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Linux AudioEngine testers - Linux only
(2012-06-14, 22:14)tiberian Wrote: Hey, I do have a problem with AE as well.

I own an Intel Core i3 with an H55M-Mainboard. Buy a H55M they said ... it has native bitstream support for HDAudio they said....Wink

Well everything is working nearly fine. MP3 and AC3/DTS Sound is working fine - AE detects the HDMI and the Receiver correctly.
What does not work are the HD Formats DTS HD Master / True HD

here are some additional Infos:
Code:
xbmc@htpc:~$ aplay -l
**** Liste der Hardware-Geräte (PLAYBACK) ****
Karte 0: Intel [HDA Intel], Gerät 0: ALC889 Analog [ALC889 Analog]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: Intel [HDA Intel], Gerät 3: ALC889 Digital [ALC889 Digital]
  Sub-Geräte: 1/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: Intel [HDA Intel], Gerät 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Sub-Geräte: 0/1
  Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0

Code:
xbmc@htpc:~$ uname -a
Linux htpc 3.2.0-25-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 23 20:30:51 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Code:
aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
default:CARD=Intel
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Analog
    Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=Intel
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
hdmi:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Digital
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=Intel,DEV=1
    HDA Intel, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
dmix:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Analog
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=Intel,DEV=3
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Digital
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=Intel,DEV=7
    HDA Intel, HDMI 0
    Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Analog
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=Intel,DEV=3
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Digital
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=Intel,DEV=7
    HDA Intel, HDMI 0
    Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Analog
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=Intel,DEV=3
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Digital
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=Intel,DEV=7
    HDA Intel, HDMI 0
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=Intel,DEV=0
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Analog
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=Intel,DEV=3
    HDA Intel, ALC889 Digital
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=Intel,DEV=7
    HDA Intel, HDMI 0
    Hardware device with all software conversions

A full logfile of playing an DTS HD MA Sample file can be found here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1041329/
Let me know if you need more infos Smile

Last but not least: Awesome work! Thank you! Where's your 'donate' Button?

Not sure who told you any of that, the only way of getting DTSMA decoded is through an nVidia graphics chipset bitstreamed to receiver for decoding, currently, on Linux at least.
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Hey been testing AE since before the merge. works great! found a small bug i think is releated to AE. when i'm a music playlist after a few hours of playing xbmc fails to play a song. the track duruation will show an infiiniy symbol and current time will be 0:00 if i stop the music then play again all is good for a few more hours. it seems like its having trouble opening up something for audo maybe a sink?
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It's working! May be it will be usefull for anyone.
I have Acer Aspire Revo R3700 Nettop, Intel Atom Dual Core D525B 1.8GHz, 2GB RAM, 500GB HDD, NOOPT, ION 2, HDMI, Linux.
Platform: Linux (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 3.2.0-25-generic i686).
Reciever: Sony ES5300 7.1.
I compiled XBMC from git (exactly as README.linux without "make install", I have also EDEN stable release installed).
Starting XBMC (12.0-ALPHA3 Git:20120615-e82e22a) by "./xbmc.bin".
NVIDIA current drivers (295.40): no HD sound. After starting XBMC all applications say "busy device".
Downgrade NVIDIA drivers to 290.10 (290.10-0ubuntu2) !!!
Music is working including vinylrip wavepack 24bits x 192khz.
DVD & BD movies are working including DD 5.1, DTS-HD MA 5.1, True-HD 7.1.

P.S. I find one problem:
I have vinylrip wavepack 24bits x 192khz (1 file .wv 2.2GB + 1 file .cue 1.6 KB).
Fist 10 tracks are working OK, but rest 3 tracks are not, noise.
May be the problem is big size of .wv file (2.2 GB)?
Ubuntu 22.04, Linux desktop 5.15.0-57-generic #63-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 24 13:43:17 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Kodi (20.1 (20.1.0) Git:20230312-289ec664e3). Platform: Linux x86 64-bit
Sony Android TV, Kodi 20.1
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Greetings. Exciting times for XBMC!

