[PATCH] Dual Audio Output support for XBMC (Eden Updated)

gulp Wrote:yes...would be a very usefull option to implement in official release.

Never going to happen.

darkscout Wrote:Never going to happen.

I wouldn't necessarily say that, I have been looking into it and it appears their are ways to enumerate between audio devices in Windows via C/C++.

This would seemingly be a lot less complicated than the Dual audio output, as this would be just XBMC overriding Windows audio output, via a switch, shortcut key or by auto detecting the codec or channels internally in XBMC.

I guess this has not been suggested independently to anyone as the initial suggestions for dual output is not necessary for many of us, so I will keep it separate from this thread.

But I can't see why it would be very hard to implement what I've said in the newer Audio engine for a competent C developer.

Freakish Wrote:But I can't see why it would be very hard to implement what I've said in the newer Audio engine for a competent C developer.

Because the single developer for AE refuses to do it and the rest of the devs see this as "useless" and "pointless" and won't accept patches to do it.

darkscout Wrote:Because the single developer for AE refuses to do it and the rest of the devs see this as "useless" and "pointless" and won't accept patches to do it.

To bad because i think many users are waiting for such function.

darkscout Wrote:Because the single developer for AE refuses to do it and the rest of the devs see this as "useless" and "pointless" and won't accept patches to do it.

Did you read his suggestion? He was not asking for dual output. He was asking for a way to switch outputs from within XBMC with a remote command or whatever. This would eliminate the timing issues. I think it is a very good suggestion and would be very useful. In my situation I have speakers outside at my pool hooked up to zone 2 of my amp. Zone 2 won't put out digital inputs so when I want to listen by the pool I need to switch my HTPC to analog output. Being able to incorporate that into a macro on my remote would make it a lot easier.

Absolutely agree. Switched audio outputs would be far simpler than dual audio and would work along AE with minimal effort. Exactly what I suggested in post #284 back in November. Clearly doesn't meet the need of all in this thread, but would be a very useful feature for many.

Hi,
I'm trying to understand what I am suppose to do with the files in rar-file that contains the modified source..
I'm fairly new to Linux enviroments and I'm currently sitting on a Xbmc live installed on a HDD.
Thanks in advance!

Dilligaf Wrote:Did you read his suggestion? He was not asking for dual output. He was asking for a way to switch outputs from within XBMC with a remote command or whatever. This would eliminate the timing issues. I think it is a very good suggestion and would be very useful. In my situation I have speakers outside at my pool hooked up to zone 2 of my amp. Zone 2 won't put out digital inputs so when I want to listen by the pool I need to switch my HTPC to analog output. Being able to incorporate that into a macro on my remote would make it a lot easier.

Does your amp have a Pre-Out? Many have an analog pre-out that you can feed back into the Zone 2 inputs to do what you want.

Does this patch work under Eden beta2?

It seems that this patch doesnt work in Eden, or Im just doing something wrong. Is there a chance that it will be available for Eden?