2010-11-23, 11:03
Hi all,
I've just given up on trying to use XBMC live edition on my ASUS EB1501 HTPC and tried to use Win7 instead.
The reason is long and complicated but basically the sound drivers for Linux + the ASUS don't play friendly with my Rotel amplifier and it loses sound constantly; pressing pause/skip will bring sound back sometimes until the next time it fails.
Anyway, I was playing around with it on Win7 tonight and it doesn't appear to have the same sound issues with my amp however I have problems with different codecs & sound settings.
Eg, in XBMC if I have it set to SPDIF/optical out and play a DTS/Dolby Digital soundtrack it works but anything using an analogue soundtrack has no sound. If I change the settings in XBMC again then analogue soundtracks (eg mp3/.mpeg files etc) work fine but DTS/DD etc have no sound.
I'm guessing it's a config issue because I can play either, but not without changing XBMC config and selecting a different output driver.
Does anybody have suggestions of what to try in order to just have the sound work? I've got DTS/AC3 enabled in setup.
Thanks
FG
I've just given up on trying to use XBMC live edition on my ASUS EB1501 HTPC and tried to use Win7 instead.
The reason is long and complicated but basically the sound drivers for Linux + the ASUS don't play friendly with my Rotel amplifier and it loses sound constantly; pressing pause/skip will bring sound back sometimes until the next time it fails.
Anyway, I was playing around with it on Win7 tonight and it doesn't appear to have the same sound issues with my amp however I have problems with different codecs & sound settings.
Eg, in XBMC if I have it set to SPDIF/optical out and play a DTS/Dolby Digital soundtrack it works but anything using an analogue soundtrack has no sound. If I change the settings in XBMC again then analogue soundtracks (eg mp3/.mpeg files etc) work fine but DTS/DD etc have no sound.
I'm guessing it's a config issue because I can play either, but not without changing XBMC config and selecting a different output driver.
Does anybody have suggestions of what to try in order to just have the sound work? I've got DTS/AC3 enabled in setup.
Thanks
FG