(2012-05-13, 12:08)PKOneTwo Wrote: @DDDamian:
what is this intialization tries all about, is it intended?

http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=XFkLFRvd

(2012-05-13, 13:03)jpsdr Wrote: I've disabled in the BIOS the HD Via audio. Don't understand why there is trouble now and not before...
Nevertheless, doing this miracly made audio work, on all i've been able to test, flac, aac (yes), ac3, ogg, with several channels (2.0, 5.1, 4.0) and even 32bit. Everything worked, except one video, wich audio was flac 2.0 (but others with flac 2.0 worked).
The log file is here.
There was no audio, and no audio (zero channels) were send to my audio device (according it's front panel).
Here the result from MonInfo :

Code:

Monitor
  Model name............... VSX-921
  Windows description...... Moniteur Plug-and-Play générique VSX-921
  Manufacturer............. Pioneer
  Plug and Play ID......... PIO0000
  Serial number............ n/a
  Manufacture date......... 2010, ISO week 0
  Filter driver............ Monitor
  -------------------------
  EDID revision............ 1.3
  Input signal type........ Digital
  Color bit depth.......... Undefined
  Display type............. RGB color
  Screen size.............. 1100 x 620 mm (49,7 in)
  Power management......... Active off/sleep
  Extension blocs.......... 1 (Unknown - 0x00)
  -------------------------
  DDC/CI................... n/a

Color characteristics
  Default color space...... Non-sRGB
  Display gamma............ 2,20
  Red chromaticity......... Rx 0,683 - Ry 0,317
  Green chromaticity....... Gx 0,313 - Gy 0,581
  Blue chromaticity........ Bx 0,139 - By 0,050
  White point (default).... Wx 0,289 - Wy 0,280
  Additional descriptors... None

Timing characteristics
  Horizontal scan range.... 15-69kHz
  Vertical scan range...... 23-61Hz
  Video bandwidth.......... 150MHz
  CVT standard............. Not supported
  GTF standard............. Not supported
  Additional descriptors... None
  Preferred timing......... Yes
  Native/preferred timing.. 1920x1080p at 50Hz (16:9)
    Modeline............... "1920x1080" 148,500 1920 2448 2492 2640 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync
  Detailed timing #1....... 1920x1080p at 60Hz (16:9)
    Modeline............... "1920x1080" 148,500 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync

Standard timings supported
     640 x  480p at  60Hz - IBM VGA
     800 x  600p at  60Hz - VESA
    1024 x  768p at  60Hz - VESA
    1280 x 1024p at  60Hz - VESA STD

Report information
  Date generated........... 13/05/2012
  Software revision........ 2.60.0.972
  Data source.............. Registry-Active
  Operating system......... 6.1.7601.2.Service Pack 1

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(2012-05-13, 17:15)loekf Wrote:

(2012-05-12, 21:32)DDDamian Wrote: @loekf - there's the issue. WASAPI is just the render method - it is effectively passing thru right to the audio driver.

When XBMC is set to decode DTS (DTS 5.1 --> PCM 5.1) that's fine, but that's where it ends. SPDIF cannot send 5.1. If your Creative has 5.1 DACs and you are then using 3 prs of analog cables from the sound card to the receiver, that's fine, but not SPDIF.

To make matters worse, your card is reporting that it's only 2ch PCM, so even the second step there won't work, the PCM 5.1 --> Creative.

Check your Creative setup software and make sure it can accept 5.1pcm because it's not reporting that to Windows. Won't be the first issue I've seen with Creative's drivers.

I'm off now to go see family for the weekend, back on Monday if I don't check in somewhere in between, but keep me posted on what you find out with the Creative setup.

Yes I have 3 analog wires going to my speakers (FL + FR, RL + RL, C + woofer). As Creative didn't update their X-Fi drivers for more than 2 years, guess it's the Creative drivers. Of course, they have a new X-Fi card, but my next built will be either on-board audio or perhaps an Asus Xonar card.

I tried various modes (gaming, entertainment etc.. even bit-thru playback), but the WASAPI report back stays the same (2 channels). Funny thing still is that in DirectSound mode, 5.1 works, despite that XBMC reports 2 channels as well. Even when you switch off the so called 3D Crystalizer, which is upmixing to 5.1 as far as I know.

(2012-05-13, 21:13)TRaSH Wrote:

(2012-05-12, 16:16)DDDamian Wrote: @TRaSH - i've seen that SQL error popping up a lot lately - perhaps time to try the full (non-portable) install, and go through your addons to see if any are causing the issue. The crash was an unrelated bug caused by a seperate threading project that I was able to track down - was fixed last night. JMarshall pushed some fixes last night addressing filepaths and the new SQL thumbnail caching which may have fixed the error you're getting - it's a new initiative by him to move the thumbs into the database, and he's been doing some bug-fixes on it.

i downloaded today the nighlty,
and gave it a fast test run.
it works even in portable mode.
did a few fast test with true-hd/dts and some mp3's
the last 5 seconds bug is also removed.
even my wife was impressed. (WAF )

nice work you all,
will do some more testing later this week.

something i'm trying to figure out if there's a sort of change log of the nightly's

(2012-05-14, 13:52)Warstomper Wrote: I have beent trying to get AE(and Daniela's Patch and more recently using Nightlies) to work on my setup, but no matter what I do, DTS-HD does not seem to work properly. I have the following problems using AE:

- Using WASAPI results in no sound output whatsoever.
- Directsound works(My receiver tells me it's getting the pure audio format, DTS, Dolby, DTS-HD) but from my knowledge, I should have it working over WASAPI.
- When playing a DTS-HD track, my reciever does show it, but the sound is really crackling, or not working at all while the video is running along around 3-5 FPS, making any movie with DTS-HD unwatchable in the current situation.

