Re: AverMedia AverTV Stereo on Severn

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>From what I understand, and this may be completely off base, If the Rec option
is not set for the line in plug of your sound card that your video tuner is
connected to, the system will not receive audio from the line and you will not
be recording sound with your video files.  Further, you should disable the
record option on the mic as well to avoid sound distortions from during gain.

My suggestion (using the gui version of audio controls for redhat) would be to
a)  uncheck record for mic
b)  check record for the line in that your tuner cards output is connected to
c)  Start up the capture software and play with the gain's until you get a
good sound while watching captured video.

I believe that there is no controllable sound portion of the Aver card.  the
aver card splits the audio off of the coax input once it enters the card and
then ships it right back out on the audio output jack.  That's why it's
necessary to put the connection cord from the aver (and ATI TV Wonder) cards
straight to the sound cards line in.

-James


                                                                                                                             
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> I've had no problem getting the volume to work on my AverTV Stereo
> except that the audio is lousy under Linux and perfect under Windows
> (not that I use Windows as anything other than a control for determining
> how well my hardware is supported under Linux.)  Basically, the card has
> a cable you connect to an input on your sound board.  You need to use
> something like TkMixer or aumixer to make sure you've selected for
> record the correct input, otherwise you won't hear anything.

Where does the TkMixer or aumixer configuration take effect? I haven't
tried this yet because now I'm not at home, but I my guessing is that
the effect is similar than the "Sound & Video"->"Volume Control" of
RedHat menus. Any guess about if they do the same or where these
wizards write the config?

I'm not familiar with these sound specs, so I understand the "Mute"
option but I don't really know what the "Rec" option is about. Is this
related to recording the sound from the tv to a sound file?

>  As far as the audio quality issue, I've managed to work around it by
> running the audio from my VCR into my soundcard rather than using the
> AverTV Stereo for audio.

May I ask you what config do you have in /etc/modules.conf? Depending
on the parameters in /etc/modules.conf, I find or miss the audio device
of the Avertv in the "Sound & Video"->"Volume Control" of Redhat menus.

Thanks in advance,

Albert
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