[LINUX] Audio Problems with Eden Beta 3 and Ubuntu 11.10

**joethefox** · 2012-02-13 21:39

my mistake, I've two soundcard... Blush

So, if with alsamixer -c 0 the sound card in the top left corner is "HDA NVidia" and everything is unmuted... I don't know what else to try, sorry.

mephisto1980 · 2012-02-13 21:43

Maybe I should buy a second soundcard as well ;-)

Thanks for your help!

mephisto1980 · 2012-02-13 22:07

Ok, now I removed (purged) pulseaudio*...dada: No sound in menu *and* no sound in movies.

The error message that I get is:

Code:

51:19 T:2503191408   ERROR: Initialize - failed to open custom device plughw:0,3,AES0=0x6,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x0,AES3=0x2 (error:No such file or directory), retry with default plughw:0,3

51:19 T:2503191408   ERROR: Initialize - pcm_open_lconf, alsa error: -16 - Device or resource busy

51:19 T:2503191408   ERROR: Unable to open audio mixer

51:19 T:2503191408   ERROR: Creating a Null Audio Renderer, Check your audio settings as this should not happen

So, now the device is busy?

Any ideas? I read about dmix to enable multiple sound processes.....but I have no idea how to configure....

ezechiel1917 · 2012-02-17 13:16

Code:

ERROR: Initialize - pcm_open_lconf, alsa error: -16 - Device or resource busy

04:17 T:2584734576   DEBUG: Found 4 fbconfigs.

04:17 T:2584734576   DEBUG: Using fbconfig index 0.

04:17 T:2593127280   ERROR: Initialize - pcm_open_lconf, alsa error: -16 - Device or resource busy

04:17 T:2593127280   DEBUG: SetActiveDevice - SetActiveDevice from 2 to 1

04:17 T:2593127280   DEBUG: RemoveActiveDevice - Removing device 2

04:17 T:2771897200   DEBUG: set caching from pvr to done. audio (1) = 8. video (1) = 6

04:17 T:2593127280   ERROR: Creating a Null Audio Renderer, Check your audio settings as this should not happen

04:17 T:2593127280   DEBUG: RemoveActiveDevice - Removing device 1

04:17 T:2593127280   DEBUG: SetActiveDevice - SetActiveDevice from 0 to 2

04:17 T:2593127280   DEBUG: RemoveActiveDevice - Removing device 0

04:17 T:2593127280   DEBUG: CNullDirectSound::Initialize - Channels: 2 - SampleRate: 48000 - SampleBit: 16 - Resample false - IsMusic false - IsPassthrough 0 - audioDevice: plughw:0,7

04:17 T:2593127280   DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: synctype set to 0: clock feedback

04:17 T:2771897200   DEBUG: CDVDPlayer::SetCaching - caching state 0

04:17 T:2771897200   DEBUG: CDVDPlayer::HandleMessages - player started 1

04:17 T:2771897200   ERROR: Get - failed to get stream

I have this problem too.

I have set custom device to plughw:0,7 which works most of the time, but sometimes when opening a video it fails resulting in no audio until I do system reboot to get it working again.

**erhnam** · 2012-02-17 15:18

What if you do this:

sudo chmod -R a+rwX /dev/snd

DejaVu · 2012-02-18 02:24

Stop all that messing about and use -

Custom: plughw:1,3

in both Audio and Passthru.
I struggled for a bit, but managed to get it working on my cleanly installed R3700 this way.
(Used to be plughw:1,7 on Eden B2).

mephisto1980 · 2012-02-21 17:31

I "solved" the problem by using the optical out (SPDIF) of my Revo....That works like a charm....

hansie16 · 2012-02-21 18:12

I gave up on XBMC Live because of the audio troubles. Back to Windows 7 using Splash player.....!

mamboman · 2012-02-25 04:49

Hi all,

I am running into the same problems as mentioned here with my Zotac Box.
Interestingly enough, I can now use
plughw:1,3
on both the audio and the passthrough devices.
This makes me hear audio perfectly via HDMI.

But in order to not have to turn my TV on which is the first receiver of HDMI signals, I wanted to make use of SPDIF.

But I cannot find any plugh:xxxxx or other audio setting to make this working

What I tried:

plughw:1,0
plughw:1,1
hw:1,0
iec958:CARD=NVIDIA,DEV=0

No luck.

With Dharma, as far as I remember, no issues. Even not with the live CD I am currently working with.
And: with Win7 no SPDIF problem either.

So what's broken here?

esprit · 2012-02-25 10:33

Hi,

Are you (people who have this sound initialization problem) using A/V sync (in settings => video => Playing) ?

I have this problem too, turning off A/V sync makes everything works (but no A/V sync...).
More weirder, I have this problem with "not-default" skins (Aeon Nox/Alaska), if I use Confluence, then no problem.

In case that could help...

Regards.

joethefox Team-XBMC Member Posts: 930 Joined: Nov 2010 Reputation: 15	2012-02-13 21:39 Post: #11 my mistake, I've two soundcard... So, if with alsamixer -c 0 the sound card in the top left corner is "HDA NVidia" and everything is unmuted... I don't know what else to try, sorry.
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mephisto1980 Junior Member Posts: 9 Joined: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-02-13 21:43 Post: #12 Maybe I should buy a second soundcard as well ;-) Thanks for your help!
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erhnam Team-XBMC Live Developer Posts: 655 Joined: May 2009 Reputation: 2 Location: The Netherlands	2012-02-17 15:18 Post: #15 What if you do this: sudo chmod -R a+rwX /dev/snd http://www.xbmcfreak.com/
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DejaVu Posting Freak Posts: 1,155 Joined: May 2010 Reputation: 2 Location: United Kingdom	2012-02-18 02:24 Post: #16 Stop all that messing about and use - Custom: plughw:1,3 in both Audio and Passthru. I struggled for a bit, but managed to get it working on my cleanly installed R3700 this way. (Used to be plughw:1,7 on Eden B2). Maraschino - Web based HTPC Organiser. Keep track of all your web based programs all in one place. Home Page - Repo - Bug Tracker - Support Forum.
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mephisto1980 Junior Member Posts: 9 Joined: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-02-21 17:31 Post: #17 I "solved" the problem by using the optical out (SPDIF) of my Revo....That works like a charm....
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hansie16 Junior Member Posts: 34 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 0	2012-02-21 18:12 Post: #18 I gave up on XBMC Live because of the audio troubles. Back to Windows 7 using Splash player.....!
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esprit Junior Member Posts: 26 Joined: Apr 2011 Reputation: 0 Location: France	2012-02-25 10:33 Post: #20 Hi, Are you (people who have this sound initialization problem) using A/V sync (in settings => video => Playing) ? I have this problem too, turning off A/V sync makes everything works (but no A/V sync...). More weirder, I have this problem with "not-default" skins (Aeon Nox/Alaska), if I use Confluence, then no problem. In case that could help... Regards.
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