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HDMI audio in XBMCBuntu - Deddryk - 2013-08-04
I am having an issue with audio over hdmi in xbmcbuntu Frodo. Anything that plays on xbmc works fine, but everything else does not work. For example I use advanced launcher to launch netflix-desktop and that gets no sound.
aplay -l output:
Code:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0I have edited ~/.asoundrc to this
Code:
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm "hw:0,7"
}
}
ctl.!default {
type plughw
card 0
}I can get sound with
Code:
speakers-test -D plughw:0,7 -c 2If I change .asoundrc to have pcm.test and ctl.test instead of !default and get sound with -D test.
I would really like to be able to watch netflix and play games through advanced launcher and be able to hear sound. Anyone have any suggestions on how to get hdmi to be the default audio out?
RE: HDMI audio in XBMCBuntu - blm14 - 2013-08-05
Need more information. Can you enable debug logging, reboot, try to do the thing where sound doesn't work, and do a pastebin of ~/.xbmc/temp/xbmc.log
Also what are the sound settings in system->system->audio output
Are you using a passthrough device? Is the HDMI out going directly to your TV?
RE: HDMI audio in XBMCBuntu - Deddryk - 2013-08-05
Let me clarify.
The audio in xbmc works fine over hdmi for passthough and regular output.
Yes the HDMI is going directly to the TV.
Really this is more of a linux question than an XBMC question but I figured I'd ask here instead of an ubuntu forum because there is probably a lot more experience here with XBMCBunutu in particular.
The issue is outside of xbmc with regular system sound so the XBMC log will (I believe) be useless in troubleshooting this.
I want to set the default audio output device to be hdmi so that when I run other programs the sound works.
My understanding is that setting the proper device to be named pcm.!default should acomplish this but for some reason it does not override the normal default device. If I name the device to be named something else it works but that does not change the deault device so I still get no sound with regular programs.
RE: HDMI audio in XBMCBuntu - BrooksyX - 2013-08-06
I was having this issue too but somehow I fixed. I forget how though. If I can remember ill share it with ya. Pretty sure it was an alsa property.
RE: HDMI audio in XBMCBuntu - styx06 - 2013-08-06
You shoud use dmix plugin for alsa and set default PCM device to HDMI. This is my asound.conf:
Code:
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmixer"
}
pcm.dmixer {
type dmix
ipc_key 1024
slave {
pcm "hw:0,8"
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_size 4096
rate 44100
}
bindings {
0 0
1 1
}
}
ctl.dmixer {
type hw
card 0
}NB: needless to say you need to change hw address to 0,7 in your case ...
RE: HDMI audio in XBMCBuntu - nickr - 2013-08-06
You can set your external app to use the correct device, or you can redefine "Default" to be the correct device.
RE: HDMI audio in XBMCBuntu - Deddryk - 2013-08-06
(2013-08-06, 07:25)styx06 Wrote: You shoud use dmix plugin for alsa and set default PCM device to HDMI. This is my asound.conf:
Code:pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmixer"
}
pcm.dmixer {
type dmix
ipc_key 1024
slave {
pcm "hw:0,8"
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_size 4096
rate 44100
}
bindings {
0 0
1 1
}
}
ctl.dmixer {
type hw
card 0
}
NB: needless to say you need to change hw address to 0,7 in your case ...
Thanks so much! This worked perfectly.