I compiled a couple weeks ago for testing the AE branch, and all movies played DTS and AC3 just fine. However, when attempting to play DTS-MA or TruHD, I got nothing but screeching static. As of today I did a rebuild and dropped down to 290.10 version nvidia drivers and now I don't get any sound at all for DTS-MA and TruHD (but still play DTS and AC3 sources just fine). My receiver registers as Stereo (default when no audio is detected).

Information:
Code:
aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC1200 Analog [ALC1200 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: ALC1200 Digital [ALC1200 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
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Code:
aplay -L
null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
    PulseAudio Sound Server
default:CARD=NVidia
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Analog
    Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=NVidia
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Analog
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Analog
    Front speakers
surround40:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Analog
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Analog
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Analog
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Analog
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Analog
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Digital
    HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    HDMI Audio Output
dmix:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Analog
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Digital
    Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=NVidia,DEV=7
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Analog
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Digital
    Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=7
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Analog
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Digital
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=7
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Analog
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3
    HDA NVidia, ALC1200 Digital
    Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=7
    HDA NVidia, HDMI 0
    Hardware device with all software conversions
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Code:
uname -a
Linux htpc1 3.3.0-030300-generic #201203182135 SMP Mon Mar 19 01:43:18 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

xbmc.log
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@krewe: which nvidia card? also you need to upgrade to alsa 1.0.25

Code:
10:42:30 T:3007907648   DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::EnumerateDevicesEx - Unable to obtain ELD information for device hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0, make sure you have ALSA >= 1.0.25
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(2012-06-19, 19:45)furii Wrote: @krewe: which nvidia card? also you need to upgrade to alsa 1.0.25

Code:
10:42:30 T:3007907648   DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::EnumerateDevicesEx - Unable to obtain ELD information for device hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0, make sure you have ALSA >= 1.0.25

D'oh! Too many things, not paying attention.

My graphics chip is an integrated GeForce 9300 on an ASUS P5N7A-VM motherboard.

After reading some more, I may be out of luck but will upgrade to 1.0.25 and try again.
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(2012-06-19, 20:31)Krewe Wrote:
(2012-06-19, 19:45)furii Wrote: @krewe: which nvidia card? also you need to upgrade to alsa 1.0.25

Code:
10:42:30 T:3007907648   DEBUG: CAESinkALSA::EnumerateDevicesEx - Unable to obtain ELD information for device hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0, make sure you have ALSA >= 1.0.25

D'oh! Too many things, not paying attention.

My graphics chip is an integrated GeForce 9300 on an ASUS P5N7A-VM motherboard.

After reading some more, I may be out of luck but will upgrade to 1.0.25 and try again.

indeed. i'm pretty sure the 9300 doesn't support hd audio. the g210 is hit and miss. your best bet might be to get an asus 430.
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(2012-06-15, 13:43)Hasu0bs Wrote: I've tested an openELEC version with PVR support and have a problem:

As I watch television via DVB-T: When I select a channel is runs well for several minutes. But sometimes when there is bad signal(way to often in my area .. ) the whole video slows down to maybe 2 fps and i got no sound. If I switch channels back and forth I am fine again.

Here is a log:

http://sprunge.us/iehO
I enabled live TV and the problem directly occurs. Then I switched channels back an forth and had to wait several minutes till it happens again...

I figured that it does not simply depend on signal quality... Sometimes it just shutters and I can watch on...
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@ray1112

Quote:NVIDIA current drivers (295.40): no HD sound. After starting XBMC all applications say "busy device".
Downgrade NVIDIA drivers to 290.10 (290.10-0ubuntu2) !!!

So with 295.40 XBMC put a resource lock on the audio device, but when you downgraded your NVIDIA drivers it fixed this? Or are you saying it only fixed the no HD audio part? I'm having this issue with launching emulators with RCB through XBMC. Emulators have no sound unless XBMC is not running when I launch the emulator. Same is true for Firefox.

