[TriLUG] Mythtv is soundless in Mandriva 2008

[Owen Berry]

Maybe just a mixer setting issue? All I can offer is:

- http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-7.html
- http://mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-22.html#Troubleshooting_Audio

Owen

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 14:49 -0500, Douglas Ward wrote:
> Hello everyone!  I wiped my Mandriva 2007 mythtv computer and installed 2008
> a few days ago. Mythtv is fully functioning except for no sound! It would
> appear that I am missing the proper codec for the .mpg files that mythtv
> creates. I've installed every codec I know about (all gstreamer plugins,
> w32-codecs, libdvdcss2, etc...). Here's the symptoms:
> 
> 1- I can record video properly both through mythtv and manually. Cannot play
> it back on the 2008 computer.
> 2- Copying the video to another computer works fine.
> 3- No sound related errors in mythbackend.log when I am trying to watch a
> video.
> 4- Amarok can play back ogg files fine.
> 5- All other sound events seem to be working properly.
> 6- Totem plays back the file but all I see is a black screen with no audio.
> 
> Mandriva 2007 played these files out of the box without my having to do
> anything. Something has changed in 2008 so that .mpg files aren't played
> back properly. I am completely stumped. Several google searches and a
> question in #mandriva and the Mandriva Club forums have yielded no solution.
> I hope someone out there can help.  Has anyone seen this before?  Thanks!