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Oh the only thing I am not so sure about (well thats not true. I'm not sure about most things I have done) but in the asound.conf there is a section on Bindings which I left untouched, as I am not sure what they are. So it is possible that they might need to be updated as well...
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Looks like I am back to the drawing board. Just discovered a new problem. MP3 soundtracks and music files won't play.
Give a failed to initialise error...
That causes a rather large problem hahaha
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2010-09-27, 11:02
(This post was last modified: 2010-09-27, 12:14 by Ja4220.)
Looks like I am back to the drawing board. Just discovered a new problem. MP3 soundtracks and music files won't play.
Give a failed to initialise error...
That causes a rather large problem hahaha
This was working prior to making these changes... Could it be something in the HD-Intel.conf
Hmmm I shall start tinkering....
Is that HD-Intel.conf file always present?
what would happen if I deleted it...
Edit:
Well it appears it is only some mp3's. Some of my movies are working but haven't found a music MP3 that works yet.
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I think I have solved the problem.
I tried playing a variety of MP3 files with the debug log on. It turned out that the ones that were playing were 48000 kbps.
So I looked at the 2 files and saw all the references to rate 48000 in the asound.conf.
So I removed all of those and it started to work again. So i checked that zone 2 was working on all files simultaneously with the main room (i.e hdmi and analog output). Check!
Played a variety of MP3 files of varying bitrates. Check!
Played some 5.1 AAC files to check for correct speaker mapping. Check!
I don't have system sounds at the moment though as I commented out that section at some stage on the asound.conf and can't be bothered changing it back. And they were bugging me anyway.
But the strange thing is that I am now running the standard HDA-Intel.conf file (I got it off a Dharma Beta 2 install I had on an SD card to see if it had fixed the mapping issue) and it seems to be fine.. for now...
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Jason,
Essentially yes. I actually just did a find and replace where I found rate 48000 and replaced it with nothing.
It seems to be working with everything... so far...
Are you having any luck with it?
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I have yet to try your config.I am going to try tonight when I get home
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Ja4220, I just tested out your file while it does work for mp3 and aac it didn't for me with DTS and Dolby Digital I got a terrible hissing sound. also my emulators no longer had sound. also my amp displayed PCM for every audio source...
I just commented out every where that had 4800 in it like you said. I did not try it out with out doing that though.
but for MP3 and AAC the dual audio was working.
-=Jason=-
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Thanks a lot. I spend many hours to fix my sound. And because your tips it works now on my Asus EB1012.
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Finally.. AAC5.1 working as Multi-PCM on my AVR.
Great job!
One question mark though..
I tried some video clip with mp3 (2CH) audio, and the AVR tried to emulate some multichannel stereo. Would be nice if .mp3 (2CH) worked the same way, multi-pcm but only the two fronts playing. Is this possible?
HW: Asus P5N7A-VM / E8400 / 2x2GB PC6400 --> Harman Kardon AVR-255 --> Sony 40D3000 (1080p/24-50-60Hz).
SW: Ubuntu Jaunty (32bit). XBMC SVN mainbranch. HDMI for A/V.
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Can anyone advise whether this will work with Maverick / Natty or alternatively whether it is now part of the current Live build?
Mythbuntu Maverick 64-bit Mythtv & XBMC E6300, GT430, Antec Minuet 350, 2GB DDR-800 Ram, Gigabyte G-31M-E2SL, Yamaha RXv-1800 over HDMI @ 1080p to Sony Bravia 55" LCD 100HZ, Focal-JM Labs 826/806 speakers & Velodyne CHT-12R sub... "mmm, nice."
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I have both Lucid [10.04] + Maverick [10.10] installs working successfully.
Natty will depend on when the PPA's are ready.