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My mac mini (latest model) runs the Stable XMBC Eden. It's configured to use Digital Output (optical).
It is working, but when i switch to another movie while playing, the audio drops.
According to the log it seems it comes down to these 2 errors:
19:44:26 T:2966704128 ERROR: CCoreAudioDevice::SetHogStatus: Unable to set 'hog' status. Error = 0x00000000 ( )
19:44:26 T:2966704128 ERROR: CCoreAudioDevice::SetMixingSupport: Unable to set MixingSupport to 'Off'. Error = 0x3f6f6877 (who?)
[ complete log at pastebin ]
Any idea how to solve this?
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2012-04-16, 16:47
(This post was last modified: 2012-04-16, 16:49 by cl3ar.)
I have the same problem but most of the times from the start. With MKV files after pressing ESC and then restarting the movie sounds works. In the older version I did nog have this problem.
With DVD files its almost hopeless. After being trough the menu sound drops again resulting in a loop of failure initalizing audio.
Although I do have the same problem in plex since newer releases.
Working on mac mini lion newest model.
Seems i have more problems when the mac is configured with default audio to optical. Works better to set it to HDMI and within xbmc to optical.
Or default audio in mac to soundflower and then in XBMC to optical.
Hope there comes a fix for this.
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Hi!
I have the exact same problem. Running final release of Eden on my Mac Mini (summer 2011) with Lion. Just as Cl3ar describe, it's a nightmare to watch DVD. Before Eden this was never a problem. I run XBMC Eden on my Macbook Pro and min iMac they do not have this problem, it's only on my Mac Mini. And that is the one we use the most :-(
My setup is the same as Cl3ar. I am using the optical output, but everytime i change movie/tv-show it switch back to HDMI.
Praying for a solution - i Can't Live Without My beloved XBMC!
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Hi everyone,
I have this same problem, running the same machine and same setup (Optical output on a Mac Mini 2011 with Lion). I find that when I play a TV Show, film or Music, but stop it before it's had a chance to run through to the end, it drops the audio and says "Unable to initialize audio". I have to restart XBMC everytime this occurs, and I'm on my umpteenth restart!
I hope a fix for this is released soon :-(
Great software guys! Keep up the hard work.
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davilla
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2012-05-22, 00:45
(This post was last modified: 2012-05-22, 00:46 by davilla.)
looks like you have the audio settings borked,
00:11:54 T:2958184448 WARNING: CoreAudioRenderer::Initialize: Unable to locate configured device, falling-back to the system default.
00:11:54 T:2958184448 ERROR: CCoreAudioHardware::GetDefaultOutputDevice: Unable to identify default output device. Error = 0x00000000 ( ).
00:11:54 T:2958184448 ERROR: Creating a Null Audio Renderer, Check your audio settings as this should not happen
What is your Audio output device in the audio settings ?
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davilla
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set it to build-in, not default
also what is going on with all the JSONRPC Server access, are you doing this from web server or a vnc ?