[ziptbm]

Hello! I have read and read and read "solutions" in this forum for enabling the Menu Navigation Sounds, but have not found a complete solution.

Various threads indicated that you create a .asoundrc file in your Home Directory. I had this text in my file and it "worked" but would stop after some time.

pcm.!spdif {
type hw
card 0
device 1
}
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm “spdif”
}

}

After I the sounds kept disappearing, I messed with it some more and now I cannot get the sounds to come back. Music and Video files work flawlessly, but the menu sounds are gone! It doesn't matter if I put the original .asoundrc file that worked back in the directory, it still doesn't work. Here's what I have in the file now due to other sites I've seen.

pcm.dmixer {
type dmix
ipc_key 1024
slave {
pcm "hw:0,1"
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_size 8192
#periods 128
#rate 44100
rate 48000
}
bindings {
0 0
1 1
}
}


Could someone that has a working .asoundrc file from an Acer Revo 3610 that uses SPDIF audio please post that text?

Any other ideas as to why this will not come back now? Thanks!

[ziptbm]

bump. anyone?

[bostoneric]

I got this from another thread and it worked for me

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-current-modaliases nvidia-settings
sudo wget http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=f5f9654bb -O /etc/asound.conf
sudo wget http://pastebin.com/download.php?i=f2e38265 -O /usr/share/alsa/cards/HDA-Intel.conf

also check to make sure nothing is set to mute in your audio mixer app.

[ziptbm]

Thanks!

I ran that and it now has my box booting into the command line instead of XBMC. I'm thinking it has something to do with the NVIDIA driver since that appears to have switched something.

Any ideas?

[bostoneric]

wow thats very strange! I wouldnt even know where to start with that one.

did they all run successfully?

[ziptbm]

Yep. I ended up uninstalling the NVIDIA drivers and installing the latest beta.

I'm still not getting the menu sounds. Just can't seem to get it figured out.

[apeg]

if you dont use sleep mode this is what got me going:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=90221

but keep in mind the second i resume from sleep i lose nav sounds

** for some reason when 1st applying this the internal xbmc audio volume was turned way down, just bump it back up**

-aPeg

[ziptbm]

Like most threads, this appears to be for HDMI. What about getting ALL sounds through SPDIF?

[ziptbm]

Looks like I found a setting that enables navigation menu sounds over SPDIF on an ACER Revo 3610.

I updated both the /etc/asound.conf and /home/<userame>/.asoundrc to:

pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm "iec958"
}
}


Looks like it's solved...hope this sticks!