rodercot Wrote:This would have everything to do with alsa, the ck804 will report errors in your boot up sequence even up to and including kernel 2.6.28-4, which I have running on an Asus M2N-SLI deluxe. Sound will work fine in analog or spdif output with ac3 and dts ouput.
your xbmc settings need to be
digital
on
on
default
iec958
Then run "alsamixer" from a command line and unmute your by pressing "m" under your iec958 channels. I have noticed sometimes I need to turn down the pcm channel.
for analog
analog
off
off
default
default
"alsamixer" turn up to 80 all your output channel front, back, sides etc...
This is actually one of the easiest board to get working and usually work out of the box , I use this board as a test bed Because everything works 1st shot.
Having XBMC sound settings set to default for both is most likely causing your fast foward issues.
Dave
Hmm, and here I was happy to finally have sound hoping this issue was due to some easy kernel/nvidia driver bug! =)
Just to make sure since sound doesn't work out of the box for me:
I'm Trying to get passthrough to my receiver via SPDIF Toslink (optical cable). Settings above apply to this setup, correct?
Do you have any other settings regarding ALSA but what gets installed/configured when you run the script pointed out in this howto? (any files in your home directory or in /etc for configuring ALSA?)
Reading misc forums there are pointers to .asoundrc etc that is a complete unknown area for me since sound always worked out of the box on my other PC's.
Do you run alsaconf or any other config tools?
What entries is in your alsa-base, (my sound will not work if I use the settings in this howto)?
I have done exactly the same as you describe with the iec958 channels and in XBMC. (if I do not lower the PCM to 0 i dont get any sound at all).
As a matter of fact, the "default, default" settings in XBMC i found out by a mistake and it to my surprice gave me surround sound.
Pulling my hair......greatful for answers and kicks in the groin! I'm 100% sure i'm doing something fundamentaly wrong but I can't see what.