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Hello there,

Before posting my config into Linux Success Stories, I have a (hopefully smallish) issue when it comes to my sound playback. I have a onboard sound card with SPDIF out, which is hooked to my DD/DTS receiver.

When I try to play a video with DTS or AC3 sound, it plays about 20 secs and then aborts (goes back to XBMC UI). The sound however is passed correctly to the receiver. Debug log here: http://pastebin.ca/1028777

I also tried with mplayer <file> -ao alsa:device=plughw=0.1 -ac hwdts, which works correctly. Also XviD files seem to play nicely. I also noticed, that with some mkv files, they hang with "buffering" message and don't even start playing (again, fine with mplayer), debug log here: http://pastebin.ca/1028795

I noticed also that the GUI sounds are completely absent. However, XviD movies and MP3s worked now as I wanted to retest when writing this post... "Audio Output Device" as well as "Passthrough Output Device" set to "iec958"

my audio hw:
Code:
# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: AD198x Digital [AD198x Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

# aplay -L
default:CARD=Intel
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, AD198x Digital
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)

any help or hints greatly appreciated.


cheers,

-freezy.
Are you running Gutsy or Hardy ?
I had sound issues on Hardy because of Pulseaudio. After uninstalling it , everything was fine.
wattazoum Wrote:Are you running Gutsy or Hardy ?
I had sound issues on Hardy because of Pulseaudio. After uninstalling it , everything was fine.

hardy. thanks for the tip, i'll make myself clever about pulseaudio, i think i saw that somewhere in my system.

cheers!
better late than never: thanks for the hint. working perfectly now!