[YLUG] Odd ALSA/kdetv sound issue

[Gaffer]

On Monday 26 June 2006 16:28, Anthony Edwards Inscribed Thus:
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 11:09:19AM +0100, Anthony J G A Simpson wrote:
> > Hi
> > Choose your own adventure :)
> > 1. This card connect to the sound card aux-in with a internal
> > cable. In my experience the output from the card is normally
> > responsible for distributing the signal over both L+R channels.
> > Most likely cause of mono - internal cable is broken or out of
> > place.
>
> Mono is what I am expecting, as the WinTV PCI tuner card that I have
> is a mono version,  Previously though, the mono output came from both
> speakers, not just one (as it does when one plays a mono recording
> using a conventional hi-fi).
>
> The cable connecting the WinTV card and sound card is actually
> external, I will experiment with that tonight to see if it is the
> cause of the issue being experienced.

Based on this last comment,  I would go with Lewis's explanation as most 
likely !  Since it is probably the line in jack that you would use and 
the plug not being pushed home is unlikely to affect stereo sound from 
other sources !

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     Derrick.