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I have bought a Pinnacle PCI TV card:

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I also installed Tvtime. I am able to see the multiple channels but there is no sound. After some googling I found this is a standard issue with Tvtime.

So far I tried the following (none worked):

  • running from terminal: tvtime --mixer=hw:0/Line
  • sudo tvtime option --device /dev/video0 | arecord -D hw:1,0 -r 32000 -c 2 -f S16_LE | aplay -

How to make sound to work? You'll get a really cold beer for it :)

c0dehunter
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did you try to install XBMC and activate some plugins.... one my friend is solve his problem with

profiler1982
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Try the trick mentioned in tvtime FAQ#11, that is load (and use) btaudio module and set up sox or similar to pass audio from it to your output device. Assuming /dev/dsp for output and /dev/dsp2 for DVB input:

sox -r 32000 -w -t ossdsp /dev/dsp2 -t ossdsp /dev/dsp

as per their example. Change devices to suit, or if using alsa or pulseaudio.

taneli
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I also encountered the no-sound problem with Pinnacle PCTV (Pro) / TVtime. There is a fairly simple solution not involving tedious scripting:

  • Connect the audio out of the PVTV card to the audio in of the soundcard on the motherboard. NB: Pinnacle PCTV / PCTV Pro does have a physical audio out connector. There should be a connector cable around 25 cm long 3.5 mm jacks stereo male male delivered with the card. If missing, use another regular cable with 3.5 mm jacks stereo male male.
  • I am using Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin on a mobo with build-in soundcard. Default the line-in connection is disabled, it don't appear in System Settings, Sound. You can enable line-in by installing ALSA Mixer of something like that. You don't have to use it, after installing you can even remove it. Line-in should now appear in the input section of System Settings, Sound.
  • You will have to adjust some volume settings, but it works.

Regards, The Netherlands, Karel de Win

Karel de Win
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  • Connect the audio output from the TV card to the PC line input. In System Settings set the volume of Analog input.
Vladimir
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