Ubuntu
mythtv package

mythtv frontend hogs audio device

Bug #480457 reported by CrashTest on 2009-11-11

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #311328: Add pulseaudio output support. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	mythtv (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Wishlist	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: mythtv

when mythtvfrontend.real is running no other program can use sound card. Expected sounds to be produced concurrently.

mythtvfrontend audio is set to 'ALSA:default' in Audio Setup. (Utilities/Setup -> Setup -> General)

Ubuntu Release: 9.10

mythtv:
Installed: 0.22.0+fixes22594-0ubuntu1

Steps to reproduce:-
1. Start mythtvfrontend.real
2. Start another application (eg. vlc, rhythmbox, amaroc) and try and play any file that has sound. (even a game.)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 11 12:32:51 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: mythtv 0.22.0+fixes22594-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: mythtv
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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CrashTest (crashtest-people) wrote on 2009-11-11:

.var.log.mythtv.mythbackend.log.txt Edit (17.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.var.log.mythtv.mythfrontend.log.txt Edit (5.4 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (7.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MythTVDirectoryPermissions.txt Edit (682 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XsessionErrors.txt Edit (635 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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MarcRandolph (mrand) wrote on 2009-11-12:

Howdy, and thank you for helping to improve Mythbuntu by opening this ticket. Could you take a look at https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460579 and report back if that work-around allows multiple sound sources?

Changed in mythtv (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist
status:	New → Incomplete

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CrashTest (crashtest-people) wrote on 2009-11-15:

typing 'export EXPERIMENTALLY_ALLOW_PULSE_AUDIO=1' in a bash terminal window and then starting mythfrontend from that terminal window does solve the sound problem.

Thanks.