Re: [LAU] ALSA + Intel HDA + (Hauppauge PCIe Combo tv tuner) ??

On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 08:08 -0400, William Case wrote:
> Hi Clemens;
>
>
> On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 10:20 +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> > William Case wrote:
> > > Alsa seems unable to find my audio analog chip set; put another way I
> > > can't get any sound from analog cable tv with tvtime -- apparently
> > > because alsa is not providing the sound.
> > >
> > > cat /proc/asound/cards
> > > 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
> > > HDA Intel at 0xe5300000 irq 16
> >
> > Looking at the kernel source, it appears that the cx23885 driver does
> > not have audio recording support.
> >
> > > The TV tuner and sound card do not seem to be communicating.
> >
> > Is there an audio cable between the tuner's output and the motherboard's
> > line-in (or other analog input)?
>
> No. There is no physical external line/cable. My understanding is that
> the PCIe bus is supposed to take care of that now. In my travels through
> google and various mail lists many people with new tuner cards do not
> have external cables either and are having the same problem.
>
> To quote from a series of exchanges I have had on the Fedora users
> mailing list regarding a line-in.
>
> "
> > I wonder what kind of Line input this is? You keep on pointing
> out
> > that you haven't placed a cable between tv card and onboard
> audio,
> > but even with onboard audio 'Line' and 'Mic' are external
> input
> > jacks, aren't they?
> >
>
> That is the $64,000 question. (You might be too young to
> remember the $64,000 question.)
>
> That was what started me on this whole "what do controls do?"
> quest and trying to figure out various possible control
> combinations. Using 'Line' or Line-in on my setup didn't seem
> logical. It still doesn't.
>
> I have external receptacles on my motherboard at the back of my
> computer box -- one light green for incoming sound, and one
> light red (pink) for a microphone. Double checked visually and
> in my motherboard manual.
>
> *However* my tv tuner card has no sound output receptacle, did
> not come with a line to use as an external connection line and
> shows no external hookups in its manual. Besides, I have looked
> several times and there is no no receptacle for line-out. I
> have tried experimenting with earphones. The receptacle on the
> tuner card that does exist is for sound-in for a satellite dish.
>
> On my old computer, the tv tuner did have an external line-out
> to a
> sound card line-in. So I am familiar with what I am looking
> for. I do not have an external line plugged into on this
> computer's sound. "
>
>
> Sorry, I forgot to include that info.
>

By the way, I have a dual boot system. When I boot into WindowsXP the
TV works; picture, sound and all. So, a physical external sound line-in
is not required for the drivers in M$.

-- 
Regards Bill
Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3
Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 22.3.1
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