I have a Zodiac board with ION chipset and upgraded from Eden to RC2. Performance was not an issue so far. Except when activating DTS-HD audio:
My Denon amplifier shows DTS-HD (over HDMI cable) as input but no sound is played and the video stutters. As soon as I disable DTS-HD audio in the settings everything plays normal (with DTS of course).
Question:
a) is this an issue with RC2 which will be fixed for the final, or
b) is this a performance problem of my hardware (ION), which I'd need to upgrade for DTS-HD?
ION hardware is incapable of HD audio even if your receiver can.
uNi
OK, thanks
That is what I wanted to know (I hoped for a different answer of course
)
Ah, wait. Sorry to open den topic again. But there is one thing, which I do not understand. If ION is not capable of decoding HD audio, why does my amplifier still show DTS-HD as input? If ION is not capable, then the amplifier should not get any signal, right?
I believe some ION can pass through HD audio and some cannot. (There was ION and then there was ION2 - most marketing doesn't distinguish ION2 except by calling it "next generation ION".)
I am having video lag when Dolby Digital TruHD, and HD DTS are use. I am using the latest drivers for Nvidia GTX 470 video card with I3 proc, and 4g ram. My receiver a HD Audio receiver as well.
Mmmh, sounds like the same problem but with different HW (so not ION related). Do you have sound despite the video lag?
The only similarity is that I also use the latest Nvidia driver (310.70). But I do not think this is related to the drivers.
So is this an XBMC issue or a bad choice of HW/SW/whatever configuration at least two people have
?
Dieter, exactly what chupset do you have? lspci -v?
I guess this is the relevant information you need:
Code:
00:08.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP79 High Definition Audio (rev b1)
Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device 437b
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
Memory at fae78000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation ION VGA (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device a108
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at ec00 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fafe0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia_current, nouveau, nvidiafb
00:03.5 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Co-processor (rev b1)
Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device a108
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at fae80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia_current
I hope this means somethings to you, it doesn't to me
Many thanks by the way, to give me a definitiv answer for my HW. It really means much to me, as I want HD audio; so if my HW is not capable, then I will have to change it.
However, even if my HW is not capable of HD audio, the isse may not (only) be related to that, as ANNIHILATOR001 seems to have the same problem with different HW.
I am pretty sure that your hardware is ION as opposed to ION2. Can you also give the output of lspci -n? Thanks.
Sorry, was absent for a while. Here is the lspci -n result. I added the description for each ID (as reported by lspci -vv):
Quote:00:00.0 0600: 10de:0a82 (rev b1): Host bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Host Bridge (rev b1)
00:00.1 0500: 10de:0a88 (rev b1): RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.0 0601: 10de:0aad (rev b2): ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 LPC Bridge (rev b2)
00:03.1 0500: 10de:0aa4 (rev b1): RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.2 0c05: 10de:0aa2 (rev b1): SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SMBus (rev b1)
00:03.3 0500: 10de:0a89 (rev b1): RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
00:03.5 0b40: 10de:0aa3 (rev b1): Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Co-processor (rev b1)
00:04.0 0c03: 10de:0aa5 (rev b1): USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
00:04.1 0c03: 10de:0aa6 (rev b1): USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev b1) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
00:06.0 0c03: 10de:0aa7 (rev b1): USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
00:06.1 0c03: 10de:0aa9 (rev b1): USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev b1) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
00:08.0 0403: 10de:0ac0 (rev b1): Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP79 High Definition Audio (rev b1)
00:09.0 0604: 10de:0aab (rev b1): PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Bridge (rev b1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
00:0a.0 0200: 10de:0ab0 (rev b1): Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Ethernet (rev b1)
00:0b.0 0101: 10de:0ab4 (rev b1): IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SATA Controller (rev b1) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
00:0c.0 0604: 10de:0ac4 (rev b1): PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
00:10.0 0604: 10de:0aa0 (rev b1): PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
00:15.0 0604: 10de:0ac6 (rev b1): PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
00:16.0 0604: 10de:0ac7 (rev b1): PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
00:17.0 0604: 10de:0ac7 (rev b1): PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
00:18.0 0604: 10de:0ac7 (rev b1): PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
03:00.0 0300: 10de:087d (rev b1): VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation ION VGA (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
04:00.0 0280: 168c:002a (rev 01): Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
Forget about other ppl posting opportunistic information, IT IS NOT related to you or your issue ok?
Your Hardware is NOT capable of HD audio passthough, disable the options in XBMC for all DTS-HD and TRUE-HD DTS-MA and it will passthrough LPCM up to 7.1 to your receiver.
uNi
Confirmed as ion not ion2 from the lspci info.
OK, understood. Thanks a lot for your patience and help.
(2013-01-18, 21:19)nickr Wrote: [ -> ]Confirmed as ion not ion2 from the lspci info.
Does ION version matter? Didn't think either version could bitstream the HD audio formats as I've never seen any reports of success with ION2 and nothing from Google searches that would suggest it might be able to do it.