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Hi,
I'm running XBMCbuntu with XBMC 12.3. (Originally 12.2, but upgraded in the hope that this would fix the issue)
When I watch video (any video) the sound often skips.
And by skipping I mean that the video plays smoothly but every now and then you get a 1-2 second silence.
I checked the log and at the time of the audio drop it says the following:
22:39:14 T:2636102544 DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuity - was:585160503.813556, should be:584661391.724553, error:-499112.089002
Any idea how I can fix this?
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Upgrade to XBMC 13 Gotham.
Much better audio engine plus active development and devs support.
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I just upgraded to Gotham. I Initially had sound (I could hear the GUI sounds).
But first thing I did was...go into audio settings. Although I didn't change anything...just opening the settings screen messed up my sound for some reason, because right now I don't have any sound
Any advice?
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2014-02-20, 20:02
(This post was last modified: 2014-02-20, 20:03 by pkaneman.)
Update: I reinstalled Frodo. In the audio settings I see that the Audio Output was changed to Analog. Also, the audio output device was changed.
I corrected these settings to SPDIF and re-installed Gotham. After that sound works....until I open the audio settings page....then the values get automatically changed again....without the possibility of correcting them.
But more importantly, besides that.....I still have that Audio Drop/Skin in Gotham.
I also see that my log file above contains a similar CDVDPlayerAudio :: Discontinuity message
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fritsch
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The spdif device you have chosen before is now gone. How do you start xbmc? From your unity desktop? From a login manager?
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
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It starts in a startup script I guess.
I used the latest standard XBMCbuntu installer that automatically starts XBMC
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fritsch
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Make it wait until all your audio devices are up. xbmcbuntu does not install pulseaudio by default. If you don't need it, just remove it.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
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Oke that sounds good, can you tell me how I should do that?
XBMCbuntu is my first encounter with Linux
Thanks in advance