Mythstream uses mplayer for audio output. Unfortunately there are presently no options in the Mythstream setup menus (or anywhere in MythTV) to configure the audio output for Mythstream.
In order to get audio working in Mythstream I had to tell mplayer what audio output to use (since Mythstream uses mplayer). Unfortunately you can't edit the mplayer startup command in Mythstream like you can in Mythvideo to pass options to mplayer (at least not without going into the code).
Fortunately, mplayer does have a config file where you can pass global options to it. The file is /home/mythtv/.mplayer/config
For my onboard nForce4 audio I added the following lines to get Mythstream working:
Code: ao=alsa:device=hw#0.0
ac=hwac3,
The first line tells mplayer what audio output device to use. The second line tells mplayer to pass through AC3 digital streams (note, the comma at the end of the 2nd line tells mplayer to fall back to analog output if no AC3 stream is present so the comma is important!). I don't think the 2nd line is actually necessary to get Mythstream working but since I output all my audio through an optical cable to my receiver I figured it couldn't hurt. If your not using a digital output then there shouldn't be any need for the 2nd line but I don't think it will hurt to have it.
Some people may need to modify the first line to specify a different audio output depending on their soundcard. The commands:
Code: cat /proc/asound/pcm
or
Code: aplay -l
should give some clues as to what audio output you should be using.
You may need to change the first line to something like:
Code: ao=alsa:device=hw#0.2 orCode: ao=alsa:device=hw#0.4 depending on your hardware.
My result from cat /proc/asound/pcm is Code: 00-02: ALC883 Digital : ALC883 Digital : playback 1 : capture 1
00-01: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : capture 2
00-00: ALC883 Analog : ALC883 Analog : playback 1 : capture 2
and for aplay -l is Code: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 2: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
I hope this helps someone out!
Martian
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