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

[William Case]

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