2012-01-14, 19:21
gulp Wrote:yes...would be a very usefull option to implement in official release.
Never going to happen.
gulp Wrote:yes...would be a very usefull option to implement in official release.
darkscout Wrote:Never going to happen.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@echo off
CLS
IF EXIST toggleAudioDeviceConfig.txt. (set /p currentDevice= <toggleAudioDeviceConfig.txt.) ELSE (set currentDevice=HDMI)
goto %currentDevice%
)
:HDMI
echo --entering optical setting--
nircmd.exe setdefaultsounddevice "Realtek Digital Output(Optical)"
echo %currentDevice%
set currentDevice=Optical
echo %currentDevice%
GOTO END
:OPTICAL
echo --entering HDMI setting--
echo %currentDevice%
nircmd.exe setdefaultsounddevice "AMD HDMI Output"
set currentDevice=HDMI
echo %currentDevice%
GOTO END
:END
ECHO %currentDevice% > toggleAudioDeviceConfig.txt
SET currentDevice=
El Loco Wrote:Although I loved the dual audio output patch, since switching to Eden beta2 I was in need for another solution. As many on this thread, I don't need simultaneous output but just a way, inside xbmc, to switch my windows default audio device between hdmi (tv) or optical (a/v receiver). I found the following solution, which is a less good option as the patch but will hopefully be just a permanent trick.
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Freakish Wrote: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.
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.