[YLUG] Odd ALSA/kdetv sound issue

[Anthony Edwards]

On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 08:04:17PM +0100, Gaffer wrote:
> 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 !

The cable connection between the WinTV and sound cards was indeed
the culprit.  Re-seating the connector resolved the issue fully.
Many thanks to everyone who responded.

-- 
Anthony Edwards
anthony at catfish.nildram.co.uk