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Livin · (This post was last modified: 2010-01-19, 01:11 by Livin.)

I have tested this extensively - ONLY ISOs & MKVs don't send audio, AVIs, Music, etc work fine. I have tried a few builds, including the posted release, Camelot.

I always get... "Failed to initialize audio device" - no matter what device I set it to in Settings\Audio.

This was working perfectly before I switched my system (old system, ATI 4350 - new system, on-board ATI 4300)

I installed the latest ATI drivers DL'd from their site.
HDMI audio works fine inside Windows 7 and with other apps, even XBMC.

Anyone else seeing this issue?

Log from playing 1 ISO & 1 MKV... http://pastebin.com/m32a7f2aa

Livin · 2010-01-19, 04:07

this was a driver issue... keep installing new drivers until something works! Wink

Livin · 2010-02-01, 00:51

I spoke too soon... this is still a problem

Audio work on OpenGL builds but not on DirectX builds.

I'll bug it in TRAC.

Darkside138 · 2010-02-01, 21:18

I'm getting the same issue. I'm using a nVidia card with HDMI out and it has a built in sound card to be able to send the audio over HDMI. I can't post logs or what revision I'm using because I'm currently at work.

I'll try and do that later tonight.

babisbabis · 2010-02-03, 14:28

Hi all.

Same here...
I got "failed to initialize audio device" when i select "digital audio" and Hdmi out.
When i select analog audio, then i have 2 channel audio on HDMI.
Other apps work ok with HDMI audio...

OS: WinXP SP3
Graphic card: Asus EAH4670 1GB (Ati).

AzzX · 2010-02-04, 00:30

Download the ATI HDMI driver from here http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/

It will work nicely Smile

Just make sure to uninstall the original ATI HDMI driver - sometimes windows will reinstall it on startup, overwrite with this driver and it should be good to go.

babisbabis · 2010-02-04, 10:37

Thanks, i will try it.

Tocko · 2010-02-05, 01:04

Thanks, Realtek drivers fixed my problems too: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=500066

spdif over hdmi now works with dsound audio.

AzzX · 2010-02-05, 02:29

It also allows WASAPI output to work from XBMC via HDMI.

gqsmooth · 2010-09-01, 01:07

having this same issue but i have nvidia onboard audio/video. output directly from my laptop to tv via hdmi cable. anyone have a recent fix for the nvidia drivers?

gqsmooth · 2010-09-01, 01:12

nm. when going directly from a computer to a tv via hdmi you have to uncheck all of the dts and 5.1 receiver buttons.