(2012-10-20, 05:37)D-MaxPWR Wrote: I have been having this same problem for a few months now ever since I set up my Pseudo Tv and I can't get anyone to solve this. Jason did add a time delay type option on a recent nightly build but it did nothing for me besides delay the time it took to hangs channels :/ I'm on a Mac as well and all my videos stores on a external HD I was hoping maybe it was the lag time between the external and the computer via USB? Other than that this issue seems to be ignored unfortunately
Yea this issue seems to be ignored. I have the same setup as you (Mac with files on external HD, etc)
For the heck of it, installed everything on an old Windows 7 laptop and put the same HD in it that was in my Mac. No audio popping. So it seems like this is an issue that Pseudo TV is having with the Mac.
Then for a little bit of testing, I moved a few folders off of the iMac's external onto the desktop and made some channels from those so they were running straight from the Mac... still lots of extremely loud popping.
I guess at this point, I am trying to figure out what to do. Two options and I would love to hear some opinion:
1) Original "easy" idea was to stream XBMC/PTV from my Mac onto an Apple TV downstairs using Airplay. This is the preferred, girlfriend-friendly option since she's all about ATV. BUT we sold our ATV so I can't really do any testing. Would I be able to mute the Mac upstairs so that the popping isn't messing with my speakers (and so we don't keep hear it echoing from upstairs)? And secondly, if I were to successfully mute the Mac but still Airplay down to the ATV, would this crazy loud popping sound be sent down to my TV via Airplay? It's pretty deal-breaking, it's that bad. Been using it in my office and hitting mute whenever I changed channels, but really would kind of destroy the whole channel-flipping appeal of PTV if that popping followed us downstairs to the TV.
2) Then of course the second option is to repurpose my old Windows 7 laptop into a stand alone HTPC. Which would obviously work, but would turn into a pretty big point of contention since the laptop is pretty huge and would take up a lot of space on our media center.... aka not aesthetic friendly aka a major point of contention for my aesthetic-minded girlfriend, and therefore me by proxy.
Thoughts? Has there really been no word/fix on this Mac audio popping issue? Does anyone have experience using PTV via Airplay, and if so does the popping sound follow down through the Airplay?