[knochentrocken]

Hi,
I am using XBMC 11.0-PVR on Ubuntu 11.10 all running on a Asus M578L-M/USB3, Radeon 5450, AMD Phenom II X4. Using an DD TrueHD and DTS-MA capeable reciever...
Now XBMC is running quite well as well as Live TV; However I can only bitstream DD or DTS. HD-Audio always only playes the core audio.
I have turned 'Passthrough' on and I am using the Device "hdmi:CARD=Generic,DEV=0" which works just fine for regular DD and DTS. I did some reading in this forum and all around the Google searches but I found no way to get the HD bitstream working. I would like to know if someone here can tell me if it's possible to stream HD-Audio on Ubuntu 11.10 using XBMC via hdmi with a 5450. And if so where I can find the needed information. I would hate to switch to W7 but HD-Audio works at least.
Thank you for any reply on this issue and I will try to be quick if you need anymore information...
knochentrocken

[Wozza_au]

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=126223

[knochentrocken]

Thanks for the link.
Does this count for all HD-audio cards (or just AMD)? Are there any other work arounds? Like this? Is it adviceable to switch to a nVidia card for hdmi-audio? Pleas let me know if there are other ways to get HD-audio to work under Linux... And where can I find all the things needed for compiling AE branch?
knochentrocken

[Wozza_au]

Hi
As far as I know its for all hd audio cards under linux ( and I dont know much ) anyway here is a link to the AE info
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=78289
good luck it fried my old brain

[pumkinut]

HD audio decoding won't be available in Linux until Audio Engine is incorporated, unless you want to compile your own build. That's the long and short of it.