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No multichannel audio on XBMCBuntu 11 - astronaute - 2012-03-27 Hello, After lot of experimenting, I finally managed to get sound on my Eee Box 1501 but only stereo is passing. I Unmuted the SPDIF on Nvidia using alsamixer and set the following in Settings/Audio output: Audio output: HDMI Speaker configuration: 5.0 Boost volume level on downmix: [x] Dolby (AC3) capable receiver: [x] DTS capable receiver: [x] Audio output device: Custom Custom output device: plughw:1,3 (if I set this to Nvidia 3 hdmi, I get the error: "unable to initialize audio...") Passthrough output device: iec958 (ALSA) (If I set this to HDMI, I get the error: "unable to initialize audio...") The audio is passed only for basic 2.0 sound, everything else is not even transmitted to the receiver (DTS, Dolby, 5.1), it is probably related to forcing Custom output device but I really don't know how to make it work. I have DTS and Dolby capable A/V receiver, and it worked like a charm on Dharma with exact same hardware. Can someone please help me figure this out? Thank you in advance! Relevant info: Code: ~$ aplay -l Code: ~$ lspci -nn RE: No multichannel audio on XBMCBuntu 11 - erhnam - 2012-03-27 Is there a .asoundrc file in the root of your user dir (usually /home/xbmc/.asoundrc)? If so, could you please post the content of this file? RE: No multichannel audio on XBMCBuntu 11 - astronaute - 2012-03-27 (2012-03-27, 17:20)erhnam Wrote: Is there a .asoundrc file in the root of your user dir (usually /home/xbmc/.asoundrc)? If so, could you please post the content of this file? I only have /home/hts, no /home/xbmc (no .asoundrc) RE: No multichannel audio on XBMCBuntu 11 - erhnam - 2012-03-27 I found the problem. You're using a second generation Nvidia ION right? We compiled a list with devices for first and second gen Nvidia ION systems. The "ALC662 rev1 Digital" can be both. The next XBMCbuntu version will fix your problem: https://github.com/xbmc/XBMCbuntu/commit/3255a97aca2647936bc0678d6637a84668424dea To easily fix this on your computer you'll have to do: Code: wget https://raw.github.com/xbmc/XBMCbuntu/3255a97aca2647936bc0678d6637a84668424dea/Files/config/includes.chroot/etc/xbmc/setup.d/04-configNVIDIAasoundrc.sh RE: No multichannel audio on XBMCBuntu 11 - astronaute - 2012-03-27 thank you very much for your help, I tried your solution without success (I had to sudo touch /home/xbmc/.asoundrc first and also wget https://raw.github.com/xbmc/XBMCbuntu/3255a97aca2647936bc0678d6637a84668424dea/Files/config/includes.chroot/etc/xbmc/setup.d/04-configNVIDIAasoundrc.sh): Code: ~$ sudo ./04-configNVIDIAasoundrc.sh xbmc Maybe this can help: Code: ~$ amixer | grep 'control' RE: No multichannel audio on XBMCBuntu 11 - iShoot - 2012-03-27 I'm having the same issue using simular hardware. I tried running the script with the same result. I do have the file .asoundrc. This might help. Code: xbmc@XBMCbuntu:~$ cat .asoundrc RE: No multichannel audio on XBMCBuntu 11 - astronaute - 2012-03-28 Hey erhnam any clues? Are you still on it? I have a very demanding wife, two days she can't watch her TV shows so I'm between two fires here, I'm willing to wait a bit for you to find a solution, but no too long to be divorced! So what it will be? RE: No multichannel audio on XBMCBuntu 11 - jpreville - 2012-03-28 I went through this last night. when i purchased a GT 520 for my Acer X1700. This Wiki Article Helped A Lot. http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Setup_HDMI_audio_on_GeForce_GT210,_GT220,_or_GT240 This worked for me without adding the Alsa PPA. Working from Latest Live Version installed on Hard Drive. i ended up shutting off the sound for the motherboard. So you just have the hdmi port. In XBMC i have it set to Optical even though its HDMI connection. 7.1 Sourround. Both Audio Output and Custom set to plughw:0,3 ( which if i'm not mistaken . you should have yours set to that according to aplay) EDIT: my bad your right at plughw:1,3 unless you shut off main board sound. Hope this helps John my receiver does show DTS 5.1 when i play that type of content .. haven't figured out how to get it to read 7.1 Sound as of yet. RE: No multichannel audio on XBMCBuntu 11 - erhnam - 2012-03-28 (2012-03-28, 13:52)astronaute Wrote: Hey erhnam any clues? Are you still on it? Please don't use touch. The asoundrc file shouldn't be there. Could you please remove the .asoundrc file and try again? RE: No multichannel audio on XBMCBuntu 11 - astronaute - 2012-03-28 (2012-03-28, 15:28)erhnam Wrote:(2012-03-28, 13:52)astronaute Wrote: Hey erhnam any clues? Are you still on it? It is same error obviously, I don't know if you saw this, I paste it again: Code: ~$ amixer | grep 'control' As you can see, there is no control with name IEC958 PCM, is this related? Also, my /home/xbmc/.asoundrc file if needed: Code: pcm.!default { RE: No multichannel audio on XBMCBuntu 11 - jpreville - 2012-03-28 have you tried doing a speaker-test -Dplughw:1,3 on terminal? RE: No multichannel audio on XBMCBuntu 11 - astronaute - 2012-03-28 (2012-03-28, 17:31)jpreville Wrote: have you tried doing a speaker-test -Dplughw:1,3 on terminal? That works of course, as I already stated in first post: I have stereo sound, what I'm missing is the multichannel sound which is not transmitted at all (not even in stereo) to my A/V receiver. Also, the menu sounds are completely missing. Thank you anyway for trying to help RE: No multichannel audio on XBMCBuntu 11 - jpreville - 2012-03-28 (2012-03-28, 17:36)astronaute Wrote:(2012-03-28, 17:31)jpreville Wrote: have you tried doing a speaker-test -Dplughw:1,3 on terminal? hmmmmm.. what worked for me.. like in my other post sudo nano /etc/asound.conf pcm.!default { type plug slave { pcm "hw:0,3" rate 48000 } } and under my audio and pass through i have plughw:0,3 and i also selected optical instead of hdmi. Even though my computer is hooked to receiver via HDMI. i shut down onboard audio and just utilizing HDMI off the nvidia card. RE: No multichannel audio on XBMCBuntu 11 - astronaute - 2012-03-28 (2012-03-28, 17:45)jpreville Wrote:(2012-03-28, 17:36)astronaute Wrote:(2012-03-28, 17:31)jpreville Wrote: have you tried doing a speaker-test -Dplughw:1,3 on terminal? Thank you very much, I just changed HDMI to Optical as you suggested and it worked! Very strange behavior, but it works, again thank you!!!! RE: No multichannel audio on XBMCBuntu 11 - jpreville - 2012-03-28 Quote:Thank you very much, I just changed HDMI to Optical as you suggested and it worked! Very strange behavior, but it works, again thank you!!!! Yea i thought it was strange also. but had read on another forum someone saying only to select the optical. probably has something to with how the nvidia hardware works or something.. That's great that it works know.. does your receiver show the different types of formats (dts 5.1 etc) now? |