2013-06-15, 05:42
Hey. I'm new here, but I've been using XBMC for a while. I'm currently having some audio troubles with XBMC Frodo. I have a library of blu-rays I've dumped without re-encoding into mkv files. A lot of these have high quality audio formats. I'm aware that some of them like TrueHD and other ones can't be sent through the HDMI cable by OS X so XBMC converts it, and that's fine. This doesn't have anything to do with that. The example I'm going to show is just DTS. My receiver is fully capable of decoding anything I'm likely to feed to it. DTS is no exception.
Here's my hardware:
iMac Late 2012
3.4 Ghz Intel Core i7
32GB 1600 Mhz DDR3
HDMI audio output
Yamaha RX-V673 Receiver
XBMC Version:
12.2
XBMC Log:
http://pastebin.com/uArqNEiK
Description of what's going on in the log:
1. Attempt to start XBMC with 'Encoded Digital Audio' turned on by mistake in Audio Midi Setup. Results in a crash. I change the setting back to '8ch-24bit Integer'.
2. I play a video file with DTS audio. I get no audio output. Receiver says on the front 'Decoder Off'.
3. This last time before I click on the file I change the output format in Audio Midi Setup to 'Encoded Digital Audio'. I then click. I get audio. Receiver says 'DTS'.
What I'm having to do is before I play any file with an audio format like DTS, AC3, etc. I have to manually change the output format in Audio Midi Setup to 'Encoded Digital Audio'. If I don't I won't get audio. Sometimes, however, I can fiddlefart with the video's audio settings, alternating back and forth between 'Optical/Coax' and 'HDMI' and can very infrequently get the audio to work then.
Here's my hardware:
iMac Late 2012
3.4 Ghz Intel Core i7
32GB 1600 Mhz DDR3
HDMI audio output
Yamaha RX-V673 Receiver
XBMC Version:
12.2
XBMC Log:
http://pastebin.com/uArqNEiK
Description of what's going on in the log:
1. Attempt to start XBMC with 'Encoded Digital Audio' turned on by mistake in Audio Midi Setup. Results in a crash. I change the setting back to '8ch-24bit Integer'.
2. I play a video file with DTS audio. I get no audio output. Receiver says on the front 'Decoder Off'.
3. This last time before I click on the file I change the output format in Audio Midi Setup to 'Encoded Digital Audio'. I then click. I get audio. Receiver says 'DTS'.
What I'm having to do is before I play any file with an audio format like DTS, AC3, etc. I have to manually change the output format in Audio Midi Setup to 'Encoded Digital Audio'. If I don't I won't get audio. Sometimes, however, I can fiddlefart with the video's audio settings, alternating back and forth between 'Optical/Coax' and 'HDMI' and can very infrequently get the audio to work then.