[WINDOWS][PATCH]Bitstream output of HD audio formats

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Hey mate - I just upped a very good build of AE to Damian's GitHub - pre-compiled. Runs great for me and sound is amazing for both BD-audio formats and multi-channel or high-def flac. Even mp3's are decoded to higher bitdepths. If you want to try then the latest version is XBMC-AE-20120331.zip. See the thread here for details and settings.

Note that it will affect your guisettings.xml, so rename/backup that file so you can revert as needed.
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Thanks, I just tried the new version. Still this permanent switching between PCM and DTS-HD:

http://db.tt/gWIe0irl

I'm using a Zotac Nano AD10 directly hooked to a Pioneer Vsx-Lx52.

Chris

Daniela,

I have tested your build based on Eden final and from what I can see so far in limited testing things are working fine, including Dolby True HD tracks.

Just wanted to provide my feedback.

(2012-04-01 07:19)ix400 Wrote:  Thanks, I just tried the new version. Still this permanent switching between PCM and DTS-HD:

http://db.tt/gWIe0irl

I'm using a Zotac Nano AD10 directly hooked to a Pioneer Vsx-Lx52.

Chris

First time I've seen a video bug report

Rock-solid on mine, and this is a first for this issue - can you post a debug log over at the Win AE Test Thread? Haven't had a report of that in any of the AE builds. Looks like the buffer value is too low for your rig (it's now adjustable in GUI), but I can tell more with a log.

(2012-04-01 07:33)voip-ninja Wrote:  Daniela,

I have tested your build based on Eden final and from what I can see so far in limited testing things are working fine, including Dolby True HD tracks.

Just wanted to provide my feedback.

That's good news. Trust me, you're not gaining much RC2->Final, but there's a lot of goodies going in right now like the long-awaited ffmpeg version bump, a much better streaming cache controller, pause/skip glitch fix and other goodies so I've been holding off till they're in master before doing any more builds of this.

It's not officially announced yet, but the debug/release cycle is being changed for shorter cycles so we don't have to wait so long for some of the major items to get in. An official announcement will come later from JMarshall, along with some other great news for XBMC. Stay tuned

(2012-03-31 23:31)bluray Wrote:  

(2012-03-31 22:54)michaeldecharon Wrote:  Installed it for a friend with a nvidia graphics card, works like a charm connected to a Pioneer receiver.
Installed it for my own with the new Sapphire HD 7750 ultimate connected to my Marantz AV8003 receiver and when trying to use TrueHD or DTS-HD Master there is no sound. Normal DTS works fine!

The only thing I could think of are driver and configuration....try these-

1. Download the latest driver from here- Graphics Drivers & Software
2. Make sure to connect your system this way- HTPC-->AVR-->HDTV via HDMI cables
3. Select AMD HDMI audio output in Windows control panel and XBMC audio output

Dear Bluray,

Thanks for your replay!

1. I've downloaded en installed the latest drivers even the pre-release.
But no luck.
2. I've connected my system the way you pointed, i even disconnected my plasma i case of a handshake (EDID) problem
Again no luck
3. Done it.
As you may gues no luck.

(2012-03-31 17:55)DanielaE Wrote:  

(2012-03-31 16:39)voip-ninja Wrote:  You need to talk Damian into producing a build lol. I believe his builds included global delay.

This is a feature of "Eden" final. People may take advantage of that by uncommenting the related lines in 'advancedsettings.xml' that I've thrown in gratitiously.

Hi DanielaE,



This advanced setting, does it get installed with your version of Eden, is it the one thats in the main xbmc system folder ?
I only ask because for some reason it plays havoc with my MQ3 skin.
Is the advanced setting needed because removing it from the folder solves my problem

thanks for all your time and great work

I have updated my RC2 to "Eden" Final and tried something...

First result:
DTS works fine and DTS-HD, too

Thanks!

My Hardware:
Asrock Vision 3D (Windows 7 x64) - Denon AVR-1912

(2012-04-01 08:14)michaeldecharon Wrote:  Dear Bluray,

Thanks for your replay!

1. I've downloaded en installed the latest drivers even the pre-release.
But no luck.
2. I've connected my system the way you pointed, i even disconnected my plasma i case of a handshake (EDID) problem
Again no luck
3. Done it.
As you may gues no luck.

That is not good.....you can try a couple more things-

1. Download- High Definition Audio Codecs
2. Check W7 control panel to see if you can select the options as shown in my screen shots below-
3. If you still cannot see the options after you did #1&2, you can try to switch to another HDMI input on your AVR. And that still doesn't work, you can try another HDMI cable...

This is mildly off topic, but I thought I'd try and squeeze it in here since you guys represent some of the most helpful devs in the community.

Is there any way to add to add an option to xbmc to select a preferred audio track automatically? Language first, format/channels second. I have many files with either both a HD audio track and a non-hd version, and some with multiple languages, and XBMC seems to pick which ever happens to be first in the file. Unfortunately this choice is often wrong...

Anyhow, thanks again for everything you've done with HD bitstreaming and let me know if this tweak would be possible as well...

(2012-04-01 07:51)DDDamian Wrote:  

(2012-04-01 07:33)voip-ninja Wrote:  Daniela,

I have tested your build based on Eden final and from what I can see so far in limited testing things are working fine, including Dolby True HD tracks.

Just wanted to provide my feedback.

That's good news. Trust me, you're not gaining much RC2->Final, but there's a lot of goodies going in right now like the long-awaited ffmpeg version bump, a much better streaming cache controller, pause/skip glitch fix and other goodies so I've been holding off till they're in master before doing any more builds of this.

It's not officially announced yet, but the debug/release cycle is being changed for shorter cycles so we don't have to wait so long for some of the major items to get in. An official announcement will come later from JMarshall, along with some other great news for XBMC. Stay tuned

That is some great news Damian. Some of those items are long overdue so it is fantastic to see development tackling them in a shorter release cycle than we've historically seen. I spy a wonderful dot release of XBMC on the horizon!