[NebulaOdyssey]

I've searched here but found nothing, I may be using the wrong key words.

My problem is that when nothing is playing in XBMC my amp is receiving no signal via my HTPC Opt. digital out. Thus when i navigate around the navigation sounds will not play unless they are long sounds or I repeat the navigation action. Every time i key press the amp says PCM and the L+R channels light up however there seems to be a delay in the amp playing sound and thus looses about 0.5seconds off the beginning of the sound. In most cases this is the length of the nav sound.

Does anybody have a solution to this issue, such as supplying a constant signal?

======settings=======
Audio output: digital
-Dolby AC3 receiver: checked
-DTS capable receiver: checked
Audio output device: defualt
Passthrough device: iec958

also I have an .asoundrc file for performing crossfading

Code:

pcm.via82xx {
       type hw
       card 0
   }
  
   ctl.via82xx {
       type hw
       card 0
   }
  
   pcm.!default {
       type plug
       slave.pcm "softvol"
       slave.rate 48000
   }

   pcm.swmix {
        type dmix
        ipc_key 313
        slave {
           pcm "hw:0,1"
           period_time 0
           period_size 1024
           buffer_size 8192
        }
   }

   pcm.softvol {
        type softvol
        slave {
           pcm "swmix"
        }
        control {
           name "SoftMaster"
           card 0
        }
   }

[lithiumc]

I am in the exact same position I would like a solution if possible. I have tried several different settings in asound.conf

[NebulaOdyssey]

I've not managed to sort this. However I found that the "reaction delay" of my amp was about 0.07s so I edited some of the navigation wav files to have this pre "gap". Now all navigation sounds are registered correctly, not a fix just a workaround really. You can download my edited sounds here:

Download wav sounds
(original sounds from Transparency Skins edited with 0.07s beginning silence.)