Mac OS X AC3 Passthrough issues on iMac G5 PPC

zankty · 2012-03-18 01:37

I recently purchased an Surround Receiver from Yamaha and connected it to my iMac G5 using a TOSlink (optical) cable.
Unfortunately when watching movies with AC3 the receiver doesn't get any sound at all.

I already changed the setting to optical and enabled AC3 and DTS in XBMC.
Other applications like "MPlayer OSX Extended", Quicktime, VLC 1.1.9 are working fine. Using those apps receiver shows "Dolby Digital" as Audio Decoder.

Also using my MacBook Pro (Intel) and XBMC 11.0rc2 I have no problems getting the surround sound to the receiver.

Any ideas how to solve this?

zankty · 2012-03-20 18:54

Just FYI.
I went back to using XBMC 10.1 on the Intel and the PPC and still the same problem.
The MacBook plays DTS and AC3 just fine, while the iMac only plays the DTS.

Systems:
- iMac: G5 (PPC), Mac OS 10.5.8, XBMC 10.1
- MacBook Pro: Core2Duo (intel), Mac OS 10.7.3, XBMC 11.0rc2

Also, I tried to submit a Bug report but the System is way to complicated. The ticked got closed right away. Sad

**phi2039** · 2012-03-21 03:21

Debug Log...

zankty · 2012-03-21 19:21

here the log: http://pastebin.com/qP96dyK9

I used two test movies for the log. One with AC3 and one with DTS.

The test movies can be downloaded here: http://www.digital-digest.com/movies/mov...type=dolby

I used "Dolby Digital - Broadway" for the AC3 test and "DTS - The Digital Experience" for the DTS test.

zankty · 2012-03-25 00:03

Finally the Eden is out.

And the same ***** as before!! Still no AC3 passthrough on PPC?
What is going on?? I really don't get it why can MPlayer, VLC, Quicktime get it to work but the only nice Media Player cannot??

**Memphiz** · 2012-03-25 12:21

because we are to dumb. And Fyi - we will get rid of ppc support in frodo so better get used to other players then ... bye bye Smile

zankty · 2012-03-31 17:15

(2012-03-25 12:21)Memphiz Wrote: because we are to dumb. And Fyi - we will get rid of ppc support in frodo so better get used to other players then ... bye bye

Thank you for the clarification. I was beginning to think there was something wrong with my machine.

phi2039 Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 260 Joined: Aug 2008 Reputation: 0 Location: Baltimore, MD	2012-03-21 03:21 Post: #3 Debug Log... Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.
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zankty Junior Member Posts: 7 Joined: Mar 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-03-21 19:21 Post: #4 here the log: http://pastebin.com/qP96dyK9 I used two test movies for the log. One with AC3 and one with DTS. The test movies can be downloaded here: http://www.digital-digest.com/movies/mov...type=dolby I used "Dolby Digital - Broadway" for the AC3 test and "DTS - The Digital Experience" for the DTS test. System: AppleTV 2, iOS 4.4.4, XBMC 11.0
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zankty Junior Member Posts: 7 Joined: Mar 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-03-25 00:03 Post: #5 Finally the Eden is out. And the same ***** as before!! Still no AC3 passthrough on PPC? What is going on?? I really don't get it why can MPlayer, VLC, Quicktime get it to work but the only nice Media Player cannot?? System: AppleTV 2, iOS 4.4.4, XBMC 11.0
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Memphiz Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 7,677 Joined: Feb 2011 Reputation: 91 Location: germany	2012-03-25 12:21 Post: #6 because we are to dumb. And Fyi - we will get rid of ppc support in frodo so better get used to other players then ... bye bye AppleTV2/iPhone/iPod: HowTo find debug logs and everything else which the devs like so much: click here HowTo setup NFS for XBMC: Wiki NFS HowTo configure avahi (zeroconf): Wiki Avahi READ THE IOS FAQ!: iOS FAQ
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zankty Junior Member Posts: 7 Joined: Mar 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-03-31 17:15 Post: #7 (2012-03-25 12:21)Memphiz Wrote: because we are to dumb. And Fyi - we will get rid of ppc support in frodo so better get used to other players then ... bye bye Thank you for the clarification. I was beginning to think there was something wrong with my machine. System: AppleTV 2, iOS 4.4.4, XBMC 11.0
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