[Msan]

Well, I finally managed to switch to XBMC for Linux after years of good service from my regular Xbox running XBMC.

I grabbed the latest SVN, compiled and built.
After a few mishaps even got digital audio running properly now.
I can watch videos fine, but MP3's just don't work. They seem to want to start, but then stop right away.. not a sound to be heard.

Here is the relevant lines from the log file.. Seems to be failing on thumbs creation which is strange, since all my video thumbs work just fine.

ARGH.. can't paste the log right now, as I am at work and the machine seems to be in sleep mode or something I will post an update later..

Do I need to install anything extra to play mp3's?

[Msan]

Here is the part from the log:

Code:

23:21:18 T:3062282080 M:579878912   DEBUG: CGUIInfoManager::SetCurrentSong(smb://xxx:[email protected]/Audio/Cranberries/Stars The Best of 1992-2002/The Cranberries-20-Stars.mp3)                                                                            
23:21:18 T:3062282080 M:579878912   DEBUG: Loading additional tag info for file smb://xxx:[email protected]/Audio/Cranberries/Stars The Best of 1992-2002/The Cranberries-20-Stars.mp3                                                                        
23:21:18 T:3062282080 M:579878912   DEBUG: CFileSMB::Open - opened Audio/Cranberries/Stars The Best of 1992-2002/The Cranberries-20-Stars.mp3, fd=10006                      
23:21:18 T:3062282080 M:579878912    INFO: Creating album thumb from memory: /home/mike/XBMCrun/userdata/Thumbnails/Music/f/fbbd4607.tbn                                      
23:21:18 T:3062282080 M:579878912    INFO:   msg: PICTURE::CreateThumbnailFromMemory: Unable to determine image type.                                                        
23:21:18 T:3062282080 M:579878912   ERROR: PICTURE::CreateAlbumThumbnailFromMemory: exception: memfile FileType: jpg                                                          
23:21:18 T:3062282080 M:579878912   ERROR: Tag loader mp3: Unable to create album art for smb://xxx:[email protected]/Audio/Cranberries/Stars The Best of 1992-2002/The Cranberries-20-Stars.mp3 (extension=jpg, size=8134)                                    
23:21:18 T:3062282080 M:579878912   DEBUG: CFileSMB::Close closing fd 10006

[althekiller]

Please post the ENTIRE log. No one else has reported any problems so this is likely something on your end. Not to mention those videos that work fine probably have mp3 audio.

EDIT: distro?

[Msan]

I'll post the log later on today when I get home.. the one I cut that part out is like 10MB

Specs:
MythBuntu 7.10 i386 (converted to desktop and apt-get update and upgrade run)
Motherboard Asus M2NPV-VM
CPU AMD X2 4800+
2GB DDR-800 RAM
250GB IDE HD
Samsung 20x SATA DVD Burner
26-In-1 Card reader
Asus S/PDIF Coax/Digital Connector
Microsoft WMC Remote control and receiver

[Msan]

Ok, here is the log

I tried to past, but it's too long and pastebin flags it as spam

xbmclog.zip - 0.01MB

[Msan]

geez, why can't I edit my own posts??

[althekiller]

geez, why can't I edit my own posts??

Cause we don't want you going back on your word

BTW, please use a paste service like pastebin.ca next time for convenience.

[Msan]

I tried pastebin.com, but it flagged it as spam for some reason.. pastebin.ca worked though..

http://pastebin.ca/987032

[jmarshall]

This is the real issue:

18:07:16 T:3062097760 M:1031090176 ERROR: CreateStream - pcm_open, alsa error: Device or resource busy

I suspect there is some differences in the alsa setup from paplayer_linux to dvdplayer.

[Msan]

This is the real issue:

18:07:16 T:3062097760 M:1031090176 ERROR: CreateStream - pcm_open, alsa error: Device or resource busy

I suspect there is some differences in the alsa setup from paplayer_linux to dvdplayer.

Strange, Video files work just fine. Is there something I can check/change?