How can I help you guys gather as much information as you need to be able to troubleshoot this issue? Do you prefer some pre-made samples I can download somewhere, or can I just use any movie I have in my colleciton for the debug log? Is there other information you want me to supply apart from the debug log?

I would love to hear from you guys what info you'd like me to gather and I'll get on to it.

(2012-05-14, 15:55)paolov74 Wrote: Hi DDDamian,

I'm succesfully trying latest nightly AE, expecially bitstreaming wise (TrueHD and DTS-HD are passing through nicely). Compared to DanielaE latest build I get severe stuttering after seeking, only on bluray folder and not on mkv: I'll submit a complete log ASAP.

I remember some advancedsettings.xml entry you mentioned in your early post: sinkbuffertime, audiophile, etc.. Are these settings still valid or they get lost during xbmc startup?

Thanks a lot for the big effort!

(2012-05-14, 22:39)bambi73 Wrote: Hello all,

today I compiled xbmc master and got no audio, completelly nothing, not even skin sounds.
First problem what I found was that audio setting was reset to HDMI 7.1, so changed it back to Analog 2.0 (my PC is regular development PC with onboard audio and headphones, so no receiver etc.), but nothing changed, no sound. There is debug log, but no apparent audio/hw related error. I tried to use forceDirectSound but again nothing changed. Not sure if these logs helps to AE developers, but at least I hope

Edit: It's my first meeting with AE so i don't follow this thread. If my issue is known/already solved then please forward me to correct place.
Edit2: Looks like there already exists issue in Trac for it.

(2012-05-15, 18:22)TeKo Wrote: Seems to work with DTSHDMA and TrueHD but XBMC seems really slow (Movie posters in Coverflow take some time to load and other stuff) but maybe thats just a skin problem.
Going to try different skins.

(2012-05-15, 17:50)DDDamian Wrote: I figured the onboard VIA was interfering with the nVidia device - glad disabling that fixed you up.

(2012-05-15, 17:50)DDDamian Wrote: For the MonInfo report - re-run MonInfo and browse through the reported devices until you see one that has some audio info in it - the device above was just the monitor, not the receiver.

(2012-05-15, 17:50)DDDamian Wrote: It will show as a seperate device.

(2012-05-15, 20:41)jpsdr Wrote:

(2012-05-15, 17:50)DDDamian Wrote: I figured the onboard VIA was interfering with the nVidia device - glad disabling that fixed you up.

I'm not so happy to be obliged of this workaround, as it worked perfectly fine before new AE...

(2012-05-15, 20:41)jpsdr Wrote:

(2012-05-15, 17:50)DDDamian Wrote: For the MonInfo report - re-run MonInfo and browse through the reported devices until you see one that has some audio info in it - the device above was just the monitor, not the receiver.

hmmm.... the problem is that only the [sample] have audio information. All my devices have only what i've provided to you...

(2012-05-15, 20:41)jpsdr Wrote:

(2012-05-15, 17:50)DDDamian Wrote: It will show as a seperate device.

..... nope !

(2012-05-15, 21:15)DDDamian Wrote: Check into EDID issues and resolve those.

(2012-05-15, 18:26)DDDamian Wrote:

(2012-05-14, 22:39)bambi73 Wrote: today I compiled xbmc master and got no audio, completelly nothing, not even skin sounds.
...

Hi there - the log shows WASAPI is initializing correctly, but I don't see where you try to play something, so not sure what happens when you do. I would need a log where you actually attempt to play something. I would recommend with WASAPI. Thx.

(2012-05-15, 21:40)jpsdr Wrote:

(2012-05-15, 21:15)DDDamian Wrote: Check into EDID issues and resolve those.

Wich means ?
Sorry, i'm totaly lost here. Can you tell me what i have to do ? (Or a link wich will explain to me what i have to do ?).

I've also trouble to understand what seems to be (at least for me) contradictory informations.
- You said that if moninfo can't detect it, either you. But the device is present in Wasapi and Windows.
- You said information show only 2 channels possibility, but i've configured 7.1 in both Windows and XBMC, and XBMC played correctly 5.1 files, either pathrough (DTS), or not (FLAC and AAC).
- You AE can't decode AAC yet. Nevertheless, i've been able to play 5.1 and 2.0 AAC files, with and without the "Device can process AAC" option checked.

Finaly, all of these made me totaly confused...