Hey everyone,
I recently updated my old version of Xbmc to 11.0 (compiled march 24th) and in doing so ive lost the rear of my surround sound output.
My Xbmc machine is a Zotac ION ITX-A and i have it connected to my Onkyo TX-SR605 via HDMI.
I am running ALSA 1.0.23
On my previous version of Xbmc id struggled to get surround sound to map to the correct channels - but after using the two lines below over Terminal the channel mapping was fixed. The sound was sent to the amp untouched and was mapped correctly, and the amp displayed "Multichannel HMDI". Here are the two lines that fixed it last time:
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
Since upgrading to 11.0 the sound setup screen in system is different. Now there are many more options than im used to seeing. On first boot the sound failed and all i got was video.
There is only 1 option in "Audio Ouput Device" and 1 option in "Passthrough Output Device" that do not cause the sound to fail and error when i play a movie. These are:
Audio Output Device = DEFAULTS (ALSA)
Passthrough Output Device = HDMI (ALSA)
When i use these i get correct mapping for Front Left, Centre, Front Right and LFE - but Rear Left and Rear Right come out of the respective Front channels - only a bit quieter. The amp also displays "HDMI Passthrough" instead of "Multichannel HDMI". Clearly something has changed - but i haven't changed anything!
My other sound settings are:
Audio Output = HDMI
Speaker Configuration = 5.1
Dolby Compatible = No (the amp is, but i was told this was a better option - and used to work great)
DTS Compatible = No (same as above)
Im happy to put more information up if someone can help. I really want my multichannel sound back so I can watch my films without knowing im missing part of the soundtrack.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
I recently updated my old version of Xbmc to 11.0 (compiled march 24th) and in doing so ive lost the rear of my surround sound output.
My Xbmc machine is a Zotac ION ITX-A and i have it connected to my Onkyo TX-SR605 via HDMI.
I am running ALSA 1.0.23
On my previous version of Xbmc id struggled to get surround sound to map to the correct channels - but after using the two lines below over Terminal the channel mapping was fixed. The sound was sent to the amp untouched and was mapped correctly, and the amp displayed "Multichannel HMDI". Here are the two lines that fixed it last time:
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
Since upgrading to 11.0 the sound setup screen in system is different. Now there are many more options than im used to seeing. On first boot the sound failed and all i got was video.
There is only 1 option in "Audio Ouput Device" and 1 option in "Passthrough Output Device" that do not cause the sound to fail and error when i play a movie. These are:
Audio Output Device = DEFAULTS (ALSA)
Passthrough Output Device = HDMI (ALSA)
When i use these i get correct mapping for Front Left, Centre, Front Right and LFE - but Rear Left and Rear Right come out of the respective Front channels - only a bit quieter. The amp also displays "HDMI Passthrough" instead of "Multichannel HDMI". Clearly something has changed - but i haven't changed anything!
My other sound settings are:
Audio Output = HDMI
Speaker Configuration = 5.1
Dolby Compatible = No (the amp is, but i was told this was a better option - and used to work great)
DTS Compatible = No (same as above)
Im happy to put more information up if someone can help. I really want my multichannel sound back so I can watch my films without knowing im missing part of the soundtrack.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!