>> This is a FC12 box with Intel mobo that has Realtek ALC889A sound >> hardware. Mythtv is using ALSA:front for the output. I don?t know >> about Totem because I don?t see any way to configure the sound output. > >If MythTV is using ALSA:front then it's not using PA. MythTV also has >code that automatically suspends PA when MythTV runs. Unless Fedora have >patched MythTV to not do that (as I have in Mandriva) then you wont get >to use MythTV with pulse. Colin and Jeremy thanks for responding. I will have a look at the pavucontrol and see if that provides clues.