'Passthrough Audio In Use'

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buster2209 Offline
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In XBMC, I have configured the sound as follows;

Audio ouput > HDMI

Audio output device > Defaults
Custom audio device > hw:1,7

These settings enable sound through my HDMI port.

One minor problem I am having is that when I the turn the volume up or down within XBMC I get the error message 'Passthrough Audio In Use'.

Is there a work a round for this?

BTW, I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 on a Revo 3700.
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buster2209 Offline
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Found this thread after a deeper search within.

It seems internal volume doesn't work when audio is set to a pass through device.... Sad
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ronie Offline
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that's not an error message. ;-)

it's xbmc notifying you that it can not control the volume.
when passthrough is in use, the sound (bitstream) is send unaltered to your receiver / tv. you should control the volume on those devices.

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