[MathewCNichols]

I was initially excited to see VDPAU and HD Audio bitstreaming were both available on ATI cards for Linux! Finally, free from the MS empire! I couldn't believe my eyes! I probably shouldn't have got so excited!

I cannot get HD Audio (TrueHD or DTS-HD) to bitstream / passthrough to the AVR with the Xorg drivers. It's completely silent. I've tried everything in the howto, including creating the pastebin files. I have a hard time admitting defeat, but after days of troubleshooting, I have to throw in the towel. My eyes are blood shot red and my carpal tunnel is setting in.

Hardware:
CPU: AMD Phenom 945
GPU: MSI AMD 5670
MoBo: MSI AMD 785gm-e65
RAM: 8GB DDR3-1333 10666
SSD: Kingston HyperX 90GB SH103S3390G
HDD: Hitachi 1TB HDS721010CLA332
AVR: SONY STR-DH710

Software:
Dual boot GRUB
Latest Ubuntu Mini ISO from howto (clean install)
Windows 7 x64

Pastebin files:
dmesg: http://paste.ubuntu.com/7803237
xbmc.log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/7803238
Xorg.0.log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/7803245
vdpauinfo: http://paste.ubuntu.com/7803257
mesa: http://paste.ubuntu.com/780335

Troubleshooting:
• Everything works fine on the Windows partition. I have 7.1ch/192khz/24bit/HD bitstreaming all audio typers and DXVA accelerated video using LAV splitters. This is definitely not a hardware problem.
• I've installed the mini.iso, without a GUI. Followed all instructions from howto including EDID override and tried every setting modification in XBMC.
• I've installed the Linux Mint distro. I can get HD Audio bitstream with ATI proprietary drivers, but no VDAPU. I can verify this by pressing "o" for the onscreen menu and not seeing ff-h264-vdapu.

Thank you for all your work! You should link your PayPal address if you find the problem in the pastebins.