From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp119.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([68.142.224.74]:27673 "HELO smtp119.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752752AbZBVVBp (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:01:45 -0500 Message-ID: <49A1BD37.6010606@rogers.com> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:01:43 -0500 From: CityK MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org CC: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] [Bulk] Problem with TV card's sound (SAA7134) References: <499CD588.8030104@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: panagiotis takis_rs wrote: > > panagiotis takis_rs wrote: > > > Hey!! > > > > > > I have a problem with my tv card(pinnacle pctv 310i) > > > I can see image but i have no sound. > > > I have tried both tvtime and kdetv. > > > > > > I have found this http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=568528 > . Is it related with my problem? > > > > > > My tv card give audio output with this way: direct cable > connection from > > > tv card to sound card ( same cable witch connect cdrom and soundcard ) > > > > I didn't read through the link you provided, but it appeared to be in > > regards to getting audio via DMA (using the card's 7134 chip to digitize > > the audio and send it over the PCI bus to the host system). You, on the > > other hand, indicate that you are attempting to use the method of > > running a patch cable between your TV card and sound card (meaning that > > the sound card will do the digitizing instead). Question: have you > > checked your audio mixer to make sure that any of the inputs are not > muted? > > Yes i have. > The only way i managed to get sound is these two commands: > > tvtime | arecord -D hw:2,0 -r 32000 -c 2 -f S16_LE | aplay - (out of > sync) > > tvtime | sox -r 32000 -t alsa hw:2,0 -t alsa hw:0,1 | aplay - Which, as you likely know, is essentially going the DMA route and using the helper apps (sox, arecord) as tvtime currently doesn't support audio DMA. Hmm, if everything is unmuted, I have no idea why it isn't working simply via your patch cable ... last stab at this --> how about the leads on the patch cable itself; have you tried reversing the way one of the ends is plugged in?