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- Ben8472 - 2009-10-27 10:17
i'm gonna collect a bit more info and file a bug report.
i can't really think of anything else to try other than trying out another computer and/or receiver.
- frozenice - 2009-10-27 10:26
First i thought that must be a problem with our AMP, but my WD TV & HDX1000 worked fine with my AMP.
Must be a bug in xbmc etc.
- Ben8472 - 2009-10-27 10:48
i just wonder why i never noticed it with dd and my old amp.
i think on DTS tracks its more noticeable, the cut is longer, on DD it might just be a "plop"
i allready lost a ton of sleep over this, hopefully someone can say why it happens
Edit: People on the Mac osX Fork seem to have simmilar/same problems: http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php?/topic/4075-audio-dropout-with-dts/page__st__40__s__61b34a26de267e35ae216e65831d4f2c
- frozenice - 2009-10-27 19:46
I think we should collect some debug infos and create a xbmc bug report
- Ben8472 - 2009-10-27 20:30
got myself a WDTV to test, 1a perfect playback, no sound cuts or anything. 8(
i tried if deinstalling pulseaudio helps (doesn't)
what we tried so far
- update to latest svn
- update nvidia to 190
- tried out various xserver configs
- tried out different video files and checked back with another video device that the AMP is allright.
- updated alsa to 1.0.20
- removed pulsaudio (i think it got worse after i did that, more often drops)
- updated to karmic kernel
- updated alsa to .21/21a
- BIOS Setting: 'Advance Path' is DISABLED
please add to list ...
- frozenice - 2009-10-27 20:44
you wrote that you updated your Alsa Version. So we should add this, too
//Edit: I'm watching at this moment another dvb record, Audio Cut again see the Debug Log:
Quote:20:23:19 T:2883787664 M:1442861056 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5037361667.740889, should be:5037351364.739177, error:-10303.001712
20:23:44 T:2883787664 M:1442734080 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5062566318.552176, should be:5062555928.958910, error:-10389.593266
20:23:44 T:2883787664 M:1442734080 ERROR: GetDelay - snd_pcm_delay, alsa error: -32 - Broken pipe
20:23:45 T:2883787664 M:1442734080 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5063574254.928910, should be:5063515794.324708, error:-58460.604202
20:24:10 T:2883787664 M:1442750464 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5088720966.571708, should be:5088710611.538234, error:-10355.033474
20:24:36 T:2883787664 M:1442885632 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5113926140.558234, should be:5113915752.095516, error:-10388.462718
20:25:01 T:2883787664 M:1442291712 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5139121671.513516, should be:5139111281.735932, error:-10389.777584
20:25:26 T:2883787664 M:1442156544 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5164326948.700933, should be:5164316561.474262, error:-10387.226671
20:25:51 T:2883787664 M:1442037760 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5189521566.045262, should be:5189511179.181499, error:-10386.863763
20:25:51 T:2883787664 M:1441935360 ERROR: GetDelay - snd_pcm_delay, alsa error: -32 - Broken pipe
20:25:52 T:2883787664 M:1441923072 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5190532332.773499, should be:5190471553.406225, error:-60779.367274
20:26:15 T:2883787664 M:1441804288 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5213670231.073225, should be:5213660132.941854, error:-10098.131372
20:26:41 T:2883787664 M:1441558528 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5238865582.260854, should be:5238855195.701777, error:-10386.559078
20:27:06 T:2883787664 M:1441312768 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5264070979.157777, should be:5264060593.071054, error:-10386.086722
20:27:31 T:2883787664 M:1442344960 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5289265617.121055, should be:5289255228.915726, error:-10388.205329
20:27:56 T:2883787664 M:1442107392 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5314470219.487725, should be:5314459833.219072, error:-10386.268653
here another cut
Quote:20:33:49 T:2883787664 M:1438076928 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5667270438.250452, should be:5667260050.529232, error:-10387.721220
20:33:49 T:2883787664 M:1438081024 ERROR: GetDelay - snd_pcm_delay, alsa error: -32 - Broken pipe
20:33:50 T:2883787664 M:1438085120 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5668286680.104232, should be:5668220718.294405, error:-65961.809827
When the ERROR: GetDelay - snd_pcm_delay, alsa error: -32 - Broken pipe Message comes up die Signal Cuts for ~1second and returns
- Ben8472 - 2009-10-28 00:35
these guys seem to have the same problem and different solution approaches
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=57526
i will definitly try with karmic in 2 days
edit: karmic kernel & alsa update to .21 didnt help, still having cuts
- amarga - 2009-10-28 06:10
I had the same issue with my ION Zotac mb -- going to the BIOS and make sure the 'Advance Path' is DISABLED in the advanced options.
Could you give it a shot?
I was getting those 'cracks' on SPDIF signal all the time (depending on the content, it was ranging from every 5 secs to every 2 mins) and it was very annoying. Now, it works like a charm
- Ben8472 - 2009-10-28 09:44
@amarga: thanks for the suggestion
just tried it out: still having sound drops
maybe was there anything else you changed?
same issue - alumin - 2009-10-28 12:36
I have the same issue when it comes to sound drops: Ubuntu Jaunty, XBMC SVN (a few days old), ALSA v1.0.21, e-mu 1820 soundcard.
Other sound issues are: Load pop when booting. No sound when resuming from standby (S3).