2013-03-19, 00:24
1st time poster and 1st time Linux user when I bought a NUC and wanted Xbmcbuntu running on it playing HD Audio. Everything else bar bitstreaming worked like a dream - only my AMP detected no audio signal when playing an mkv with a HD audio track.
I'd worked out from that Linux mods for HD Audio article that the kernel used by Lubuntu 12.10 (3.5) was too old to include the necessary patch and I needed 3.7 or above. I gave up hope at this point and wondered why Frodo wasn't setup to use the later kernel or have the patch which would enable bitstreaming to work on such a popular CPU.
After much searching I eventually came across this thread, installed the files kindly provided by uNi, bounced the box and it started working! So providing your amp is fine, it should work for everyone else. I updated the kernel by installing the i386 header file first (but appeared to get an error), then the i386 image, then i386 image extras, then the "all" headers file and then the i386 header file again (looked like I got a per-req error and I thought it might of needed the "all" headers installing first).
This obviously sounds like amateur hour to anyone who half knows what they're doing with Linux but I have no idea, so was mega happy when it started working. So many thanks to those on this thread, I hope my experience can help others.
I'd worked out from that Linux mods for HD Audio article that the kernel used by Lubuntu 12.10 (3.5) was too old to include the necessary patch and I needed 3.7 or above. I gave up hope at this point and wondered why Frodo wasn't setup to use the later kernel or have the patch which would enable bitstreaming to work on such a popular CPU.
After much searching I eventually came across this thread, installed the files kindly provided by uNi, bounced the box and it started working! So providing your amp is fine, it should work for everyone else. I updated the kernel by installing the i386 header file first (but appeared to get an error), then the i386 image, then i386 image extras, then the "all" headers file and then the i386 header file again (looked like I got a per-req error and I thought it might of needed the "all" headers installing first).
This obviously sounds like amateur hour to anyone who half knows what they're doing with Linux but I have no idea, so was mega happy when it started working. So many thanks to those on this thread, I hope my experience can help others.
