2014-12-30, 10:16
I recently updated my Gotham XBMCBuntu box (Zotac Ion Atom 330) to Helix and sometimes find that video/audio stop working when playing a video.
The sequence of events is as follows: I start playing a video and get a black screen but normal audio. When this occurs, the box does not respond to the remote control and I have to log into the box and restart Kodi. It seems to restart ok, but when I then try to play a video again I get a picture but no audio. Once the box is in this state, restarting Kodi doesn't help, I need to reboot the box to get audio working again.
Once the box is in the "no audio" state (after Kodi has been restarted) there is no HDMI audio device present in the list of available audio devices. Usually I use "HDA NVidia HDMI 0" as my output device but once it is in the broken audio state I only see "HDA NVidia ALC662 rev1 Analog" and "HDA Nvidia ALC662 rev1 Digital S/PDIF". When I reboot the HDMI device comes back.
Initially I thought the problem might be related to this thread: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=212572, but I am running a direct Kodi session so it can't be Unity that is interfering with things.
I have "Sync Playback to Display" enabled. It could be coincidence, but the last time it happened was when I changed the A/V Sync Method from Video Clock (Drop/Dup Packets) to Video Clock (Resample Audio). I have not seen the problem occur when "Sync Playback to Display" is disabled.
The log leading up to the black picture state is here: http://pastebin.com/YHbL3f7g
The log after restarting Kodi, attempting to play the video, and getting no audio is here: http://pastebin.com/CfmnmCnN
Any help would be most appreciated.
james
The sequence of events is as follows: I start playing a video and get a black screen but normal audio. When this occurs, the box does not respond to the remote control and I have to log into the box and restart Kodi. It seems to restart ok, but when I then try to play a video again I get a picture but no audio. Once the box is in this state, restarting Kodi doesn't help, I need to reboot the box to get audio working again.
Once the box is in the "no audio" state (after Kodi has been restarted) there is no HDMI audio device present in the list of available audio devices. Usually I use "HDA NVidia HDMI 0" as my output device but once it is in the broken audio state I only see "HDA NVidia ALC662 rev1 Analog" and "HDA Nvidia ALC662 rev1 Digital S/PDIF". When I reboot the HDMI device comes back.
Initially I thought the problem might be related to this thread: http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=212572, but I am running a direct Kodi session so it can't be Unity that is interfering with things.
I have "Sync Playback to Display" enabled. It could be coincidence, but the last time it happened was when I changed the A/V Sync Method from Video Clock (Drop/Dup Packets) to Video Clock (Resample Audio). I have not seen the problem occur when "Sync Playback to Display" is disabled.
The log leading up to the black picture state is here: http://pastebin.com/YHbL3f7g
The log after restarting Kodi, attempting to play the video, and getting no audio is here: http://pastebin.com/CfmnmCnN
Any help would be most appreciated.
james