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jz1276 · 2013-01-27, 17:15

At one point it was working perfectly. I was using a Pioneer 1019AH receiver (but cannot remember what version XBMC, possible Eden). I ended up upgrading my receiver to another Pioneer model VSX91TXH (which is DTS-MA/TrueHD compatible). However, I did switch over to a different version XBMC beforehand and dont remember checking to see if HD audio worked. Now I'm stuck not knowing if its the current XBMC version I am using or my receiver thats the issue.
Anyway, when I attempt to play a video with DTSMA or TrueHD the video will play for a second or two along with the audio and cut in and out repeatedly. The correct indicators light up on my receiver (DTS-MA/TrueHD) so I know the signal is being sent. I am using 12.0 RC3 BTW, I have yet to successfully bitstream HD audio using this receiver. I am running XBMC on a Zotac Zbox ID34 (ION2).
Debug: http://pastebin.com/q5znMrc5

Please help. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

DDDamian · 2013-01-27, 17:19

I would not use Sync to Display (skip/dupe) with HD audio - dropping audio packets isn't good with encoded formats....

jz1276 · 2013-01-27, 17:24

(2013-01-27, 17:19)DDDamian Wrote: I would not use Sync to Display (skip/dupe) with HD audio - dropping audio packets isn't good with encoded formats....

I tried it with and without Sync to display, thats not the issue. I did see this in the debug log although I dont really know what I'm looking at..
10:00:49 T:3007231808 ERROR: Unable to load libcrystalhd.so.3, reason: libcrystalhd.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

DDDamian · 2013-01-27, 17:41

The lines that stood out to me were:

Code:
751.10:06:12 T:2821565248   DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Skipping 1 packet(s) of 10.67 ms duration

752.10:07:27 T:3007231808   DEBUG: Previous line repeats 7 times.

Where it dropped 8 audio packets in a little over a minute, but if you've tried with and without that setting clearly that's not the issue.

jz1276 · 2013-01-27, 17:49

I found 12.00 RC3 Intel-Nvidea ISO is it worth reinstalling with this version?

DDDamian · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-27, 18:36 by DDDamian.)

If anything you might want to try rolling back to RC1 and try. There were some changes made after that affecting the video clock. Sorry, I'm more of a Windows guy but that would be the best suggestion I can make until a Linux guy can help out.

[EDIT] my reading glasses must be foggy - the crucial log lines are the broken pipes - something not happy in the ALSA sink or ALSA config Sad

**wsnipex** · 2013-01-27, 19:16

10:05:31 T:2821565248 INFO: CAESinkALSA - ALSA: pcm_hw.c:514 Sad

snd_pcm_hw_delay) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_DELAY failed (-32): Broken pipe

interesting, I've never seen this error before

jz1276 · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-28, 07:03 by jz1276.)

Just installed 12.00 RC3 Intel-Nvidea. Same problem. Now I'm gonna try RC1.

Edit Same thing with RC1. Back to Eden I guess. Nobody has any ideas?

nickr · 2013-01-28, 07:12

HD audio does not work at all with Eden so that won't work Smile

Looking at your debug log, there are 8 audio devices listed. Only the ones numbered 4,5 and 8 seems so support HD audio formats, and 8 appears to be plugged into your amp

Code:
00:49 T:3007231808  NOTICE:     Device 8

00:49 T:3007231808  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0

00:49 T:3007231808  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : HDA NVidia

00:49 T:3007231808  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: PIO VSX-82TXV on HDMI

00:49 T:3007231808  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_HDMI

00:49 T:3007231808  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR,LFE,FC,BL,BR,SL,SR

00:49 T:3007231808  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 32000,44100,48000,88200,96000,176400,192000

00:49 T:3007231808  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_LPCM,AE_FMT_AC3,AE_FMT_DTS,AE_FMT_EAC3,AE_FMT_DTSHD,AE_FMT_TRUEHD,AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE

So, which one is selected in xbmc audio settings? And for that matter how about a screenshot of your audio settings - press PrtScr on your keyboard to take a screenie.

jz1276 · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-28, 07:53 by jz1276.)

