[krayzie]

hey guys

ive installed the xbmcubuntu and im trying to get my sound working on it i have a nvidia gefore 210, but all i get in the top right hand corner is the red speaker with the cross through it

before doing anything i did a

Code:

root@krayzie-XBMC:~# add-apt-repository ppa:team-iquik/alsa
root@krayzie-XBMC:~# add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa
root@krayzie-XBMC:~# apt-get update
root@krayzie-XBMC:~# apt-get upgrade

here is my aplay -l

Code:

krayzie@krayzie-XBMC:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: STAC92xx Digital [STAC92xx Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

in alsamixer, if i hit F6

i get 2 options

Code:

┌───── Sound Card ──────┐                                                                                          │
│                                                                                          │-  (default)           │                                                                                          │
│                                                                                          │0  HDA Intel           │                                                                                          │
│                                                                                          │1  HDA NVidia          │                                                                                          │
│                                                                                          │   enter device name...│

i choose 1 and get unmute

Code:

│
│                                                                                                    ┌──┐                                                                                                     │
│                                                                                                    │OO│                                                                                                     │
│                                                                                                    └──┘                                                                                                     │
│                                                                                                 < S/PDIF >                                                                                                  │


│

in xbmc i have audio output set to HDMI
audio output device to HDS - hdmi 3 (ALSA)
passthrough audio output device to HDS - hdmi 3 (ALSA)

any advice would be much appreciated

thanks

[tododo]

Im no expert and cant exactly remember what I did to get my sound working but I remember this post being helpful

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1668737

may help - may not

[sgeoxd]

Based on your links it appears you are following portions of the Wiki here.

From your output it doesn't appear all of the subdevices are present. You'll want to edit /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf to add the "options snd-hda-intel" line with the appropriate options for your card. Judging by the output you provided, to account for the first sound card, you would likely want to use this

Code:

enable_msi=0 probe_mask=0xffff,0xfff2

After rebooting you should see multiple listings in aplay -l. I have an Asus GT-210, and following the wiki for working sound looks like this:

Code:

card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

In the past I have had to change the output to "Custom" in XBMC and enter the audio subdevice. For example, "plughw:1,3", or whatever is on the far right column of the wiki for your particular card. Just pay close attention to the first number as its the card itself and using 0 would be for your onboard sound, not the HDMI. However, with the addition to the wiki of the /etc/asound.conf file seems to have remedied that, at least in my case (while being sure to edit to the specific card and subdevice shown in aplay -l).