(2014-12-16, 08:41)fritsch Wrote: Audio as flac, aac and so on is _never_ passthroughed. It's decoded to float by AudioEngine and then output on the sink in a matching format. If the sink can do the input sample rate and no volume is applied it's "untouched". Else it's resampled and volume is applied.

When AC3 transcode option is enabled and only 2 channels (!) (don't mix that with number of speakers) are available, it's transcoded (which also resamples if input samplerate != 48 khz) to AC3 and output as virtual dolby format.

(2014-12-16, 15:47)danfloss Wrote:

(2014-12-16, 08:41)fritsch Wrote: Audio as flac, aac and so on is _never_ passthroughed. It's decoded to float by AudioEngine and then output on the sink in a matching format. If the sink can do the input sample rate and no volume is applied it's "untouched". Else it's resampled and volume is applied.

When AC3 transcode option is enabled and only 2 channels (!) (don't mix that with number of speakers) are available, it's transcoded (which also resamples if input samplerate != 48 khz) to AC3 and output as virtual dolby format.

This literally hurts my head, maybe I'm just too old

Quote:Test 1
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55728161/singer-flac/singer2-0.flac
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55728161/singer-flac/singer2-1.flac
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55728161/singer-flac/singer2-2.flac

The original file you can be found here: http://www.2l.no/hires/ - the tilte is called: Finzi: Come Away, Death Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo soprano Sergej Osadchuk, piano 192 khz / 24 bit

Test 2
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55728161/goth-sample/sample_gotham_orig.flac (Original)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55728161/goth-sample/sample_gotham_0.flac
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55728161/goth-sample/sample_gotham_1.flac
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55728161/goth-sample/sample_gotham_2.flac

What you need to do:
Download the files and listen to them. I for my part can clearly hear the difference on my B&W speakers - so, the big question is again: Which number corresponds to low, which to middle and which to high? And as a sidenote which one compares best to the original?

(2014-12-16, 15:47)danfloss Wrote: @olebrumm71 have you checked out amazon global shipping? Its entirely possibly to purchase the asus chromebox say from america and have it shipped to europe. There will be some import duties but could still work out cheaper

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-CHROMEBOX-M004U-ASUS-Desktop/dp/B00IT1WJZQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418738204&sr=8-1&keywords=asus+chromebox

seems a decent price with free shipping. I recently did just this and hade no problems

(2014-12-16, 16:54)olebrumm71 Wrote:

(2014-12-16, 15:47)danfloss Wrote: @olebrumm71 have you checked out amazon global shipping? Its entirely possibly to purchase the asus chromebox say from america and have it shipped to europe. There will be some import duties but could still work out cheaper

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-CHROMEBOX-M004U-ASUS-Desktop/dp/B00IT1WJZQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418738204&sr=8-1&keywords=asus+chromebox

seems a decent price with free shipping. I recently did just this and hade no problems

I just checked the total price on the link you gave me ordering from Amazon- and it ends with a total of 1690,- NOK (Norwegian Crowns), which is the exact same price as buying it locally.


So, therefore I am contemplating to buy the HP Chromebox (with 4 GB RAM) for 999,- NOK (including free local shipping) from a Norwegian store.

That's why I am wondering how big the fan noise difference between the HP and Asus model is? I also believe I have read that the custom firmware reduces the fan noise difference between the HP and the Asus model significantly?

(2014-12-16, 12:27)ant_thomas Wrote: I did a Coreboot Firmware update within OpenELEC on the 13th. The update process was smooth as usual.

Only issue with the new firmware is that waking from sleep/suspend with my MCE remote/receiver has now stopped working. It was flawless previously. I'll do a full disconnect/reconnect and reboot this evening to check again. But previously after updates this functionality hadn't changed. Running a standalone system with OpenELEC. WOL works fine as does waking using HDMI-CEC by switching on the TV/Amp.

Quote:One other issue I've found across various firmwares, which is more likely due to my Amp/TV setup is that when connected to my Amp on first boot I get nothing on the TV screen. All the correct inputs are selected. I've had to resort to plugging the HP Chromebox directly into the TV, booting, then switching the cables, suspending/resuming from there works fine (so it's only required on first cold boot). The amp is an Onkyo TX-SR309, I've seen a few people have issues with Onkyo Amps due to EDID problems?

(2014-12-16, 14:54)olebrumm71 Wrote: How much louder is the fan on the HP Chromebox compared to the Asus Chromebox ?

My "headache" is that the HP Chromebox is currently available here in Norway on a time-limited sale for NOK 999,- ( which is roughly equal to US$ 145) whereas the Asus Chromebox costs NOK 1699,- (equals approx US$ 245 ). So, would you say that a price difference of approx US$ 100,- is worth getting the Asus Chromebox versus the HP Chromebox - due to a more quiet fan ?

Quote:One other issue I've found across various firmwares, which is more likely due to my Amp/TV setup is that when connected to my Amp on first boot I get nothing on the TV screen. All the correct inputs are selected. I've had to resort to plugging the HP Chromebox directly into the TV, booting, then switching the cables, suspending/resuming from there works fine (so it's only required on first cold boot). The amp is an Onkyo TX-SR309, I've seen a few people have issues with Onkyo Amps due to EDID problems?

(2014-12-16, 18:22)Matt Devo Wrote: I believe there is a way to capture the EDID from your receiver and use that vs what's coming across the wire, which may solve your problem, but not sure on the specifics. It could also be due to the headless booting feature, which likely waits for less time at boot for a valid EDID response. I can provide you a firmware to test which doesn't have headless booting, just PM me.

(2014-12-16, 20:29)Matt Devo Wrote: and using that (correct) EDID data, one can force OE to use that data on startup by following the instructions on the OE wiki: http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=Configuring_a_Custom_xorg.conf#tab=Intel

(2014-12-16, 10:45)Arse4life Wrote: Have an old wireless usb keyboard and no go for me. Ctrl-alt-f2 not working. Going to buy a wired usb keyboard see if that works.

Matt, if I have the 30sec screen delay I'm in dev mode correct?

(2014-12-16, 09:15)christoofar Wrote:

(2014-12-16, 07:54)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2014-12-16, 07:45)christoofar Wrote: Sounds like no one else is having this issue. Already tried Best Match , but was still having the dropouts. I wouldn't even know where to begin regarding IRC. Guess I'll just leave it be for now, hoping that a new version will fix it. Thanks for all the help on this.

http://openelec.tv/support/chat

I'd still like you to provide me at least one sample file so I can try to reproduce the issue here. Also, see if the issue happens with the ChromeBox directly connected to your display (TV) rather than the AVR.

OK, I posted my issue in IRC chat, we'll if anyone responds. I will reset OE back to "normal" (w/ passthru) & pick the first track that burps & post it to my Dropbox , shared to your email.
Kinda late now, will do it tomorrow morning.