[opperpanter]

Hello,

I used to have a working setup with XBMCBuntu on a zbod id-83 with a Philips HTR9900 receiver (hdmi HD audio capable).

I started with installing xbmcbuntu, which is ubuntu 12.10.
Next was upgrading both xbmc and ubuntu to 12.3 and 13.10.
I didn't use pulse audio here, just set eveything to pass through to my receiver via hdmi.

I did this in october or something. I wanted ubuntu 13.10 to make the hd audio bitstreaming work out of the box (due to the 3.11 kernel).

This worked fine until a few weeks ago.

For some reason xbmc had switched its audio settings to pulse audio engine again and having analogue audio.

When trying to set it back to my hdmi receiver, it doesn't work as my receiver is no longer in the list of devices.

So I can only use analogue audio now, all digital/bitstreaming won't work.[/code][/php]

I reinstalled everything hoping this would solve it, but it doesnt.

When I install xbmcbuntu 12.10 and upgrade xbmc to 12.3 it still works fine.
When I upgrade ubuntu to 13.10, it stops working, so there must be something in a recent ubuntu update.

I tried googling and searching here but couldn't find any related issues, hence this post.

What can I post to help analyse the issue?

aplay -L:

Code:

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    Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server
sysdefault:CARD=PCH
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1
    HDMI Audio Output
dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Digital
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=7
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1
    Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Digital
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=7
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1
    Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Digital
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=7
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
    HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Digital
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=7
    HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1
    Hardware device with all software conversions

I have no asound file or changed anything.

I tried the items in the FAQ, including http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=XBM...io_devices but no success

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This seems to work: aplay -D plughw:0,3 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

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This works: aplay -D plughw:0,3 /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

[un1versal]

XBMC 12.3 doesn't play well with pulseaudio, but xbmc v13 does.

So either remove pulseaudio or install xbmc v13

See PulseAudio (wiki)

[opperpanter]

XBMC 12.3 doesn't play well with pulseaudio, but xbmc v13 does.

So either remove pulseaudio or install xbmc v13

See PulseAudio (wiki)

yeah normally I don't use pulse at all, but at the moment it's the only way I can get any audio at all.

trying gotham could be an idea yes.

[opperpanter]

I removed pulse and now everything is back to normal in xbmc 12.3

Audio is no longer working in ubuntu desktop, so that's another challenge.