Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 08:40:02 -0400 From: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@nc.rr.com> To: Christian Gusenbauer <Christian.Gusenbauer@netway.at> Cc: multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One more time: fxtv and audio problems Message-ID: <20000910084002.A1300@nc.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <00090907485300.00322@bones.my.domain>; from Christian.Gusenbauer@netway.at on Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 07:48:00AM %2B0200 References: <lists.freebsd.multimedia.00090818435702.00332@bones.my.domain> <39B97CD0.2E2A6A34@vpop.net> <00090907485300.00322@bones.my.domain>
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Christian Gusenbauer:
|Matthew Reimer:
|> Christian Gusenbauer wrote:
|> > Yesterday, I bought a WinTV PCI-FM card and installed
|> > it. Unfortunately the sound output does not work :-(. I verified that
|> > the line-in on the soundcard is working properly and I found out,
|> > that the WinTV card does not output any sound with exception to the 1
|> > KHZ test tone which I enabled to verify the right connection of the
|> > WinTV and sound cards.
|> >
|> > ..."fxtv -inputFormat pal -debug startup". I'm using current ...
|>
|> Play with the synth volume. For some reason, on CS423x cards the line in
|> and synth controls are reversed.
|
|I did that - no change :-(!
Ok, let's start at the top. What sound card input do you have your TV card
plugged into? Most use Line, some use CD, others use other strange inputs.
Have you ever plugged anything into this input before and heard audio with
your recently-installed -current FreeBSD installation?
Run xmix. Is the volume cranked up to max on that channel before you start
fxtv? Is it still cranked up after you start fxtv? You'll need to move
your cursor into the xmix window to check.
Some folks have reported a few PCM oddities with sound, but these have been
with the volume creeping down; not being mute altogether.
These are the Fxtv variables to tweak to select the appropriate audio
channel on your soundcard for volume (put them in your ~/.Xdefaults and
then xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults to enable):
! Method to override audio device
!Fxtv.doSound: true
!Fxtv.dspDevice: /dev/dsp
!Fxtv.mixerDevice: /dev/mixer
Fxtv.mixerChannel: line
Valid values for the latter are: cd, mic, line, line1, line2, line3.
This is primarily just so you can control the right volume channel in Fxtv.
Next, the driver/TV card has a number of possible ports to slurp off audio
from. This sets it:
Fxtv.defaultAudioInput: auto
! tuner, external, internal, auto
auto is usually right (let the driver decide). In case it's not, override
and set to external, then internal, then tuner. Flip the volume around in
each case. See what you find.
--
Randall Hopper
aa8vb@nc.rr.com
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