2014-08-16, 00:33
Hi,
I am trying to play the high quality AAC BBC Radio streams through a Hifiberry Digi card driving an Arcam iRDAC. I have also posted this problem to the Hifiberry forum as I cannot determine if this is a Hifiberry specific issue or is general to all external sound cards.
Everything is fine when the signal source is a local file (MP3 or AAC) or UPnP (PC with MediaMonkey and mp3 media) the Digi output sounds great and pi’s HDMI is silent.
When the source is an internet radio stream (AAC or WMA), opened either from the radio add-on or from an address in a local pls file, XBMC sends audio down the pi’s HDMI route (which my TV sends back to the iRDAC where it plays) and there is silence on both the optical and coax outputs of the Digi card.
There must be something subtle about the way audio output switching works. Perhaps this is an issue with all external sound cards, is anyone playing radio with such a configuration?
Has anyone any suggestions please?
Many thanks
Dave
I am trying to play the high quality AAC BBC Radio streams through a Hifiberry Digi card driving an Arcam iRDAC. I have also posted this problem to the Hifiberry forum as I cannot determine if this is a Hifiberry specific issue or is general to all external sound cards.
Everything is fine when the signal source is a local file (MP3 or AAC) or UPnP (PC with MediaMonkey and mp3 media) the Digi output sounds great and pi’s HDMI is silent.
When the source is an internet radio stream (AAC or WMA), opened either from the radio add-on or from an address in a local pls file, XBMC sends audio down the pi’s HDMI route (which my TV sends back to the iRDAC where it plays) and there is silence on both the optical and coax outputs of the Digi card.
There must be something subtle about the way audio output switching works. Perhaps this is an issue with all external sound cards, is anyone playing radio with such a configuration?
Has anyone any suggestions please?
Many thanks
Dave