2008-02-26, 09:10
Hi,
I'm having problems getting my receiver to decode AC3 when outputted from my MacBook. I have verified my receiver and MacBook work correctly as the receiver decodes AC3 just fine when I play films using VLC. When I try using XBMC, there is no sound; the receiver does not detect the AC3 signal. When played thru the MacBook's speakers I get static noise, as expected.
My Audio Output is set to Digital. I'm not sure what else to tinker with in xbmc to get this to work. Any ideas?
This is what I get in the terminal when playing an AC3 encoded film:
Applications wurz$ ./XBMC.app/Contents/MacOS/XBMC
WARNING: The XBMC_HOME environment variable is not set.
++ WARN: could not retrieve file info for `image.nrg': No such file or directory
++ WARN: can't open nrg image file image.nrg for reading
Input #0, avi, from '/Volumes/D$/Video/_Recent/Inland.Empire.avi':
Duration: 02:52:18.0, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1128 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x336 [PAR 1:1 DAR 40:21], 25.00 tb®
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 384 kb/s
Asked to open device: [S/PDIF]
Asked to create device: [S/PDIF]
Device should be digital: [1]
Channels: [2]
Sample Rate: [48000]
BitsPerSample: [16]
PacketSize: [2048]
Considering: [Built-in Output]
I'm having problems getting my receiver to decode AC3 when outputted from my MacBook. I have verified my receiver and MacBook work correctly as the receiver decodes AC3 just fine when I play films using VLC. When I try using XBMC, there is no sound; the receiver does not detect the AC3 signal. When played thru the MacBook's speakers I get static noise, as expected.
My Audio Output is set to Digital. I'm not sure what else to tinker with in xbmc to get this to work. Any ideas?
This is what I get in the terminal when playing an AC3 encoded film:
Applications wurz$ ./XBMC.app/Contents/MacOS/XBMC
WARNING: The XBMC_HOME environment variable is not set.
++ WARN: could not retrieve file info for `image.nrg': No such file or directory
++ WARN: can't open nrg image file image.nrg for reading
Input #0, avi, from '/Volumes/D$/Video/_Recent/Inland.Empire.avi':
Duration: 02:52:18.0, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1128 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x336 [PAR 1:1 DAR 40:21], 25.00 tb®
Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1, 384 kb/s
Asked to open device: [S/PDIF]
Asked to create device: [S/PDIF]
Device should be digital: [1]
Channels: [2]
Sample Rate: [48000]
BitsPerSample: [16]
PacketSize: [2048]
Considering: [Built-in Output]