[Ben8472]

i'm gonna collect a bit more info and file a bug report.

i can't really think of anything else to try other than trying out another computer and/or receiver.

[frozenice]

First i thought that must be a problem with our AMP, but my WD TV & HDX1000 worked fine with my AMP.

Must be a bug in xbmc etc.

[Ben8472]

i just wonder why i never noticed it with dd and my old amp.

i think on DTS tracks its more noticeable, the cut is longer, on DD it might just be a "plop"

i allready lost a ton of sleep over this, hopefully someone can say why it happens

Edit: People on the Mac osX Fork seem to have simmilar/same problems: http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php?/top...65831d4f2c

[frozenice]

I think we should collect some debug infos and create a xbmc bug report

[Ben8472]

got myself a WDTV to test, 1a perfect playback, no sound cuts or anything. 8(

i tried if deinstalling pulseaudio helps (doesn't)

what we tried so far

- update to latest svn
- update nvidia to 190
- tried out various xserver configs
- tried out different video files and checked back with another video device that the AMP is allright.
- updated alsa to 1.0.20
- removed pulsaudio (i think it got worse after i did that, more often drops)
- updated to karmic kernel
- updated alsa to .21/21a
- BIOS Setting: 'Advance Path' is DISABLED

please add to list ...

[frozenice]

you wrote that you updated your Alsa Version. So we should add this, too

//Edit: I'm watching at this moment another dvb record, Audio Cut again see the Debug Log:

20:23:19 T:2883787664 M:1442861056 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5037361667.740889, should be:5037351364.739177, error:-10303.001712
20:23:44 T:2883787664 M:1442734080 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5062566318.552176, should be:5062555928.958910, error:-10389.593266
20:23:44 T:2883787664 M:1442734080 ERROR: GetDelay - snd_pcm_delay, alsa error: -32 - Broken pipe
20:23:45 T:2883787664 M:1442734080 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5063574254.928910, should be:5063515794.324708, error:-58460.604202
20:24:10 T:2883787664 M:1442750464 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5088720966.571708, should be:5088710611.538234, error:-10355.033474
20:24:36 T:2883787664 M:1442885632 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5113926140.558234, should be:5113915752.095516, error:-10388.462718
20:25:01 T:2883787664 M:1442291712 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5139121671.513516, should be:5139111281.735932, error:-10389.777584
20:25:26 T:2883787664 M:1442156544 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5164326948.700933, should be:5164316561.474262, error:-10387.226671
20:25:51 T:2883787664 M:1442037760 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5189521566.045262, should be:5189511179.181499, error:-10386.863763
20:25:51 T:2883787664 M:1441935360 ERROR: GetDelay - snd_pcm_delay, alsa error: -32 - Broken pipe
20:25:52 T:2883787664 M:1441923072 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5190532332.773499, should be:5190471553.406225, error:-60779.367274
20:26:15 T:2883787664 M:1441804288 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5213670231.073225, should be:5213660132.941854, error:-10098.131372
20:26:41 T:2883787664 M:1441558528 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5238865582.260854, should be:5238855195.701777, error:-10386.559078
20:27:06 T:2883787664 M:1441312768 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5264070979.157777, should be:5264060593.071054, error:-10386.086722
20:27:31 T:2883787664 M:1442344960 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5289265617.121055, should be:5289255228.915726, error:-10388.205329
20:27:56 T:2883787664 M:1442107392 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5314470219.487725, should be:5314459833.219072, error:-10386.268653

here another cut

20:33:49 T:2883787664 M:1438076928 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5667270438.250452, should be:5667260050.529232, error:-10387.721220
20:33:49 T:2883787664 M:1438081024 ERROR: GetDelay - snd_pcm_delay, alsa error: -32 - Broken pipe
20:33:50 T:2883787664 M:1438085120 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuty - was:5668286680.104232, should be:5668220718.294405, error:-65961.809827

When the ERROR: GetDelay - snd_pcm_delay, alsa error: -32 - Broken pipe Message comes up die Signal Cuts for ~1second and returns

[Ben8472]

these guys seem to have the same problem and different solution approaches

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=57526


i will definitly try with karmic in 2 days


edit: karmic kernel & alsa update to .21 didnt help, still having cuts

[amarga]

I had the same issue with my ION Zotac mb -- going to the BIOS and make sure the 'Advance Path' is DISABLED in the advanced options.

Could you give it a shot?

I was getting those 'cracks' on SPDIF signal all the time (depending on the content, it was ranging from every 5 secs to every 2 mins) and it was very annoying. Now, it works like a charm

[Ben8472]

@amarga: thanks for the suggestion

just tried it out: still having sound drops


maybe was there anything else you changed?

[alumin]

I have the same issue when it comes to sound drops: Ubuntu Jaunty, XBMC SVN (a few days old), ALSA v1.0.21, e-mu 1820 soundcard.

Other sound issues are: Load pop when booting. No sound when resuming from standby (S3).

[Ben8472]

with some of the developers probably getting an ion based device, maybe we'll have a chance of a fix on that

what would be most interesting is finding out if this is a hardware problem, a xbmc problem, or a os (ubuntu) problem.

i would even install another linux distro if that will work.

[jbetzer]

Damn, I thought this thread was dead... I dont check it for a few days and it goes crazy

Nice with all the suggestions, sadly my harddrive just died so I'll have to wait with testing them until i can get ahold of a new one.

But in the meantime I have some more info.

It is only in Linux XBMC that this problem is present for me. VLC in linux, MPC as well as XBMC in XP works like a charm.

My amp is a Sony STR-DB795

[Ben8472]

the first who offers a working solution gets invited to a beer or two by me

in the meantime -> installed a fresh ubuntu 9.04 and installing stable xbmc and will drive some test this evening if any behaviour change occours.

[Ben8472]

I think i might be onto something that has to do with the xorg.conf and probably the modelines that are supported

can you please help me, those of you having sound drops;

please post your etc/X11/xorg.conf to pastebin or send me via PM

thank you!!!

[Ben8472]

here is what i found out:

after reinstalling ubuntu and xbmc stable my gf wanted to watch some tv series.

i didn't got to the part where i setup my xorg.conf and now its playing at 50hz instead of 24 or 23.976, so it's not using any modlines, its just sitting at 50hz/fps and

no drops of audio yet so far

did you have modlines setup so xbmc would play @24p and than have sound drops?

i think this might be related...