[Msan]

I just tried playing some mp3's via "Play using" and they play fine with DVDplayer. No go with paplayer though

[Msan]

RESOLVED.

I set both to iec958 in the audio setup and both audio and video works now. it was set as default for audio and iec958 for passthrough before.

[ozett]

hi,
i have the same issue, but setting audio to iec958 does not solve the problem.
paplayer wont play mp3, but dvd-player does.
i am running fresh xbmc SVN 13219 on ubuntu 7.10 and on an msi-media-live hardware.

a snippet from the log:

Code:

08:59:55 T:3059832768 M:690507776   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactor::GetPlayers(/mnt/server1/2raumwohnung/Kommt zusammen/13 - Wir werden singen.mp3)
08:59:55 T:3059832768 M:687792128    INFO: MP3Codec: Loaded decoder at 0x81ef96d0
08:59:55 T:3059832768 M:674004992   DEBUG: CFileCache::Open - opening </mnt/server1/2raumwohnung/Kommt zusammen/13 - Wir werden singen.mp3> using cache
08:59:55 T:2952780688 M:674004992   DEBUG: Running thread 2952780688
08:59:55 T:2952780688 M:674004992   DEBUG: thread start, auto delete: 0
08:59:55 T:3059832768 M:673308672    INFO: PAP Player: Playing /mnt/server1/2raumwohnung/Kommt zusammen/13 - Wir werden singen.mp3
08:59:55 T:3059832768 M:673308672   ERROR: CreateStream - pcm_open, alsa error: Device or resource busy
08:59:55 T:2952780688 M:674172928   DEBUG: staticThread, deleting thread graphic context
08:59:55 T:2952780688 M:674172928   DEBUG: Thread 2952780688 terminating
08:59:55 T:3059832768 M:674172928   ERROR: PAPlayer::Unable to create audio stream
08:59:55 T:2952780688 M:674172928   DEBUG: Running thread 2952780688
08:59:55 T:2952780688 M:674172928   DEBUG: thread start, auto delete: 0
08:59:55 T:2952780688 M:674172928   DEBUG: PAPlayer: Thread started
08:59:55 T:3059832768 M:674172928   DEBUG: CGUIInfoManager::SetCurrentSong(/mnt/server1/2raumwohnung/Kommt zusammen/13 - Wir werden singen.mp3)
08:59:55 T:3059832768 M:674172928   DEBUG: Loading additional tag info for file /mnt/server1/2raumwohnung/Kommt zusammen/13 - Wir werden singen.mp3
08:59:55 T:2952780688 M:674172928   DEBUG: Playback has started
08:59:55 T:2952780688 M:674172928    INFO: PAPlayer: End of playback reached
08:59:55 T:2952780688 M:674172928   DEBUG: Playback has finished
08:59:55 T:2952780688 M:674172928   DEBUG: PAPlayer: Thread end
08:59:55 T:2952780688 M:674172928   DEBUG: staticThread, deleting thread graphic context
08:59:55 T:2952780688 M:674172928   DEBUG: Thread 2952780688 terminating

my alsa devices show up as:

Code:

aplay -l
**** Liste von PLAYBACK Geräten ****
Karte 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], Gerät 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]
  Untergeordnete Geräte: 1/1
  Untergeordnetes Gerät '0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], Gerät 1: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital]
  Untergeordnete Geräte: 0/1
  Untergeordnetes Gerät '0: subdevice #0
root@media-live:/home/olaf/XBMC/BUILD# aplay -L
default:CARD=NVidia
    HDA NVidia, ALC883 Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC883 Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC883 Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC883 Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC883 Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC883 Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC883 Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC883 Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)

any hints for a solution or direction to go ...?

regards. ozett

[ozett]

RESOLVED.

I set settings for audio in xbmc back to their defaults (which is" default") and it is perfectly working.

i did this, after i found an old .asoundrc in my homedir, which was somehow broken and defined the default-audio-out for the device "default" to a non-working configuration. this caused the same log-errors in xbmc i pasted before. hmm. sorry for this, but i may help others checking similar errors ..??

regards,
ozett