[vdr] Re: Sound muted after playing file with mplayer plugin

["Dr. Werner Fink" <werner@suse.de>]

On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 09:31:07AM -0800, C.Y.M wrote:
> Dr. Werner Fink wrote:
> >On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 03:12:48AM -0800, C.Y.M wrote:
> >
> >>Dr. Werner Fink wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 05:09:30PM -0800, C.Y.M wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I am using vdr-1.3.17 with mp3-0.9.7.  After I play a file through the 
> >>>>mplayer plugin (Native VDR files, AVI or MPEG), the sound is muted when 
> >>>>it resumes back to live tv.  I must switch channels in order to get the 
> >>>>audio back.  Has anyone experienced this behavior?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Q: Do those `Native VDR files' include some AC3 streams which are
> >>>replayed by the mplayer plugin?  If so this is the standard behaviour
> >>>of the firmware 0x261c.
> >>>
> >>
> >>They do not contain AC3.  Is this also the standard behavior of 0x261d?
> >
> >
> >No, cleary not ;^)
> >
> 
> I just noticed that if VDR is recording a show, and you then play 
> something with mplayer and stop it, the sound is not muted when 
> returning back to live tv.  If that helps.


This is intended, after replaying a PCM/AC3/DTS stream the audio
of the LiveTV should be not muted ... simply as it would be after
replaying normal VDR recordings with MP2 audio.


          Werner

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