2014-12-05, 07:54
I need to upgrade my brother's RPi as he's noticing the poor quality of the audio output.
I was thinking of getting him the HiFiBerry DAC for his Model B (non-plus) http://www.hifiberry.com/dac and they even have a pre-configured image of OpenElec 4.1.6. He will have to continue using Gotham for a while, even if the DAC was compatible with Helix, as the skin he uses, XTV-SAF, won't be made Helix compatible by it's author until it's stable, or at least out of beta.
However, I then read something about needing to disable/blacklist LIRC to get the DAC to work and I think the remote he uses (same as mine) depends on LIRC, so I'm not sure it's an option anymore.
Does anyone know about this and if it's true, can you recommend a USB soundcard that works reliably with OpenElec Gotham as an alternative?
I was thinking of getting him the HiFiBerry DAC for his Model B (non-plus) http://www.hifiberry.com/dac and they even have a pre-configured image of OpenElec 4.1.6. He will have to continue using Gotham for a while, even if the DAC was compatible with Helix, as the skin he uses, XTV-SAF, won't be made Helix compatible by it's author until it's stable, or at least out of beta.
However, I then read something about needing to disable/blacklist LIRC to get the DAC to work and I think the remote he uses (same as mine) depends on LIRC, so I'm not sure it's an option anymore.
Does anyone know about this and if it's true, can you recommend a USB soundcard that works reliably with OpenElec Gotham as an alternative?
