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i0ls · (This post was last modified: 2013-03-30, 13:52 by i0ls.)

I followed a walk through on fixing the audio from the hdmi. I had sound in xbmc and nothing on the desktop/browser, I also had a bunch of my rips that had no audio but had worked fine before switching to Linux.
I made a file in /ect and my home folder following the instructions in the walk through relating to alsa and changed another file after backing it up.
I have a speaker on the bottom panel but there is no audio, also I could select in xbmc hdmi 0,1,2,3 etc now I have hda nvidia/default that are my options. I am wondering how to fix or unfix this. I suppose some audio is better than none.
aplay-l shows devices alsamixer has nothing muted, I am lost now and have searched and attempted to the best of my abilities.
Here's the walk through I followed http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=How...controller

**negge** · 2013-03-28, 10:34

So does no audio work at all right now? Or does audio work in XBMC but not elsewhere, or vice versa?

un1versal · (This post was last modified: 2013-03-28, 12:26 by un1versal.)

Rename any /etc/asound.conf files you have atm and restart, then look at XBMC_for_Linux_specific_FAQ#No_sound_in_XBMC (wiki)

After that look at HOW-TO:_Configure_audio (wiki)

All failing we want screenshots of audio settings, what Device is XBMC connected to and how and screenshot of alsamixer in various views and of course a xbmc debug log Log_file/Easy (wiki)

The link you followed is outdated and ONLY EXPERTS should use it as is atm.

uNi

i0ls · 2013-03-28, 14:24

Thank you both very much for the replies.
To answer your questions, no audio at all works now. Previously I had audio in xbmc and no audio anywhere else, also the speaker link to the alsa mixer was missing from the bottom panel when xbmc only had audio.

uNiversal I will follow those links and report back in an hour or two. It's safe to say I am no expert, the link looked legit so I figured it was worth a go. Not a great idea.

Derek · 2013-03-28, 16:11

I've also got audio issues in 12.1, since upgrade my spdif output isnt selectable, only analog output - hopefully this will get resolved soon.

i0ls · (This post was last modified: 2013-03-28, 16:56 by i0ls.)

I realize that this post is lacking a lot of info so ill try to provide anything that can help.
I am on an i3, using nvidia gforce gt 430 (fermi) on an asrock h67 mitx.

I went through and undid everything that I had done following that link I used to mess everything up. I followed the link to the FAQ and made sure nothing was muted. the second how to configure audio link was broken. After searching the forums and Google I am reporting back.

After undoing everything I have audio in XBMC, come up under HDMI and detects the Samsung TV I have connected to it.
I am going to try to post a couple of screen shots and hope that it helps any. At the moment I have audio in xbmc and not the desktop again, I also have the volume control showing in the bottom panel so I suppose thats progress.

heres a link to what aplay -l puts out
http://s20.postimg.org/6em60bs4t/aplay.png

and a link of what alsamixer is showing
http://s20.postimg.org/gzexl973h/alsamixer.png

*edit*
Here is a link to a screen of XBMC audio settings
http://s20.postimg.org/n1r5phkx9/xbmcaudio.jpg

i hope this helps any, thanks in advance.

**fritsch** · 2013-03-28, 17:13

@i0ls:
You only have a TV - so disable: TrueHD, disable DTS-HD, disable AAC, disable LPCM, disable DTS - only keep AC3 enabled.

un1versal · 2013-03-28, 17:18

IF your connected to a TV only you want to disable all the DTS through to TrueHD TV's cannot do that.AudioEngine/HOW-TO:_Configure_audio (wiki) < that link should work.

As for audio in xbmc and not in xbmcbuntu I cant help you its related to pulseaudio and actual settings in the xbmcbuntu part, as I dont use it idk. Theres sevearl topics on this I suggest you search xbmc for pulseaudio related fixes.

Aside from the wrong xbmc audio settings everything else seems ok.

uNi

**negge** · 2013-03-28, 19:03

Always try with DTS passthrough enabled first, if it doesn't work yoju'll have to disable it. Some TVs can actually decode it and/or pass it on via S/PDIF properly.

i0ls · 2013-03-29, 05:17

Uni thanks for pointing me in the right direction, I wasn't sure where to look.
For anyone in the same situation here is how I solved this

First I uninstalled and reinstalled pulseaudio

Next using the output of aplay -l
card 0 NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
This is the one that actually worked for me although xbmc uses device numbered 3

Edit /etc/pulse/default.pa and look for this line
#load-module module-alsa sink
Change it to
load-module module-alsa sink device=hw:0,9
The 0 "card 0" and ,9 "device9"
I had to roll through every device in aplay -l as 9 was last. Hopefully this helps someone out.

Thanks to everyone for reading and posting replies

un1versal · 2013-03-29, 11:46

You can try adding a little better descriptive tittle to the thread and also mark as solved, this will help future googlers and searchers to find this thread.

Enjoy your XBMC

uNi

i0ls · (This post was last modified: 2013-03-30, 13:48 by i0ls.)

I'll do that, I have found a ton of stuff here that helped me, it's the least I can do.