[shaneob86]

Hi,

I just updated to RC3 on a fresh install of Windows 7 32bit and I have an issue where there is no sound for the first 2 or 3 seconds of any video I play, then the audio plays perfectly. Might not seem like a big deal but it's very annoying, especially if I miss dialogue at the start.

I am using a Acer Revo over HDMI. There was a similar issue with XBMC 11 where the audio would "sleep" until I pressed buttons on the remote control for a few seconds but the sound would play right from the start of a video.

I have set HDMI to DirectSound with 5.1 and no options for AC3, TrueHD etc selected as it doesn't support it.

Any help would be appreciated.

[upD8R]

If possible, you should use always WASAPI instead of DirectShow. In addition you might configure a delay before the video starts, e.g. delay while changing the frequency.

[jjd-uk]

Hi,

I just updated to RC3 on a fresh install of Windows 7 32bit and I have an issue where there is no sound for the first 2 or 3 seconds of any video I play, then the audio plays perfectly. Might not seem like a big deal but it's very annoying, especially if I miss dialogue at the start.

I am using a Acer Revo over HDMI. There was a similar issue with XBMC 11 where the audio would "sleep" until I pressed buttons on the remote control for a few seconds but the sound would play right from the start of a video.

I have set HDMI to DirectSound with 5.1 and no options for AC3, TrueHD etc selected as it doesn't support it.

Any help would be appreciated.

See the wiki page http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=AudioEngine

You probably need the advanced setting streamsilence set to 1 which prevents audio going to sleep, so your advancedsettings.xml

Code:

<advancedsettings>
   <audio>
     <streamsilence>1</streamsilence>
   </audio>
</advancedsettings>

[shaneob86]

Thank you very much for the suggestions. These seem like they will fix my issue. For the moment I have reverted back to Eden, but when Frodo final is released I will try this.