[thermionic]

MediaPortal 1.5 (server only) with DVB T2 card
crystalbuntu 14.0 ALPHA1 Git:20140307-f3dde3e
MediaPortal PVR client 1.9.11
Onkyo TX-NR509 receiver

I recorded Dr Who on BBC 3 HD yesterday

If I play it on my crystalbuntu ATV1, I don't get any dialogue, just the music, or if I select it, the "Visual impaired commentary" if I play it on MPC-HC, I get the dialogue as well (or the "Visual impaired commentary" if I select it).

If I bring up the properties in MPC-HC I get the below

I was going to post this in the MediaPortal PVR support forum, but then I tried just playing the .ts file and had exactly the same issue, so it looks like XBMC rather than the PVR plugin

Code:

General
ID                             : 4 (0x4)
Complete name                  : \\MEDIAPORTAL\recording\BBC THREE HD\Doctor Who\Doctor Who - 2014-03-29.ts
Format                         : MPEG-TS
File size                      : 3.11 GiB
Duration                       : 59mn 7s
Overall bit rate mode          : Variable
Overall bit rate               : 7 542 Kbps

Video
ID                             : 48 (0x30)
Menu ID                        : 137 (0x89)
Format                         : AVC
Format/Info                    : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                 : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC         : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames      : 4 frames
Codec ID                       : 27
Duration                       : 59mn 7s
Width                          : 1 920 pixels
Height                         : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio           : 16:9
Frame rate                     : 25.000 fps
Color space                    : YUV
Chroma subsampling             : 4:2:0
Bit depth                      : 8 bits
Scan type                      : Progressive
Color primaries                : BT.709
Transfer characteristics       : BT.709
Matrix coefficients            : BT.709

Audio #1
ID                             : 64 (0x40)
Menu ID                        : 137 (0x89)
Format                         : AAC
Format/Info                    : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                 : LC
Muxing mode                    : LATM
Codec ID                       : 17
Duration                       : 59mn 7s
Bit rate mode                  : Variable
Channel(s)                     : 2 channels
Channel positions              : Front: L R
Sampling rate                  : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode               : Lossy
Delay relative to video        : -643ms
Language                       : English

Audio #2
ID                             : 65 (0x41)
Menu ID                        : 137 (0x89)
Format                         : AAC
Format/Info                    : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                 : HE-AAC / LC
Muxing mode                    : LATM
Codec ID                       : 17
Duration                       : 59mn 7s
Bit rate mode                  : Variable
Channel(s)                     : 1 channel
Channel positions              : Front: C
Sampling rate                  : 48.0 KHz / 24.0 KHz
Compression mode               : Lossy
Delay relative to video        : -212ms
Language                       : English
Language, more info            : Visual impaired commentary

Text
ID                             : 80 (0x50)
Menu ID                        : 137 (0x89)
Format                         : DVB Subtitle
Codec ID                       : 6
Duration                       : 59mn 6s
Delay relative to video        : 2s 777ms
Language                       : English

[fritsch]

Hint: http://forum.stmlabs.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=3

and for the future: No help without proper Debug Log

[Ned Scott]

No dialogue sounds like an issue with 5.1 (or higher) audio tracks, but your media info says it just has stereo tracks. Can you cut off a small sample of that ts file and put it up on dropbox or something, so that others can test it as well?

[thermionic]

What tool would you recommend for creating a sample of the .ts file ?

[Ned Scott]

Off hand I can't seem to remember what's easy to use, but since this is happening with recordings, I guess just record a few minutes from a show that has the same issue. I'm assuming this is a continuing issue?

[thermionic]

I used h264ts_cutter_v111

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tm8elmlfsvgd6g...-29_cut.ts

[thermionic]

section of log as per http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=162868

[thermionic]

bigger log including startup http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=162870

[Ned Scott]

Yeah, that video has a 5.1 audio track. XBMC sees it as 5.1 as well. The dialog works fine when I play it on my ATV1 with Crystalbuntu, but I don't have an audio receiver hooked up, I just have some analog desktop speakers.

[thermionic]

although the log shows a 5.1 track, it shows on screen as 2.0 and if I bring up the audio settings it also shows as Stereo, and is only playing the surround...

I'll update to the latest nightly and see if the problem remains.

[thermionic]

updated to latest nightly Git:20140330-a8a90e0) and no improvement :-(

[fritsch]

10:37:24 T:3007699776 DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::GetChannelLayout - Requested Layout: FL,FR,FC,LFE,BL,BR
10:37:25 T:3007699776 DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::GetChannelLayout - Got Layout: FL,FR,BL,BR,FC,LFE

That really looks like a kernel bug in ALSA - if you see what channels you get. Btw. if you only have 2 channels connected, tell that xbmc and set number of channels to 2.0

[thermionic]

I'm connected via HDMI with passthrough enabled

If I set XBMC to use 3.0, 3.1, 5.0, 5.1, 7.0 or 7.1 (even though passthrough is enabled), I just get the surround channel(s) as a stereo output, my just sees a stereo feed.

If i set XBMC to use 2.0, 2.1, 4.0 or 4.1, I get the front L&R channels, still only stereo according to my receiver.

My ATV1 is running kernel 3.2.27

[thermionic]

If I play the clip through Windows Gotham Berta 3, my receiver sees the multi channel audio.

I suppose I should try to see what output I get on 12.3 on the ATV1, unless anyone has any other suggestions...

[fritsch]

I already told about the kernel bug.

Kernel 3.2 is more than 2 years old, btw.