2014-02-13, 03:30
Hi all,
Been playing with XBMC for a few months now, this is an awesome application, so please keep up the good work guys.
I built a HTPC just after xmas to stream my library from my media server.
My setup
AMD A4-5300 (RADEON HD7480)/MSI-FM2-A75MA-E35/Powercool HTPC-006
--> HDMI -->
AVR ONKYO TX-SR608
--> HDMI -->
PANASONIC TX-P50G20BA
I initially installed OPENELEC 3.2.4 GENERIC to set it all up, but then discovered issues bitstreaming HD-Audio formats into the receiver. TrueHD would drop out or silence every few seconds and DTS-HDMA would pop and click (and sometimes drop). After doing lots of reading on the forums I understood it was due to poor linux driver support from AMD but that was changing with new OSS drivers.
I read in multiple places that the 3.2.4 Generic OSS build was supposed to work flawlessly in this regard, so I tried an update by dragging the
SYSTEM.MD5, KERNAL, SYSTEM, KERNAL.md5 files from the release into the update folder on the HTPC and rebooted. That gave me an unusable GUI that was flickering/tearing/shearing so I assumed it didn't work with my hardware.
I was going to wait for OE 4.0 but I'm keen to rip my collection of Blurays and DVDs to the server, so I updated a few days ago (and have been with each new one) with the nightly build. The rendering of video looks to be improved though I will need to figure out how to set up XBMC properly with regard to video at some point - are there any guides?
I still had the problem with the HD-Audio, only now nothing was being passed through to the AVR. I read on one thread that some AVR's reject the bitstream unless at 60hz so I switched the video refresh rate to 60hz (from 50) and HD-audio was now passed through again. Don't understand why as OE 3.2.4 generic was able to do this at 50hz just with drops and pops and clicks.
I've messed around with all the settings, tried various combinations, but am still getting drops (less frequent) in TRUEHD, and pops and clicks in DTS-HD. I thought I'd found the right combination for DTS-HD with a the night build of 8/2/2014 (using Optimized passthrough 7.1) but I guess I didn't leave a movie running long enough to tell.
Has anyone got any suggestions?
As is usually requested I got debug logs from build OpenELEC-Generic.i386-devel-20140212205158-r17700-g56e8f72
From boot I went direct to play a movie with HD audio streams.
DTS-HD Optimized @ 60hz refresh
http://www.xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=130268
DTS-HD Best Match @ 60hz refresh
http://www.xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=130269
TRUEHD Optimized @ 60hz refresh
http://www.xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=130270
And for good measure
DTSHD Optimized @ 50hz refresh as I'm puzzled why I get no HD-Audio output at all
http://www.xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=130272
Can anyone help, apologies if the logs have got a lot of skin scripts in them, I did turn off a few things so they weren't just full of excess stuff. Let me know if you need anything else.
Thanks.
Been playing with XBMC for a few months now, this is an awesome application, so please keep up the good work guys.
I built a HTPC just after xmas to stream my library from my media server.
My setup
AMD A4-5300 (RADEON HD7480)/MSI-FM2-A75MA-E35/Powercool HTPC-006
--> HDMI -->
AVR ONKYO TX-SR608
--> HDMI -->
PANASONIC TX-P50G20BA
I initially installed OPENELEC 3.2.4 GENERIC to set it all up, but then discovered issues bitstreaming HD-Audio formats into the receiver. TrueHD would drop out or silence every few seconds and DTS-HDMA would pop and click (and sometimes drop). After doing lots of reading on the forums I understood it was due to poor linux driver support from AMD but that was changing with new OSS drivers.
I read in multiple places that the 3.2.4 Generic OSS build was supposed to work flawlessly in this regard, so I tried an update by dragging the
SYSTEM.MD5, KERNAL, SYSTEM, KERNAL.md5 files from the release into the update folder on the HTPC and rebooted. That gave me an unusable GUI that was flickering/tearing/shearing so I assumed it didn't work with my hardware.
I was going to wait for OE 4.0 but I'm keen to rip my collection of Blurays and DVDs to the server, so I updated a few days ago (and have been with each new one) with the nightly build. The rendering of video looks to be improved though I will need to figure out how to set up XBMC properly with regard to video at some point - are there any guides?
I still had the problem with the HD-Audio, only now nothing was being passed through to the AVR. I read on one thread that some AVR's reject the bitstream unless at 60hz so I switched the video refresh rate to 60hz (from 50) and HD-audio was now passed through again. Don't understand why as OE 3.2.4 generic was able to do this at 50hz just with drops and pops and clicks.
I've messed around with all the settings, tried various combinations, but am still getting drops (less frequent) in TRUEHD, and pops and clicks in DTS-HD. I thought I'd found the right combination for DTS-HD with a the night build of 8/2/2014 (using Optimized passthrough 7.1) but I guess I didn't leave a movie running long enough to tell.
Has anyone got any suggestions?
As is usually requested I got debug logs from build OpenELEC-Generic.i386-devel-20140212205158-r17700-g56e8f72
From boot I went direct to play a movie with HD audio streams.
DTS-HD Optimized @ 60hz refresh
http://www.xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=130268
DTS-HD Best Match @ 60hz refresh
http://www.xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=130269
TRUEHD Optimized @ 60hz refresh
http://www.xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=130270
And for good measure
DTSHD Optimized @ 50hz refresh as I'm puzzled why I get no HD-Audio output at all
http://www.xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=130272
Can anyone help, apologies if the logs have got a lot of skin scripts in them, I did turn off a few things so they weren't just full of excess stuff. Let me know if you need anything else.
Thanks.