Update:

So I downgraded to nvidia-current_290.10-0ubuntu2. AudioEngine still won't share the output device with anything else. Sure, HD audio is cool and all but at the cost of not being able to use XBMC to launch external applications...not a good trade; but why even have to trade in the first place? There should be a way to force XBMC to release the output device and the to grab it again when returning. Maybe an xbmcsend command or something so launcher add-ons like RCB and advanced launcher can still work. Something like have xbmc release audio dev --> launch external app --> play --> close app --> grab audio dev again when returning to xbmc.
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(2012-06-20, 05:25)Aubrien Wrote: So with 295.40 XBMC put a resource lock on the audio device, but when you downgraded your NVIDIA drivers it fixed this? Or are you saying it only fixed the no HD audio part? I'm having this issue with launching emulators with RCB through XBMC. Emulators have no sound unless XBMC is not running when I launch the emulator. Same is true for Firefox.
It's more detail my tests:
First I had NVIDIA 295.40.
1. "speeker-test" is working (I hear noise sound)
2. start XBMC (I had no HD sound), exit XBMC
3. "speeker-test" is not working (audio device is busy), I need reboot system
Then I downgraded to NVIDIA 290.10.
1. "speeker-test" is working (I hear noise sound)
2. start XBMC (I had HD sound), exit XBMC
3. "speeker-test" is working (I hear noise sound)
I can say nothing about launching something through XBMC. I have no launchable plugins in XBMC.
In EDEN stable release I used QMM player for HD music (24x192) in XBMC, but now XBMC play HD music natively.
Ubuntu 22.04, Linux desktop 5.15.0-57-generic #63-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 24 13:43:17 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Kodi (20.1 (20.1.0) Git:20230312-289ec664e3). Platform: Linux x86 64-bit
Sony Android TV, Kodi 20.1
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Hi,

the option to choose a custom audio device was removed. How is it possible to
specify which alsa-device to use? I have a alias device configured in the .asoundrc
file because i make heavily use of alsa features like duplicating to a second sound-card
and mixing channels. The first soundcard is a 5.1 the second is 2.1. Why is it only
possible to specify the hardwaredevices in the gui of xbmc?

thanks

olli
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(2012-06-19, 23:02)Hasu0bs Wrote:
(2012-06-15, 13:43)Hasu0bs Wrote: I've tested an openELEC version with PVR support and have a problem:

As I watch television via DVB-T: When I select a channel is runs well for several minutes. But sometimes when there is bad signal(way to often in my area .. ) the whole video slows down to maybe 2 fps and i got no sound. If I switch channels back and forth I am fine again.

Here is a log:

http://sprunge.us/iehO
I enabled live TV and the problem directly occurs. Then I switched channels back an forth and had to wait several minutes till it happens again...

I figured that it does not simply depend on signal quality... Sometimes it just shutters and I can watch on...

I have the same with DVB-S. But it also could be reproduced with material streamed over slow network. Like playing a 720p video on youtube over slow wi-fi link. The stream would pause, start buffering and never recover.
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So I got myself an nvidia card and started setting up my new 12.04 box. I'm trying to get my alsa upgraded to .25 as required by AE but cant seem to get it right. I tried using this guide : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundT...edure#Step but the drivers still seem to stay on 1.0.24 while library and utilities upgraded to 1.0.25 just fine.

Any suggestions?
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(2012-06-20, 21:29)abudabi Wrote: So I got myself an nvidia card and started setting up my new 12.04 box. I'm trying to get my alsa upgraded to .25 as required by AE but cant seem to get it right. I tried using this guide : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundT...edure#Step but the drivers still seem to stay on 1.0.24 while library and utilities upgraded to 1.0.25 just fine.

Any suggestions?

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1681577
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Thank you sir. I saw that but as it's not the "package" way of ubuntu I was hesitant. Will give it a bash.

Cheers!
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