Hey guys,
Gimli, Amet and I have decided to start up a new channel for the pending AudioEngine merge, specifically the CoreAudio port that affects OSX and iOS platforms, called #xbmc-ae.
What AudioEngine is: (taken from:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=78289)
So far, SDL has been stripped out of XBMC, a new audio layer called, yes, you guessed it, "AudioEngine" has been built. This new layer is able to handle bit-perfect reproduction of audio, mixing, preloaded sounds, resampling, downmixing, post-processing filters.
Keep in mind: WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE AE RELATED POSTS ABOUT THESE BUILDS ON THE FORUM YET. Please do not go post in Gnif's thread, unless you have a patch/fix for code that concerns something beyond just the coreaudio stuff that gimli and others have been working on.
Once we merge with master, the floodgates of forum posts will open up I'm sure.
What we need:
1) OSX Users w/ digital audio and something that accepts ac3/dts.
(Eventually dts-hd and truehd, but let's not get ahead of ourselves)
2) iOS users w/ digital audio in as well (can we do digital audio in on iphone/ipad/etc?)
I would prefer you to have *both* setups with a focus on osx right now.
3) Reasonably techie users. We want you to know what to do with dpkg. If we ask 'install syslogd, retest and give us logs' you should know howto do that, find crashreporter stuff, ssh in, etc. If you installed the nightly without any help, you're probably good. Bonus points if you code and know coreaudio!
What's the steps:
1) Join #xbmc-ae on freenode.net. This is mandatory because we are trying not to do troubleshooting yet on the forum. Eventually we will be there. If you don't wanna join IRC, you probably don't have time to do testing of this.
2) Fit the requirements above.
3) Ask in the channel for someone to add you to our dropbox. Expect them to ask for your forum name so they can verify your knowledge, or just tell them you're a GNU wizard.
I'm going to crosspost this to OSX, iOS and my thread, so hope nobody minds.
Let me know if you have any questions/comments/concerns.
(and yes, I'll delete any posts asking when it'll be done/merged/functional, in case you didn't think I wouldnt!)
(oh, and if any of the other AE guys want to join feel free! The most testers the merrier!)