2012-04-04, 01:19
Hi all,
Having issues with getting sound over HDMI and XMBCbuntu Eden.
I'm running Gigabyte - GA-MA790GP-UD4H which has an onboard HDMI (ATI) output and I had XMBC running over windows 7 and receiving sound ok. I am a bit of a Linux n00b and its fair to say this is my first crack at using Linux.
I have done a lot of what some people have suggested in other forums and executed the following in the Terminal:
There was a problem when I ran 'aplay -l' as it would return an list of errors, mainly indicating "/home/*username*/.asoundrc maybe old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it"
From here, I then renamed the file using the "mv" command to .asoundrc.old
Ran 'aplay -l' command again and then got a list of 3 devices.
The HDMI device is now showing up on Card1, Device3.
Went into alsamixer and ensured no devices were muted in this area (although, they are all showing up '00') and also ensured the S/PDIF was unmuted in the 'Select Device' screen.
I then logged back into XMBC from XMBCbuntu and set the Audio output to both HDMI and Optical with the below config:
Speaker Configuration = 2.0 - as its going straight into the TV
Boost Level on Downmix = yes
AC3 Capable = No
DTS Capable = No
Audio Output Device = Custom
custom audio device = PLUGHW:1,3
Passthrough output device = Custom
Custom passthrough device = PLUGHW:1,3
I've tried many variations on the 'plughw:1,3' line. Such as; lowercase, removing the 'plug' and changing to various audio outputs
Also confirmed the volume is turned up on the soundmixer application (the one that is a default plug-in with Eden)
Interestingly, when I run the 'speaker-test -d HDMI' command it just loops the left speaker test and won't run tests on anyother channel.
This may well be a case of me not knowing what I'm doing in Linux, but I could really do with some help. I've spent hours on this and I really like XMBCbuntu and want to avoid going back to Win7 if possible!
Any help would be appreciated!!
Having issues with getting sound over HDMI and XMBCbuntu Eden.
I'm running Gigabyte - GA-MA790GP-UD4H which has an onboard HDMI (ATI) output and I had XMBC running over windows 7 and receiving sound ok. I am a bit of a Linux n00b and its fair to say this is my first crack at using Linux.
I have done a lot of what some people have suggested in other forums and executed the following in the Terminal:
There was a problem when I ran 'aplay -l' as it would return an list of errors, mainly indicating "/home/*username*/.asoundrc maybe old or corrupted: consider to remove or fix it"
From here, I then renamed the file using the "mv" command to .asoundrc.old
Ran 'aplay -l' command again and then got a list of 3 devices.
The HDMI device is now showing up on Card1, Device3.
Went into alsamixer and ensured no devices were muted in this area (although, they are all showing up '00') and also ensured the S/PDIF was unmuted in the 'Select Device' screen.
I then logged back into XMBC from XMBCbuntu and set the Audio output to both HDMI and Optical with the below config:
Speaker Configuration = 2.0 - as its going straight into the TV
Boost Level on Downmix = yes
AC3 Capable = No
DTS Capable = No
Audio Output Device = Custom
custom audio device = PLUGHW:1,3
Passthrough output device = Custom
Custom passthrough device = PLUGHW:1,3
I've tried many variations on the 'plughw:1,3' line. Such as; lowercase, removing the 'plug' and changing to various audio outputs
Also confirmed the volume is turned up on the soundmixer application (the one that is a default plug-in with Eden)
Interestingly, when I run the 'speaker-test -d HDMI' command it just loops the left speaker test and won't run tests on anyother channel.
This may well be a case of me not knowing what I'm doing in Linux, but I could really do with some help. I've spent hours on this and I really like XMBCbuntu and want to avoid going back to Win7 if possible!
Any help would be appreciated!!