2012-04-15, 01:37
I'm having some issues with audio stuttering when it is paused or a track is skipped on my Mac Mini.
I'm running the latest version of XBMC, downloaded only a few days ago. The mini is plugged into my TV via VGA, and the audio is using an optical cable plugged into an AV receiver.
The Mac Mini is a Core 2 Duo 2.26GHz Early 2009 model. It has 2GB of RAM and is running Snow Leopard (freshly installed, also installed a few days ago just before installing XBMC).
When I am listing to music, whenever I pause it, the sound cuts out for about half a second, XBMC shows that it is paused, then the audio comes back on for another second or so. It is only when I am listening to music - videos do not have the problem.
When I skip a track, there is a fraction of a second of noise right before the next track starts playing - this I don't really mind, but it might be related to the pausing.
My music and videos are both stored on a G4 Xserve and shared to the Mac Mini via a network drive. Pausing in iTunes 10.6.1 works fine on the same machine, with iTunes also using the same files on the same network drive.
The problem happens whether I am using a keyboard to control XBMC, a normal Apple remote, or my Harmony remote (with Remote Buddy).
I've looked through XBMC settings and did a quick search on the forum and Google, but couldn't find anything - I'm at a complete loss here. Has anyone had this problem?
I'm running the latest version of XBMC, downloaded only a few days ago. The mini is plugged into my TV via VGA, and the audio is using an optical cable plugged into an AV receiver.
The Mac Mini is a Core 2 Duo 2.26GHz Early 2009 model. It has 2GB of RAM and is running Snow Leopard (freshly installed, also installed a few days ago just before installing XBMC).
When I am listing to music, whenever I pause it, the sound cuts out for about half a second, XBMC shows that it is paused, then the audio comes back on for another second or so. It is only when I am listening to music - videos do not have the problem.
When I skip a track, there is a fraction of a second of noise right before the next track starts playing - this I don't really mind, but it might be related to the pausing.
My music and videos are both stored on a G4 Xserve and shared to the Mac Mini via a network drive. Pausing in iTunes 10.6.1 works fine on the same machine, with iTunes also using the same files on the same network drive.
The problem happens whether I am using a keyboard to control XBMC, a normal Apple remote, or my Harmony remote (with Remote Buddy).
I've looked through XBMC settings and did a quick search on the forum and Google, but couldn't find anything - I'm at a complete loss here. Has anyone had this problem?