2010-08-29, 01:29
Hey guys, just thought to share my experience on my recent HTPC install with LinuxMint 9 - Lucid based, 64 bit version.
I did exactly as described here... although I didn't need to install alsa-tools it seemed to already be installed (maybe a dependancy of some of my software?)...
Set PA to audio stereo duplex (left it alone as default) and unmuted and turned volume on on everything in alsamixer.
This got me both stereo and passthrough in VLC (set to use spdif and alsa output). Desktop sounds work.
Next installed XBMC - audio default, passthrough iec958 - works.
Latest Boxee install - audio default, passthrough custom: iec958
- everything started working when I turned off menu sounds (which is strange because they work normal in XBMC).
Now the problems... sometimes when switching rapidly between passthrough and stereo encoded videos, stereo seems to get muted.
The workaround is to drop to another terminal (i.e. ctrl+alt+f7) and than back (ctrl+alt+f8) and for some reason- voila the sound is restored instantly (the coursor gets stuck on screen and it also disappears with a alt+tab twice).
1.
the dropouts seem to be related to rapid switching (i.e. sub 10 sec), but I'm not sure yet.
2.
found a possible workaround on XBMC wiki, but it doesn't really work for me - I get stable stereo, but no passthrough at all... comments anyone?
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=XBM...ital_audio
3.
can anyone help me get audio to work stable?
I did exactly as described here... although I didn't need to install alsa-tools it seemed to already be installed (maybe a dependancy of some of my software?)...
Set PA to audio stereo duplex (left it alone as default) and unmuted and turned volume on on everything in alsamixer.
This got me both stereo and passthrough in VLC (set to use spdif and alsa output). Desktop sounds work.
Next installed XBMC - audio default, passthrough iec958 - works.
Latest Boxee install - audio default, passthrough custom: iec958
- everything started working when I turned off menu sounds (which is strange because they work normal in XBMC).
Now the problems... sometimes when switching rapidly between passthrough and stereo encoded videos, stereo seems to get muted.
The workaround is to drop to another terminal (i.e. ctrl+alt+f7) and than back (ctrl+alt+f8) and for some reason- voila the sound is restored instantly (the coursor gets stuck on screen and it also disappears with a alt+tab twice).
1.
the dropouts seem to be related to rapid switching (i.e. sub 10 sec), but I'm not sure yet.
2.
found a possible workaround on XBMC wiki, but it doesn't really work for me - I get stable stereo, but no passthrough at all... comments anyone?
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=XBM...ital_audio
3.
can anyone help me get audio to work stable?
