemon wrote: Following your instructions, step-by-step I now have ALSA working over hdmi for everything except TV. Have you told mythtv frontend to use alsa? Settings -> General (I think) Mike
Yes, I had the frontend set to ALSA:default - but your question got me thinking.
So I just tried ALSA:hdmi which resulted in the fast squeaky sound I recognised as an AC3 passthrough problem. So once I de-selected ac3 and dts passthrough, my settings were just ALSA:hdmi, default passthrough and passive upmix. Voila! Sound with DTV.
(Pause for victory dance )
Now, if I can just get that Harmony remote working I can finally get "she who must be obeyed" using the R6 system. http://knoppmyth.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=20282
Special thanks to manicmike and mark60050
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mount'n_goat
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:57 pm |
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I followed all your steps and sound works over HDMI for all my videos, but doesn't work at all in mythmusic... I imagine that it is because that is using the internal player but I have no idea how to get work with this?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers
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