[ATrpms-users] mythtv and pulseaudio

[Jeffrey J. Kosowsky]

Axel Thimm wrote at about 10:07:55 +0200 on Saturday, December 22, 2007:
 > On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 12:35:13AM -0500, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
 > > Last I remember reading on this list, mythtv was patched for Pulse
 > > Audio in the trunk but not in the stable series.
 > > 
 > > Any idea when/if the patches will be backported to the stable release
 > > and/or when a new stable release  (or partial release) will be
 > > available.
 > > 
 > > I try to stay away from bleeding edge because I have enough trouble
 > > keeping everything else stable without adding more nose bleeds :)
 > 
 > I'm quite sure the stable rpms are properly working with
 > pulseaudio. Did you try them?
 > -- 
 > Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
 > 
Hmmmm.... doesn't seem to work for me. This is the situation I have:

Case 1:
- Start mplayer first. The mplayer stream properly shows up on pavucontrol
  as a pulseaudio stream
- Start mythtv. No sound and no stream shows up on pavucontrol

Case 2:
- Start mythtv first. Sound but no stream shows up on pavucontrol
- Start mplayer. No sound but stream still shows up on pavucontrol.
  Get error mess
E: module-alsa-sink.c: Error opening PCM device hw:0: Device or
resource busy
- Kill mplayer. Stream still remains on pavucontrol.
- Start another mplayer. Still now sound but now a second mplayer
  stream shows up on pavucontrol.
- Kill mythtv. No sound. And now about half the time pulseaudio
  crashes and half the time it will work again.

Case 3:
- Start mplayer first. The mplayer stream properly shows up on pavucontrol
  as a pulseaudio stream
- Start "padsp mythtv". Sound works under OSS emulation.

So for me pulseaudio is definitely not working natively with mythtv.