[AudioEngine] Support for AE on Windows platform

**DDDamian** · 2012-05-10 20:44

Hi all,

I've added this thread for supporting AudioEngine-specific issues on the Windows platform. For those that don't know, AE is the new core audio system for XBMC, and brings DTS-MA/TrueHD playback, plus 24bit audio and higher to XBMC.

The main developer behind it is gnif, who's been working on this huge addition to XBMC for almost two years. I am the Windows developer who wrote the Win output and some of the platform-agnostic DSPs and other items for AE.

Now that AE has been merged with master, we'll try to address bugs and other support issues here instead of the development threads. Note that this thread is for Windows only, and only for issues related to AE - all other posts will be removed, not to be unfriendly but to keep the thread focused so other users can benefit from it.

For all the testers who have helped us get that far, please continue to post your issues/logs here, and help out other users here - your experience and knowledge will go a long way to helping users and letting me focus on fixes and improvements!

Known Issues (being addessed)
- DTS-wav not supported

**DDDamian** · 2012-05-10 20:44

reserved

consilium · 2012-05-11 02:23

First of all, excellent work by everyone involved!
Only issue I'm having is when playing 1080i MPEG2. Audio and video stutters, but when enabling or disabling "Output stereo to all speakers" during playback, everything works beautifully. This has be done each time I play a video.

**DDDamian** · 2012-05-11 02:28

@consilium - debug log pls - that goes for anyone posting here with an issue

consilium · 2012-05-11 03:23

My bad. Here you go.
http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=2454

**DDDamian** · 2012-05-11 05:57

@consilium - checked log - can you try two things? First disable "Sync Playback to Display"

Second, create an advancedsettings.xml file in your C:\Users\Stue\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata folder. Any text editor will do, just copy and paste the following into it, then save it as C:\Users\Stue\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\advancedsettings.xml

Code:

<advancedsettings>

    <loglevel>1</loglevel>

    <audio>

        <audiosinkbufferdurationmsec>150</audiosinkbufferdurationmsec>

    </audio>

     <gui> 

        <algorithmdirtyregions>1</algorithmdirtyregions>

        <nofliptimeout>20</nofliptimeout>

     </gui>

</advancedsettings>

Let me know if that solves your issue, if not, please post another log using the above settings.

consilium · 2012-05-11 13:14

Amazing. Works beautifully now!

**DDDamian** · 2012-05-11 15:50

(2012-05-11 13:14)consilium Wrote: Amazing. Works beautifully now!

Glad to hear it - enjoy.

douver · 2012-05-11 16:54

Has AE been merged with Frodo alpha as well?

**Martijn** · 2012-05-11 17:55

Yes

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consilium Junior Member Posts: 9 Joined: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-05-11 02:23 Post: #3 First of all, excellent work by everyone involved! Only issue I'm having is when playing 1080i MPEG2. Audio and video stutters, but when enabling or disabling "Output stereo to all speakers" during playback, everything works beautifully. This has be done each time I play a video.
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consilium Junior Member Posts: 9 Joined: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-05-11 03:23 Post: #5 My bad. Here you go. http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=2454
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consilium Junior Member Posts: 9 Joined: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-05-11 13:14 Post: #7 Amazing. Works beautifully now!
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douver Junior Member Posts: 24 Joined: Aug 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-05-11 16:54 Post: #9 Has AE been merged with Frodo alpha as well? Frodo 12.2 : Win7 x64 : ASUS P8H77-M : i3-3225 : Scythe Shuriken Revb : 8Gb Corsair Vengence 1600 : ASUS HD6570 : Samsung Blu-ray SH-B083L : Lian-Li PC-C37B Muse : Corsair TX650 PSU : HP MCE IR receiver : Harmony 600 : Yamaha RX-V471 : Cambridge Audio Minx 20 x 5 & Minx x300 Sub x 1
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Martijn Team-XBMC Posts: 7,715 Joined: Jul 2011 Reputation: 115 Location: Dawn of time	2012-05-11 17:55 Post: #10 Yes Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forums before posting. Do NOT e-mail Team-XBMC members asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting, make sure you read this first For your mediacenter artwork go to
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