[TimoV]

can someone in need of audio on the desktop try this script: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wsnipe...soundrc.sh

it extracts the audio device from xbmcs guisettings and creates an .asoundrc.
Therefore you must have already configured XBMC with a working ALSA device.

I'm getting a "Error: no alsa device detected. found device: ", although I haven't installed pulseaudio and my guisettings.xml does say that I'm using an ALSA output:

Code:

<audiooutput>                                                                                              
        <ac3passthrough default="true">true</ac3passthrough>                                                  
        <ac3transcode default="true">false</ac3transcode>                                                      
        <audiodevice default="true">ALSA:hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0</audiodevice>                                    
        <channels default="true">1</channels>                                                                  
        <config default="true">2</config>                                                                      
        <dtshdpassthrough default="true">false</dtshdpassthrough>                                              
        <dtspassthrough default="true">false</dtspassthrough>                                                  
        <eac3passthrough default="true">false</eac3passthrough>                                                
        <guisoundmode default="true">1</guisoundmode>                                                          
        <normalizelevels default="true">true</normalizelevels>                                                
        <passthrough default="true">false</passthrough>                                                        
        <passthroughdevice default="true">ALSA:hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0</passthroughdevice>                        
        <processquality default="true">30</processquality>                                                    
        <samplerate default="true">48000</samplerate>                                                          
        <stereoupmix default="true">false</stereoupmix>                                                        
        <streamsilence default="true">1</streamsilence>                                                        
        <truehdpassthrough default="true">false</truehdpassthrough>                                            
    </audiooutput>

Tried creating a .asoundrc file of my own:

Code:

pcm.!default { type plug; slave.pcm "hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0"; }

But still no luck trying to run my XBMC on the foreground and Spotify on the background (controlled by Spotcommander). XBMC can play sound using this file, but no other desktop applications can.

If I try using this .asoundrc file:

Code:

pcm.!default { type hw; card 0; device 3; }
ctl.!default { type hw; card 0; device 3; }

Then, Desktop Apps can play sounds, as long as XBMC hasn't yet started up. If they haven't played a sound and XBMC starts up (they are both running simultaneously), then the desktop apps can't play sounds (and vice versa: XBMC can't play sounds if another app has played a sound before it started). Would like to use Spotify in the background, controlled using spotcommander...