John Thomson wrote: > Hello, > > > > I have read many threads dealing with the ‘tinny audio’ issue when using the > PVR 500 and ivtv. While I am glad to report that issuing a `ivtvctl –d > /dev/videoN (where X = 0 or 1) –q 0` does work to clear up the problem, it > does not always work. > > > > Many threads I read seem to indicate that issuing that command seems to act > as a toggle and only needed once, but this has not been my experience. > > > > For example, I might issue that command 5 times, and I might note an > improvement on the first attempt, or the second or the fifth, with no way of > determining which will actually work. I was only able to use the ivtvctl as > a toggle once. Only once did I turn off and on the tinny audio by issuing > that command with any regularity. I restarted mythfrontend, and was back to > the random issue I seem to be having. Also, once I do clear up the tinny > audio, it seems to stick, until I change the channel. Sometimes I can > change the channel 5 times before the tinny audio returns, sometimes it > returns even sooner. I have checked, and I am using either video1 or video0 > during the entire test…so its not like I am switching tuners and > experiencing the problem. > > > > Given the apparent randomness, there is no way I script a solution…does > anyone have any similar tales or (even better) a solution? Is there more > information I should be posting? I am running Ubuntu 2.6.12, and ivtv 0.4.5 > (was happening with 0.4.4, but I saw the release notes for 0.4.5 and they > claimed to have improved the tinny audio problem) > >
I was getting this behavior upgrading to the latest firmware. Sorry, don't know exactly what it is, but I followed directions from one of the latest "tinny audio" posts on this forum to upgrade to the most recent firmware. After the upgrade, ivtvctl -q 0 ALWAYS toggled bad audio to good. Hope that helps. john _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
