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2014-01-25, 18:11
Hi
I am using XBMC with a Raspberry Pi. Everything is running really good, but since the sound quality from the analoge audio output is so poor, i am using a DAC. Unfortunately i cannot seem to use the DAC audio source in XBMC.
Will there be any support for choosing the audio source in XBMC in the future?
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How does the DAC connect to the Pi?
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That will likely need to be supported by the OS itself, so it's up to the various distros to add it (OpenELEC, Raspbmc, XBian, etc).
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Yes, if just ALSA was supported it woundt be a problem. Hopefully this will be possible in the near future, since the analog output on the Pi sucks.
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Don't know - i don't have the technical background to know what's needed that it's working. I only thought if ALSA is working that the Hifiberry is working too, but now i know that it isn't.
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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.
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Thanks popcornmix for clarifying this.
Alsa support on XBMC for the RPi would make this platform even more amazing than it is.
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2014-02-23, 20:40
(This post was last modified: 2014-02-23, 20:44 by Bullsei.)
i installed the newest milhouse build of Openelec(todays build) but the Hifiberry is not working, it seems like the Hifiberry modules werent enabled.
Lsmod gives me nothing
aplay -l gives me the bcm2835 ALSA card, which i can select in XBMC - Nothing about Hifiberry