[LINUX] HOW-TO make a minimal install of Ubuntu on Acer Revo ION in under 25 minutes
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Haggy Wrote:So here we go:



"hdmi" is esentially just an alias or "readable name" for the device/subdevice combination of your hdmi port. aplay -l shows you that it's device 0, subdevice 3 - so that corresponds to hw:0,3. In your case "hdmi" is exactly the same as "hw:0,3", just another word for it (and less prone to fail if given away as a hint in a forum post, that's the reason i don't like it that much).

The "plug"-part is something different: It tell ALSA (the soundsystem) to use software resampling of PCM data before sending it to the output. That way samplerates not natively supported by your Hardware get resampled into something compatible. This is useful for the youtube plugin f.e. Regarding the device it's again the same: "plughw:0,3" is exactly the same as "plug:hdmi".

My suggestion for hdmi/iec958 audio settings in xbmc therefore is
Code:
Default audio device: plug:hdmi (because you may need the resampling backend for some files)
Passthrough device: hdmi (because you want a bitperfect stream if your receiving hdmi device is capable of doing the decoding work)

Hope that clears things up a bit.

Perfectly clear, thank you. However, why does enabling "Downmix Multichannel Audio to Stereo" allow the sound to work and vice versa? It seems counter intuitive to me.
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[No subject] - by Hannes The Hun - 2009-07-01, 10:40
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Usb auto-mounting - by Renbad - 2009-07-09, 08:33
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Hard drive help! - by joedeal - 2009-07-13, 22:11
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Sound issues - by skrangel - 2009-07-20, 20:11
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Power for xbmc and torrent on ion - by lout - 2009-07-22, 01:52
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HDMI surround - by foxie2 - 2009-07-28, 10:28
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soud issues - by foxie2 - 2009-07-29, 10:05
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Use Intrepid packages? - by leechguy - 2009-08-04, 22:28
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Bluetooth support? - by mjss - 2009-08-09, 11:43
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Will not start xbmc - by panser - 2009-08-13, 15:25
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error loading module nvidia - by jensgi - 2009-08-18, 14:42
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xbmc scripts - by dirkieh - 2009-09-11, 19:58
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Audio problems - by maxiboy - 2009-10-18, 15:50
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xbmc will not start - by geant90 - 2009-12-11, 19:47
referencedoes ha - by MARKD1505 - 2009-12-11, 23:51
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using xbmc and linux - by MARKD1505 - 2009-12-13, 14:54
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