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I am running XBMCbuntu 11.0 on an Intel Atom D525 and cannot get crossfade to work.
My audio settings:

Audio output: Optical/Coax
Speaker Configuration: 2.0

Audio output device: iec958 (ALSA)
Passthrough output device: iec958 (ALSA)

It used to work under XBMC Dharma on the same hardware, but don't remember the settings.

In the log there are some entries like this:


So it looks like a PulseAudio issue? I found some older threads regarding this, but many of them are related to former XBMC versions.
As soon as I disable crossfading everything works fine.

Would be nice if you could pull me in the right direction

Ok, in the meantime I tried to remove PulseAudio...


Here's the output of aplay -L in case it is of any relevance:


Any help still appreciated. It would even help me if someone says that crossfade does not work under XBMCbuntu.

Just to chime in. The pulseaudio error, not that I use xbmcbuntu, should not be required at all. However if you want to remove pulseaudio you will need to look at:

Does crossfade work at all in xbmcbuntu at all?
Before you mess with your install and potentially hose it, consider backing up your installation so as to have a fallback.

Beware though xbmc requires/depends libsdl1.2debian and if you remove pulse, sdl goes as well because one depends on another. But to remove pulseaudio and whatever depends on it (unfortunately)
Since there is no actual package named pulseaudio

There are several things you can do, like installing a newer xbmc build from xvba ppa, or compiling from source, or leaving it alone.

*edit*

I can confirm that a current xbmc master 12.0-ALPHA7 Git:20121011-70205b0, crossfade works.

Thanks. Could you please let me know how you upgraded to that version?
Did you do it like described in the thread you linked to in your signature?

yes. but I have a full hdd backup of previous, so as to have a fall-back, just in case. I would not recommend it without. you will very likely need to remove your guisettings.xml inside your userdata folder, and may very well need to re scrape everything in your library. I had to because guisettings.xml was not compatible anymore (so many settings in xbmc changed. Also the databases version have always proved that older versions tend to no be compatible. Somethings cannot be avoided.

Proceed with care

Ok, this will not work for XBMCbuntu, right?

To be honest I don't want to risk that upgrade to an alpha version because everything else is working flawlessly and I'm still hoping that there must be a way to solve this an easier way

It should work in any ubuntu based, but its not tested against all versions. You also have the xvba ppa option. https://launchpad.net/~wsnipex/+archive/xbmc-xvba, whatever you decide you should be prepared for any eventualities.

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Anyway, that's like using a sledge-hammer to crack a nut to me. I would prefer some hints how to configure the audio settings, maybe install some packages etc. instead of re-compiling and/or use an alpha version.

XBMCBuntu should work, without installing anymore packages. Not that I would know. As for tips, I have none, except to say your XBMC version does not have audio engine or very likely does not. This makes a huge difference and it goes beyond installing some packages as it is integrated into newer xbmc.

that page does not exist, where did you get that error from?

Seems to me if you dont want alpha, compiled or from ppa, your limited to waiting until something is released stable?

Sorry I dont have a suitable solution for you.