[ivtv-users] ivtv audio stops after some time

[Jerry Geis]

>
> I've been having the problem of missing audio after a period of time
> recording the radio. After some unspecified period of time (sometimes up
> to a week) my recordings suddenly are devoid of audio. What I have just
> seen is that the audio is indeed muted.
>
> That can be seen with v4l2-ctl --logstatus. There is a line:
>     msp3400 2-0040: Audio:    volume 58880 (muted)
>
> I can unmute the audio with v4l2-ctl -c mute=0 and all is well. However,
> why does it get spontaneously muted?
>
> Bruce
>   
I did the log status command again and piped that through grep -i vol
and there was nothing printed. (I looked first and did not see it so I 
did the grep).

anyway for grins I did the v4l2-ctl -c mute=0, redid the cat /dev/video 
 > foo.mpg and
still no audio.

Jerry