[gnif]

@Galacticus
http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=831...tcount=433
http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=830...tcount=415
http://forum.xbmc.org/showpost.php?p=698...tcount=164

[Galacticus]

understood, thank you Gnif

[Philmatic]

NM

[nirmv]

Hi gnif.

Some of my mkv's are with very choppy sound (1/2 second on 2 seconds off)

This is one example:
http://pastebin.com/f9rfstxY

Thanks,
nirmv

[X3lectric]

@ gnif

Will this audio engine make it possible to use a microphone to use with karaoke? Since xbox gone this is a difficult subject an d recently while helping someone with a karaoke quetion I tried setting up my collection only to find its impossible so far.

this is al i been reading and researching... on asrock ION 330 HT.

result of

arecord -c1 -Dplughw:0,2 -f cd -vv | aplay

http://pastebin.com/ZLpuQxJB

[ffreak]

Hey i'm interested in AE and wanted to compile it, but what about
is the ae-atomics branch, seems to be new?

[gnif]

@X3lectric - No, not at current, I am not doing any audio input work, only output.

@ffreak - The atomics branch was a test to see how CAS atomic spin-locks performed over mutex locks. In general it was a failure, but there are a few things it did raise that I can clean up that would benefit from atomics.

[X3lectric]

@ gnif any plans for any inputs in future via jack 3.5?

[fyrfyter71]

I am also having problems with DTS-hd. Receiver cycles from DTS-hd to PCM with no sound. Also I have turned the sound up with the + key. Hoping this is a me problem, but DTS-hd does work with other programs.

http://pastebin.com/5Kqt16c1

[mdvries]

I have trouble in getting DTS MA and TrueHD tracks to work. Situation/configuration:

- Nvidia GT430 videocard connected through HDMI to my Denon 3808CI receiver which supports DTS MA and Dolby TrueHD according to specs
- Using 10/08/2011 build XBMC AE
- only way to get sound working was entering custom in the audio settings in XBMC with this string: "hdmi:1,1" for both passthrough and the regular sound setting

Working:
- XBMC system sounds
- MP3 music
- Regular DTS and DD

NOT Working:
- DTS HD MA
- DolbyTrueHD
Tested with DTS HD MA and Dolby TrueHD sample files. Also tested with a movie with DTS MA stream.

What I get is a continues "scratch"/static sound out of my speakers and the receiver says: DTS Surround. Normal DTS and DolbyDigital streams work perfectly.

Maybe something between the handshaking between receiver and XBMC? I know I have to include the debug log which I will add tonight. Currently I am not able to. But maybe someone already has an idea what's wrong here?

Martin

[gnif]

People, please be patient, I am still attempting to replicate the issue as I cant seem to get the same problem.

I need a debug log, your alsa version, and XBMCs sound configuration settings if I am to track this down.

To get your alsa version run "cat /proc/asound/version" from a terminal.

[ZyntaX]

Gnif, i have no question just wanted to way thanks and keep up the good work!
I'm running Ubuntu minimal 11.04 natty with Geforce GT 520 om a core2duo machine. Nvidia 275.21 drivers and Alsa 1.0.23.
Almost everything works great! DTS-HD, TRUEHD works great.
Thanks for the work you put in i really appreciate it!

[mdvries]

@gnif Ok, prepared all the debug log and stuff and then decided to check whether I really had a GT430. Ends up I haven't but my HTPC contains a Nvidia GT220. And that must be the problem: The GT220 does not support PAP and so no bitstreaming for TrueHD and Master Audio. Stupid me. After that I did a wise thing right away: Ordered a GT520 which does support bitstreaming of TrueHD and MA. So sorry for the former post. I'll let you know whether that card solves it.

[gnif]

@mdvries - I am certain the GT220 can do it as I use one in my HTPC, all I had to do was add the following line to /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf

Code:

options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=0 probe_mask=0x2

It may be different for you however.

Also, PAP does not support passthrough/bitstreaming at all unless it uses the dvdplayer codecs, which still, I believe may not work properly.

@ZyntaX - thanks, good to hear its working for you

[X3lectric]

@X3lectric - No, not at current, I am not doing any audio input work, only output.

@ffreak - The atomics branch was a test to see how CAS atomic spin-locks performed over mutex locks. In general it was a failure, but there are a few things it did raise that I can clean up that would benefit from atomics.

Does that mean its out of the question or does that mean its on a table, after all a htpc is about interaction sound manner speaking in both output but also input in real time for the features that xbmc supports like karaoke.