[ngxnam]

Thanks for a great job.

I have used the "How to" to install XBMC on an Ubuntu Unity 13.10 desktop system. Some parts, related to xbmc user, was skipped during the installation.
It works fine with Pulseaudio enabled, but in this case I don't get support of the HD audio formats, as these aren't supported in pulseaudio. I am not able to set HDA ATI,@@@ in the settings.
When I purge pulseaudio I can enable HDA ATI,@@@ and play the HD formats.
However sound in other applications like Chrome and Spotify isn't working.
I fixed this by making a .asoundrc file in my home directory.
See example below. The content depends on the used hardware.
pcm,!default {
type hw
card 1
device 3
}

On my HTPC I have a Geforce GTX 520 card. I compile xbmc 13.0 from master 15/1 and on this system I am able to set the device that supports the HD formats even when Pulseaudio is installed. This is more convenient in case you want to look at some playTV channels or listen to Spotify on your best speakers.
Is this possible to achieve also with a Radeon card, or have I done the installation in the wrong way?

I had similar problem. After installed like that, with xbmc related session skipped, I had neither passthrough nor HD audio in the system setting