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- vikjon0 - 2009-08-18 11:03
Quote:I'm running my asrock with spdif passthrough and I get sound dropouts, could this solve my problem?
With XBMC SVN from aug 11 and alsa 1.0.20 it works fine without any .asoundrc
settings:
default
iec958
- poserdonut - 2009-08-18 17:29
vikjon0 Wrote:With XBMC SVN from aug 11 and alsa 1.0.20 it works fine without any .asoundrc
settings:
default
iec958
How did you upgrade to alsa 1.0.20? Did you compile it yourself or are there PPAs?
- vikjon0 - 2009-08-18 19:25
Quote:How did you upgrade to alsa 1.0.20? Did you compile it yourself or are there PPAs?EDIT: Did you test without upgrading alsa? I didn't..interesting to know.
Try this from the xbmcbuntu guide:
Quote:sudo apt-get install wget
wget http://xbmc.org/wp-content/uploads/alsaup.sh
chmod +x alsaup.sh
sudo ./alsaup.sh -di
I did it like this:
Quote:sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install wget build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.20.tar.bz2
tar -xf alsa-driver-1.0.20.tar.bz2
cd alsa-driver-1.0.20
./configure
make
sudo make install
- pistachio - 2009-08-19 04:37
Thank vikjon. I'm getting closer following this guide. My setup is zotac 9300 itx with hdmi connected to tv and vga to lcd monitor (primary, I think). I just can't get my tv work without connecting the lcd monitor.
After running xbmc the first time on the lcd monitor, I set up dual monitor in "separate x screen" mode and start xbmc using "XBMC_HOME=/usr/share/xbmc SDL_VIDEO_FULLSCREEN_HEAD=1 /usr/bin/xbmc". xbmc can play video (no sound) on my tv. I skipped the xorg fixes part as it created other problems.
Now, my problem is the hdmi audio, no sound at all. I have tried hdmi, plug:hdmi, plughw:0,3 for audio device. What am I missing? (I already tested the connections in XP and hdmi audio worked.) Any other tools for troubleshooting? Please help.
Edit: I forgot to set the user and password as xbmc/xbmc during installation. Then, I adduser afterward and did the policy kit section as well. But I couldn't set the password to xbmc as it's shorter than 6. Does the user 'xbmc' and password 'xbmc' matter? Can it be run as different user? Thanks.
- poserdonut - 2009-08-19 06:50
vikjon0 Wrote:EDIT: Did you test without upgrading alsa? I didn't..interesting to know.
I will try to upgrade to a newer PPA version of xbmc and see if it changes anything before I try to upgrade alsa. Will report back when I've done it.
- vikjon0 - 2009-08-19 08:18
Quote:Now, my problem is the hdmi audio, no sound at all. I have tried hdmi, plug:hdmi, plughw:0,3 for audio device. What am I missing? (I already tested the connections in XP and hdmi audio worked.) Any other tools for troubleshooting? Please help.I am not sure. I assume that you have unmuted the HDMI channel?
There is something called speaker test that could be used for testing, I havent't used it.
Since I have only used hdmi together with asrock ION 330 I don't know much about problems on other boards. I had no problem at all with this.
Quote:Edit: I forgot to set the user and password as xbmc/xbmc during installation. Then, I adduser afterward and did the policy kit section as well. But I couldn't set the password to xbmc as it's shorter than 6. Does the user 'xbmc' and password 'xbmc' matter? Can it be run as different user? Thanks.I am sure it is possible to create a user that does not work correctly with sound.
There are groups etc that the user should be in.
an idea could be to make a standard setup, use the xbmc user and wait dual screen and all other setup before everything is working.
- pistachio - 2009-08-19 10:44
In ALSA config, sudo alsamixer, I checked again and didn't find the HDMI column. All I have are
Master / Headphone / PCM / Front / Front Mic / Front Mic Boost / Line / Mic / Mic Boost / IEC958 / IEC958 D / IEC958 1 / Speaker
Does HDMI mean PCM here? Thanks.
Edit: Also, sudo alsactl store 0, no output and I assumed no problem. But I read the man page, is it supposed to create /etc/asound.conf? I have no such file there. I think very likely these are the cause of no hdmi audio output.
- vikjon0 - 2009-08-19 10:51
One of the IEC958 is HDMI. Try unmuting everything and raise the volume on PCM and master.
You shouldn't need a .asoundrc to get sound on HDMI. if you want one you have to create it.
- pistachio - 2009-08-19 15:47
I finally get hdmi audio from my tv. All I did just unmute "IEC958 1" in alsamixer even its volume couldn't be raise, i.e. 00. All 3 "IEC958" "IEC958 D" "IEC958 1" are now at 00 level. Thanks to anyone offering help. esp vikjon's quick response. Thanks a lot!
- blittan - 2009-08-19 21:56
00 is actually the sign for infinity -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity (it's a sideways 8)