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Not as far as I am aware, in fact frodo works best without any asound.conf.

But by all means try it. It's easy enough to undo

(2013-01-29, 01:37)nickr Wrote: [ -> ]Not as far as I am aware, in fact frodo works best without any asound.conf.

But by all means try it. It's easy enough to undo

I was just about to list the receiver on eBay before I read this. This is gonna be my last attempt to get it working, if not I'm buying the VSX1122. Can you tell me exactly what I need to do? Should I just delete the asound.conf. file?

You said above

Quote:I just read on another thread that a custom config file has to be made for nVidea cards

so I assumed you knew what you were going to put in your asound.conf file.

But yes, if you have one currently you could try renaming it and rebooting, (also look for a hidden file.asoundrc in your home directory and do the same)

If that doesn't work then you can try playing with the asound.conf you spotted in the other thread.

(2013-01-30, 02:27)nickr Wrote: [ -> ]You said above

Quote:I just read on another thread that a custom config file has to be made for nVidea cards

so I assumed you knew what you were going to put in your asound.conf file.

But yes, if you have one currently you could try renaming it and rebooting, (also look for a hidden file.asoundrc in your home directory and do the same)

If that doesn't work then you can try playing with the asound.conf you spotted in the other thread.

Sorry for asking so many questions, but does it matter what I rename it to?? Are you saying to just delete the file all together, reboot, see if it works and if not then restore it and change it ??

I am saying rename it so you keep the contents of the file if you need to get it back again. Try


Adding the tilde (~) at the end is a unix convention for a backup file.

(2013-01-30, 07:36)nickr Wrote: [ -> ]I am saying rename it so you keep the contents of the file if you need to get it back again. Try

Code:

sudo mv /etc/asound.conf /etc/asound.conf~

Adding the tilde (~) at the end is a unix convention for a backup file.

Tried it without the asound file and same thing. I'm stumped. Tried 5 different versions of xbmc including ones that worked with my previous two Pioneer receivers. Looks like I'm switching receivers again.

sudo apt-get install libcrystalhd3
Will make this one go away:
79.10:00:49 T:3007231808 ERROR: Unable to load libcrystalhd.so.3, reason: libcrystalhd.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

And looking at your logfile, i see that it looks very simular to mine after a fresh install yesterday of frodo final on a Asus Eeebox EB1012P (Ion2).
Which also had problems getting the HD formats to work.
I did go a few extra miles and upgraded Ubuntu to Raring.
But I think the following would be enough, which was stated earlier in this thread

mv /home/jz1276/.asoundrc /home/jz1276/.asoundrc.removed
sudo reboot

after that i did not get 8 devices any more in the log.

Instead only this:
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: Device 1
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_deviceName : @
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_displayName : Default (HDA Intel ALC662 rev1 Analog)
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra:
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 44100,48000,96000
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: Device 2
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_deviceName : @:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_displayName : HDA Intel
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: ALC662 rev1 Analog
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 44100,48000,96000
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: Device 3
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_deviceName : iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_displayName : HDA Intel
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: ALC662 rev1 Digital S/PDIF
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_IEC958
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 44100,48000,96000
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: Device 4
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_deviceName : hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_displayName : HDA NVidia
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: MEI Panasonic-TV on HDMI
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_HDMI
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR,LFE,FC,BL,BR,SL,SR
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 32000,44100,48000,88200,96000,176400,192000
10:13:13 T:3007878976 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_LPCM,AE_FMT_AC3,AE_FMT_DTS,AE_FMT_EAC3,AE_FMT_TRUEHD,AE_FMT_DTSHD,AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE

3 analogs 1 HDMI, just remember that after the reboot, you will have NO sound if you did it right, since it will default to Device 1, analog.
Hopefully you will only have 1 HDMI to choose from. And after that you should be golden.

so youre saying to just give this a shot?

sudo apt-get install libcrystalhd3

Ill def give it a try but I dont understand why I didnt have to do this with my previous 3 Pioneer receivers. All HD Audio worked 'out of the box'. Thanks!

mv /home/jz1276/.asoundrc /home/jz1276/.asoundrc.removed
sudo reboot

is probably the thing you keep missing in this thread..

Don't bother with the crystalhd thing, unless you actually have a crystalhd card. It is a red herring.

Thanks for the help Marix. I did both of the steps you suggested and neither worked. Here's log...
http://pastebin.com/jUxTMXRP

What problem are you seeing at the moment when you try and play the DTS-MA movie?
From the loog it seems right, you only get 1 hdmi device to seelct since you removed the .asoundrc file.
And it says to support the correct modes, and it trys to play back using the correct mode.

Your receiver says DTS-HD Master?
Do you have correct sound? sound that drops out?
Is the picture running in slowmo jumping frame by frame ?

The problem I'm having is the audio is cutting in and out (2 seconds on / 3-5 seconds off). Yes, there is now 1 HDMI device to select and my receiver displays DTS-MA / TRUE HD. Video varies depending on the audio device I select. Right now I have both audio options set at HDA Nvidea,Pio VSX-82TXV on HDMI (which btw is not the model receiver I have connected. The model is VSX91TXH) and video plays normally. When other options were selected the video would be choppy with either no audio or the same as it is now, but those other options are now gone anyway.

I'm pretty sure this is a lost cause and is an issue with the receiver. Like I said, my 2 previous Pioneer receivers had no problem decoding HD audio that was bitstreamed from the same exact setup. Only thing I dont understand is why there are errors in the XBMC log if it is in fact a receiver issue.

I failed to mention that regular DTS / Dolby Digital play properly.

this post could help, althou you seem to be running a 720p display, so some modifications are surely needed, but its one of the other things i did on my way to getting it to work.

http://tinyurl.com/8dvwdwk

And this is how my xorg.conf looks after I used the stuff in that post as a guide http://pastebin.com/n5mXKBBg

But its the last thing I can think of at this point that could help you.

The difference on the HDA Nvidea,Pio VSX-82TXV on HDMI vs the model you actually have, i woulnt bother about, its just what the receiver has in its EDID.
On mine its MEI Panasonic-TV on HDMI, and its connected to a Yamaha RX-V773, but it does passthru so it pics up my tv instead.

Both of your audio outs should be set to HDMI also.

No good. I just dumped this receiver on ebay and will be buying the VSX1122, I'll post the results when I get the receiver, but I'm pretty sure it'll work.