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

(2012-04-07 02:04)Druthers Wrote:  I will test with an MKV from Handbrake using the DTS HD passthrough.

Druthers

If you want to try it with MKV file, you can rip it with this- Download MakeMKV beta. It's among the best for ripping MKV file.......

Ok so I have the same problem, but my copies of star wars only have regular DTS ES audio. But it's the only file that I can't play that causes crazy static in my speakers using the DanielA build of xbmc. I used mkvmerge to split the first 30 seconds off.. maybe you can check it out to see if you can figure out the hd audio problem from the regular dts es versions.. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/134837/Star.Wars...29-001.mkv

I'm going to try a HD4650 in my HTPC after the smooth picture getting so much praise in here.

Other than un-installing the Nvidia drivers, swapping the cards and downloading new AMD drivers from here:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx


The drivers look like 12.3 but many people are mentioning 12.1, should I look for 12.1 instead?

Is there anything else I have to do?

(2012-04-02 15:34)DDDamian Wrote:  

(2012-04-02 12:55)minimoe Wrote:  For testing purposes, the problem appears with the channels Mega Cyprus (WMAv2 audio) and ANT1 Cyprus(MP3 audio). Frame fluctuates with WMAv2 audio and the problem gets worse with MP3 audio. In the second case there are a lot of errors like this:

Code:

13:20:56 T:4048   ERROR: CDVDAudio::AddPacketsRenderer - timeout adding data to renderer
13:20:56 T:4048   ERROR: CDVDAudio::AddPackets - failed to add leftover bytes to render
13:20:56 T:4048   DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuity - was:4773429.335355, should be:1697000.026122, error:-3076429.309233

Can you capture a sample of these streams? Daniela's patch should not have affected either of those two audio formats, but side-effects can happen with any code. There is a pull-request on the books for better stream caching, but obviously it would affect audio and video if it was a caching issue.

With the help of lambda (creator of the Hellenic TV addon) I managed to find samples of the problematic channels.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/67674650/Rapier/...cyprus.flv

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/67674650/Rapier/...cyprus.asf

I don't even get sound when playing ANT1 Cyprus, only static and the framerate is ~4fps instead of the normal 15fps.

XBMC.log , when playing the live streams.

(2012-04-07 08:26)uncola Wrote:  ... my copies of star wars only have regular DTS ES audio... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/134837/Star.Wars...29-001.mkv

Thanks for the sample!

I've tried it with both XBMC Eden official build and my Eden+HD audio build (for hardware see in my sig). It's playing perfectly fine with both builds and every DTS output option I could think of (DTS-ES doesn't require HD audio passthough). Is your DTS decoder capable of DTS-ES in the first place? Alas, even if it's not, it should silently ignore DTS stream extensions it can't grok. After all, DTS-ES and DTS-96/24 streams are valid DTS streams with parameters well within the original DTS 5.1 specification.

(2012-04-07 08:42)T800 Wrote:  I'm going to try a HD4650 in my HTPC after the smooth picture getting so much praise in here.

Other than un-installing the Nvidia drivers, swapping the cards and downloading new AMD drivers from here:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx


The drivers look like 12.3 but many people are mentioning 12.1, should I look for 12.1 instead?

Is there anything else I have to do?

The latest 12.3 works fine for me......

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(2012-04-07 08:26)uncola Wrote:  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/134837/Star.Wars...29-001.mkv

It work fine on my AMD E350+Nvidia GT430+Onkyo HT-RC270......

(2012-04-07 10:26)minimoe Wrote:  ... samples of the problematic channels.

Great - thanks!

I can reproduce both problems with my HD audio build, with vanilla Eden they are playing fine here on my rig. I will look into this - stay tuned!

(2012-04-07 18:07)DanielaE Wrote:  

(2012-04-07 10:26)minimoe Wrote:  ... samples of the problematic channels.

Great - thanks!

I can reproduce both problems with my HD audio build, with vanilla Eden they are playing fine here on my rig. I will look into this - stay tuned!

Thx Daniela - I've been so busy with AE stuff I haven't been able to support here as much the last few weeks. Nice to see you on the job

(2012-04-04 16:47)bluray Wrote:  

(2012-04-03 20:22)pro510 Wrote:  Also I was mistaken about the PowerDVD working, that was with my other HTPC which uses an ATI 5450 and connects to the same AVR.

That is what I thought, because I never see PDVD bitstream without seeing HD audio formats in W7 control panel. So, what GPU are you trying to make it bitstream with the patches?

XFX GTX570

(2012-04-07 22:45)pro510 Wrote:  

(2012-04-04 16:47)bluray Wrote:  

(2012-04-03 20:22)pro510 Wrote:  Also I was mistaken about the PowerDVD working, that was with my other HTPC which uses an ATI 5450 and connects to the same AVR.

That is what I thought, because I never see PDVD bitstream without seeing HD audio formats in W7 control panel. So, what GPU are you trying to make it bitstream with the patches?

XFX GTX570

That is a powerful GPU, and you should be able to bitstream with it. I think that after you sort out your AVR, you should be able to bitstream with the patches....