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Frodo with AE hogging the audio chain - h8redv2 - 2012-07-14
Hi
Have been running Frodo with Audio Engine for a while now.
Works like a charm.
Up until I fired up a 3D Blu Ray, this minimizes xbmc and launches TMT 5.
The movie wouldn't play any sound and was extremely slow.
Then I tested MCE live tv with xbmc minimized, and it reported no
Audio or video files present,
Thus not playing.
Then I ended xbmc and both worked again.
Is this because of Frodo with AE?
Anyone know ?
RE: Frodo with AE hogging the audio chain - baijuxavior - 2012-07-14
I think it is because now XBMC takes exclusive access of your audio device.
RE: Frodo with AE hogging the audio chain - bossanova808 - 2012-07-14
Which is fine...if xbmc is actually using it....I've raised this in the AE thread for Windows and PMed DDDamian but no attenton as yet - xbmc should release the device if it's not actually in playback (and gui sounds are off).
Hopefully enough people will keep raising this issue - on any non-xbmc exclusive type system, it will be a major pain if it permanently grbs the device.