(2013-01-28, 07:12)nickr Wrote: HD audio does not work at all with Eden so that won't work

Looking at your debug log, there are 8 audio devices listed. Only the ones numbered 4,5 and 8 seems so support HD audio formats, and 8 appears to be plugged into your amp

Code:
10:00:49 T:3007231808 NOTICE: Device 8 10:00:49 T:3007231808 NOTICE: m_deviceName : hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 10:00:49 T:3007231808 NOTICE: m_displayName : HDA NVidia 10:00:49 T:3007231808 NOTICE: m_displayNameExtra: PIO VSX-82TXV on HDMI 10:00:49 T:3007231808 NOTICE: m_deviceType : AE_DEVTYPE_HDMI 10:00:49 T:3007231808 NOTICE: m_channels : FL,FR,LFE,FC,BL,BR,SL,SR 10:00:49 T:3007231808 NOTICE: m_sampleRates : 32000,44100,48000,88200,96000,176400,192000 10:00:49 T:3007231808 NOTICE: m_dataFormats : AE_FMT_LPCM,AE_FMT_AC3,AE_FMT_DTS,AE_FMT_EAC3,AE_FMT_DTSHD,AE_FMT_TRUEHD,AE_FMT_S32NE,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE

So, which one is selected in xbmc audio settings? And for that matter how about a screenshot of your audio settings - press PrtScr on your keyboard to take a screenie.

I remember I used a version of XBMCFreaks Eden which I couldve sworn supported HD Audio. Ive changed the audio settings so much to try and get it working that right now I dont have any specific audio settings.
I had "PIO VSX-82TXV" as both passthrough and audio device which worked at one point (with a diff Pio receiver). There are settings such as PIO VSX-82TXV complete hdmi, PIO VSX-82TXV formatted HDMI, plug both, etc. None work.
There is no way this can be a receiver issue right?

BTW (and not that it probably makes a difference), but out 3 Pioneer receivers I have used XBMC with which correctly identified the correct model # and successfully bitstreamed HD audio, the is the only one it didnt correctly ID the model # (its actually 91TXH)

nickr · 2013-01-28, 08:41

Yeah I noticed the model number difference.

Should your speaker config be 7.1?

Yes looking again at your debug log all those devices (4,5,and8) do refer to the amplifier.

jz1276 · 2013-01-28, 08:44

(2013-01-28, 08:41)nickr Wrote: Yeah I noticed the model number difference.

Should your speaker config be 7.1?

Yes looking again at your debug log all those devices (4,5,and8) do refer to the amplifier.

No, I have a 5.1 setup.
So you're saying this is a receiver issue??

nickr · 2013-01-28, 08:52

I am not sure what the effect of setting it to 5.1 and then playing a (presumably 7.1) HD Audio stream would be - perhaps it then tries to downmix it to 5.1? I dunno.

Well it could be a receiver issue. Hard to say without swapping it out for another.

jz1276 · (This post was last modified: 2013-01-28, 09:25 by jz1276.)

(2013-01-28, 08:52)nickr Wrote: I am not sure what the effect of setting it to 5.1 and then playing a (presumably 7.1) HD Audio stream would be - perhaps it then tries to downmix it to 5.1? I dunno.

Well it could be a receiver issue. Hard to say without swapping it out for another.

I've tried many different videos with HD audio streams 5.1 / 7.1 doesnt matter.
I've been trying to get this working now since I bought the receiver two weeks ago. Might just dump it on ebay and buy something else. This receiver is a 2007 model when DTSMA / TrueHD was still quite new so maybe this is a factor.
If it is in fact a receiver issue, would it show up on XBMCs bug log Huh

?? I'm assuming if errors are showing up on the log it must be in the software right?

jz1276 · 2013-01-29, 01:35

I just read on another thread that a custom config file has to be made for nVidea cards. Does this apply to my problem (even though it worked on my previous 2 receivers without)?