2011-02-05, 02:19
Evening all..
I'm trying out XBMC on Ubuntu on a little ION box as a bit of an experiment to see if it stacks up better than XBMC did on my unibody Mac Mini (so far, it does; at least for video rendering - less stutters as the Mac was always dropping audio frames to keep the audio in sync).. anyway, so far the only snag I've hit is that certain video files play silently (oh and a global 200ms audio delay, but that's easily worked around).
I know this must be some issue with connectivity or drivers as the same files play fine on my MacBook via it's internal speakers (I haven't tested on the Mini via Optical, yet), but..
The files in question all seem to be ones with 2-channel mp3/ogg audio rather than 2ch AC3 or higher (DTS etc play fine).
My setup is:
ASRock ION3D152B -> Harmon Kardon AVR255 via SP/DIF for audio and
ASRock -> HK -> LG via HDMI for video
The box is running a plain Desktop install of Ubuntu 10.10 amd64 with whatever drivers came as standard.
Here's a debug-enabled pastebin of the xbmc log: http://pastebin.com/7vVNsRWD
And MediaInfo on the file in question: http://pastebin.com/jsecn9zL
Any suggestions gratefully accepted! I've already shuffled through all the audio output options I could find in XBMC to no avail..
Thanks,
Aaron
I'm trying out XBMC on Ubuntu on a little ION box as a bit of an experiment to see if it stacks up better than XBMC did on my unibody Mac Mini (so far, it does; at least for video rendering - less stutters as the Mac was always dropping audio frames to keep the audio in sync).. anyway, so far the only snag I've hit is that certain video files play silently (oh and a global 200ms audio delay, but that's easily worked around).
I know this must be some issue with connectivity or drivers as the same files play fine on my MacBook via it's internal speakers (I haven't tested on the Mini via Optical, yet), but..
The files in question all seem to be ones with 2-channel mp3/ogg audio rather than 2ch AC3 or higher (DTS etc play fine).
My setup is:
ASRock ION3D152B -> Harmon Kardon AVR255 via SP/DIF for audio and
ASRock -> HK -> LG via HDMI for video
The box is running a plain Desktop install of Ubuntu 10.10 amd64 with whatever drivers came as standard.
Here's a debug-enabled pastebin of the xbmc log: http://pastebin.com/7vVNsRWD
And MediaInfo on the file in question: http://pastebin.com/jsecn9zL
Any suggestions gratefully accepted! I've already shuffled through all the audio output options I could find in XBMC to no avail..
Thanks,
Aaron