[blizzard]

I have a Macbook Air with OS X 10.8.2 and when playing video files, I cannot control the volume or volume amplification in xbmc. Even changing the volume on the mac does not affect the video playing in xbmc. The volume level just remains where it was when xbmc was first launched.

I have rolled back to Eden and everything works fine, so I know its not my macbook. I could not find anything similar on the forum. Is this a bug or am I missing something

[Ned Scott]

What is playing the audio? The speakers on the Macbook?

[blizzard]

What is playing the audio? The speakers on the Macbook?

Yes, I have tried using the speakers on the macbook and headphones but both don't work.

[Ned Scott]

Very odd. Can you get us a debug log (wiki) of when this happens in Frodo?

[blizzard]

Very odd. Can you get us a debug log (wiki) of when this happens in Frodo?

Here is the Debug log http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=31023

[Ned Scott]

I'm not sure, but I think it's trying to use audio passthrough, which would explain why volume controls don't work. I just always assumed that normal audio through speakers would not work if audio passthrough was enabled.

Try going into System -> Settings -> Audio output, and disable the "passthrough" options (the ones that say "capable receiver").

[Memphiz]

NedScott it might be that he has enabled LPCM (which is PCM passthrough) - which also works for internal speakers but is a bit senseless because it - tadaaa - kills the ability to control volume

[blizzard]

I disabled LPCM and that fixed my original problem. Thanks for your support.

Incase someone else experiences this. After disabling LPCM, I noticed the sound was still suppressed. I compared my audio settings to the Eden version and noticed the speaker configuration was set to 2.1 in Frodo and 2.0 in Eden. Once I changed the it to 2.0 in Frodo, everything worked just perfect.

Thanks again for your support.