myth tv - crackling audio

[Zach]

I would jump on the mythtv list and ask those guys.  I monitor that
list and it's very active.  Someone there will likely be able to point
you in the right direction.

 http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

On 10/23/05, David Foster <dbfoster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 10/23/05, Lee Braiden <lee_b at digitalunleashed.com> wrote:
> > On Sunday 23 October 2005 09:28, Gary Varnell wrote:
> > > Can anyone tell me how to keep my audio from crackling when using
> mythtv?
> > > I have tried everything I can think of. When listening to the realtime
> > > unbuffered audio it sounds great, although obviously it is out of synch
> > > with the buffered video. When I listen to the buffered audio it sound
> > > horrible regardless of the audio record settings.
> > >
> > > I have opened up every possible audio channel for both my sound card
> (sound
> > > blaster live) and my capture card (tv2000xp), and turned off every
> channel
> > > that is not in use. This is driving me nuts. I have probably spent more
> > > than 5 hours fudging with this. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > I haven't used MythTV seriously, but try a different audio driver (OSS vs.
> > ALSA, for instance) if possible.  Also, bear in mind that if this
> "buffered
> > audio" is a live stream from the net that's been compressed a lot, it by
> have
> > inherent problems in how it was created, that aren't related to your
> system.
> >
> >
>
> Do you have enough CPU power? It could be dropping audio. Are you using a
> patch cable to line in. This also appears to be a software card (bttv
> drivers?) so setting you video resolution(480x480 myth default) down
> (352x240)may free up some pci bus bandwidth.
>
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> David Foster
> Bellingham WA
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