[Majin Vegita]

Hi all,

Greetings! I'm a first-time XBMC Linux user.
I'm pretty well versed in working with and troubleshooting stuff in the PC world, but I've NEVER really used Linux before.

At the moment, I'm having some trouble with getting any sound to work on a default install of XBMCbuntu v11.0 on Zotac ZBOX-ID80-U Hardware

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Setup / Specs:

Software:
> XBMCbuntu v11.0
Download as linked here: http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/XBMCbun...u-11.0.iso

Hardware:
> Zotac ZBOX-ID80-U (Full specs: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6856173034)
> 32GB SSD for the OS
> 2GB RAM

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Goals:

I'm hoping to be able to get:
- All AV playback via HDMI
- HD Audio with 7.1 Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD/Master Audio as well

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What I've tried:

Using the default install, video works fine and I'm able to get video playback, but there's no audio whatsoever. I've tried varying these settings under "Audio Output Device":

No sound:
HDMI (Alsa), iec958 (Alsa), Defaults (Alsa)

These settings will bring up an audio error prompt:
HDA nVidia HDMI 3/ iec958 / default (All Alsa)
HDA Intel HDMI 1 / iec958 / default (All Alsa)
HDA Intel HDMI 0 / iec958 / default (All Alsa)

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I get the feeling that perhaps I should be installing Ubuntu first, add the proper drivers, and then adding into XBMC?

Any help is greatly appreciated - thanks!