2014-01-30, 20:17
The newclock3 test branch does have alsa enabled, but also requires it to be enabled in the kernel.
Openelec doesn't do this currently. I did make a test openelec build with alsa support in kernel enabled, but haven't tested it yet. I'll try and test it at weekend.
This only helps users of ActiveAE Pi sink, i.e. paplayer and dvdplayer.
omxplayer will only get alsa support with @stupid-boy's branch, which is currently unstable (hangs on seeks).
It's possible that dvdplayer on Pi will become usable enough that omxplayer isn't needed for most (it will likely always be needed for raw Blu-Ray level video),
but we're not there yet.
Don't buy any alsa audio device for the Pi and expect it to work now.
There will be solutions for alsa devices with xbmc at some point in the future.
Openelec doesn't do this currently. I did make a test openelec build with alsa support in kernel enabled, but haven't tested it yet. I'll try and test it at weekend.
This only helps users of ActiveAE Pi sink, i.e. paplayer and dvdplayer.
omxplayer will only get alsa support with @stupid-boy's branch, which is currently unstable (hangs on seeks).
It's possible that dvdplayer on Pi will become usable enough that omxplayer isn't needed for most (it will likely always be needed for raw Blu-Ray level video),
but we're not there yet.
Don't buy any alsa audio device for the Pi and expect it to work now.
There will be solutions for alsa devices with xbmc at some point in the future.
