2014-02-23, 23:33
hello --
i have searched to see if this was asked before but haven't found anything.
so sorry if this is a dupe despite my efforts.
i am running xbmc on windows 7 pro, audio being pumped through my h-t receiver.
i have a curious problem: playback of _some_ of my video files (stored on my nas) has a nasty glitch sound at the beginning, similar what one can hear on the telly when networks switch streams before/after adverts. such "audio spikes" can't be good for my speakers.
is there a way to have either a 1, 2 second "mute" at the beginning of playback, or a similarly timed "fade-in" so that one doesn't have to hear that audio glitch at the beginning?
this is not consistent, it only happens on some of my files (high bit-rate .mkv's). the best hypothesis i can come up with is that the receiver's dac has momentary trouble syncing to the current audio stream. though that idea is contradicted by the fact that playback through other players (i.e., mpc-hc & vlc) does not exhibit such glitch. if the problem was, er, caused in hardware, both other players would also have that "audio spike".
anyway, hopefully there is enough time before xbmc 13.0 comes out, to implement such a feature.
thank you in advance.
p.s.: come to think of it, a fade-in would be a better option to have.
*edit: minor change in wording, added emphasis on "some".
i have searched to see if this was asked before but haven't found anything.
so sorry if this is a dupe despite my efforts.
i am running xbmc on windows 7 pro, audio being pumped through my h-t receiver.
i have a curious problem: playback of _some_ of my video files (stored on my nas) has a nasty glitch sound at the beginning, similar what one can hear on the telly when networks switch streams before/after adverts. such "audio spikes" can't be good for my speakers.
is there a way to have either a 1, 2 second "mute" at the beginning of playback, or a similarly timed "fade-in" so that one doesn't have to hear that audio glitch at the beginning?
this is not consistent, it only happens on some of my files (high bit-rate .mkv's). the best hypothesis i can come up with is that the receiver's dac has momentary trouble syncing to the current audio stream. though that idea is contradicted by the fact that playback through other players (i.e., mpc-hc & vlc) does not exhibit such glitch. if the problem was, er, caused in hardware, both other players would also have that "audio spike".
anyway, hopefully there is enough time before xbmc 13.0 comes out, to implement such a feature.
thank you in advance.
p.s.: come to think of it, a fade-in would be a better option to have.
*edit: minor change in wording, added emphasis on "some".
