WinTV, xawtv, mplayer

[conover@rahul.net (John Conover)]

In a system that was upgraded, (new install,) from Debian 7 to 8 with
a WinTV model 109, (external 1/8" audio connector on the WinTV card to
Line In of the PC.):

    xawtv works fine.

    mplayer works fine.

    after mplayer, xawtv is muted, (NOT via alsa/pulseaudio, the
    external audio connector has no signal, via an oscilloscope.)
    Video is fine.

There is no unmute shown on alsamixer for the xawtv/Bt878.

The settings for alsamixer do not change on any card during the above
test.

All I can figure is that mplayer set something in v4l, but I don't
know how, or how to fix it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated ...

    Thanks,

    John

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