Win XBMC Hang - Audio Issues?
#1
Hello,

I've been setting up my HTPC over the last month or so using a spare TV. Everything was working fine until after I moved the HTPC to my living room and integrated it into my set up.

Setup:
Panasonic TC-P55ST60 Plasma
Onyoko TX-SR313 AV Reciever
Vintage Mirage speakers - 3.1 setup

Since the move every time I try to :
a. start a video/movie
b. adjust my audio settings
c. exit

XBMC hangs - giving me choice but to force-quit. (see log: http://pastebin.com/PWyb0dev) http://pastebin.com/index

My HTPC is running:
1 Win7 64bit (service pack1)
2 i3-4130 (3.4ghz), 8gb RAM - 64bit (ECS H87H3-TI mobo)
3 Intel HD Graphics 4400
4 Intel® Display Audio (6.16.0.3131)
5 Realtek High Definition Audio (6.0.1.6909)
6 XBMC 12.3 with PowerDVD

I suspect it has to do with my AV Receiver being recognized by my PC (and the Intel Display Audio driver) - here's why:

When I initially hooked it all up it was working fine - audio et al. However I shut down my AV receiver in order to reconnect a speaker, when I turned the AV Receiver back on I had no audio. So I rebooted, then XBMC started to hang on playback, exit and when I tried to change my XBMC audio settings.

Out of XBMC, the audio works fine - once I kickstart it by running a youtube or server-stored audio - which is strange, on a clean boot I get no audio from testing the speakers until I run a video.

I've followed advice I found on the forum on similar issues, my drivers are up to date (yet on 6 of 8 codecs are supported). I've tried to force my HTPC to use the Realtek drivers but it's no good- I get no audio out from the HDMI. And I'd love to change my XBMC audio setting, but every time I try it hangs.

I'm open to suggestions - I have no idea why to try next.

Be seeing you,

Aberto2k
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#2
Try intel audio instead of realtek. Also you should always start the avr before launching xbmc.
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#3
Nope, turning on the AVR before the HTPC didn't help - and I'm already using the intel audio drivers.

I noticed that PowerDVD and VLC were also not outputting audio especially from MKV files so based on a few forum posts I downloaded and installed Sharks007 codec packs.

I think it made things worse - now MediaPlayer can't play any video and I'm not further along.

I'm gonna leave it for tonight and sleep on it.

I may just start over with a clean install on Win7 and get the audio to work before installing XBMC.

Ugh - a month of work down the tubes.

Aberto2k
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#4
Some LEDTV and AVR HDMI CEC options for ARC don't coexist very well, you can do as following to disable it-

Audio TV Out - set it to Off
HDMI Control (RIHD) - set it to Off
>Alienware X51- do it all HTPC
>Simplify XBMC configurations
>HOW-TO Bitstreaming using XBMC
I refused to watch movie without bitstreaming HD audio!
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