[ubuntu-mythtv] Hi all. Audio issue here

[Stephen P. Villano]

Thanks! I was wondering *what* LFE was.
Any notion on how to "find" my front two channels?  The built in card
doesn't have even 5.1 capabilities that I'm aware of.

On 8/10/13 3:26 AM, Jonathan Rogers wrote:
> Stephen P. Villano wrote:
>> I installed without event, save the usual hiccups. Myth worked flawlessly.
>> I even installed zoneminder, as I have cameras about to watch my aged
>> father in his dementia.
>>
>> After some updates I cannot recall on Thursday/Friday (wee hours time)
>> and some unrecalled changes, I now have zero audio.
>> Everything else works flawlessly.
>> But, I've been unable to ascertain *why* I lost audio.
>>
>> I did manage to go through a basic Ubuntu X session and choose "play
>> sound through LFE on separate mono output" and regain some output, but
>> volume is uncontrollable.
>> As it's been a handful of years since I've worked with Linux and even
>> then, audio wasn't an issue, it's a huge issue at present.
>>
>> First, I have zero clue what the LFE on *whatever* is. Volume control is
>> absent in it, though audio is restored.
>> Second, I'm clueless in Pulse. It's been *that* long.
>> When I view the audio driver under the pulse mixer program, I do see
>> indications of audio when I inject audio into the system, but I lose
>> sense of connection in pulse to alsa.
>> I suspect that alsa works, but there is a disconnect between alsa and
>> pulse, but I may be misguided.
>>
>> ROOBY! Rellllp!
>>
> I don't know what your general problem is. But I can tell you that LFE
> stands for "Low Frequency Effects" and refers to the subwoofer or ".1"
> channel in 5.1 or 7.1 audio configuration. I use the regular Ubuntu
> Pulseaudio configuration on my desktop and laptop, which work fine, but
> I've always used MythTV with straight ALSA.
>