[SOLVED] XBMC had no HDMI sound

XBMC had no HDMI sound

Hi,

I just assemble an HTPC (Asus AT510NT-I Intel Atom D525 (1.8ghz dual core) BGA 559 Intel NM10 Mini ITX motherboard with 4g of DDR3 800 ram). The pc is running Xubuntu 12.04 with and I install the proprietary drivers.

The problem is that while the system have sound through HDMI and I can enjoy movies with Parole or VLC and listen to music, the sound is no where to be found when using XBMC Eden.

If I install XBMC with Ubuntu the sound is fine and if I sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop on the Ubuntu install the sound is there too.

The sound settings on the XBMC with Xubuntu-desktop are:

1- Audio output = Analog
2- ¨ ¨ = default

But these setting don´t work if I install just Xubuntu alone.

Most of the time solutions are easy. The difficult part is finding then.

Thanks

Re: XBMC had no HDMI sound

Hi Lemuriano.

I imagine the proprietary driver you installed is the Nvidia driver right?

Could you post the result of this command?

Code:

aplay -L

Regards.

Re: XBMC had no HDMI sound

Thanks for your interest and yes, the drivers are Nvidia.

HTML Code:

htpc@Blackbox:~$ aplay -L default Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server sysdefault:CARD=Intel HDA Intel, ALC887 Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC887 Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC887 Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC887 Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC887 Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC887 Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC887 Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC887 Digital IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output dmix:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC887 Analog Direct sample mixing device dmix:CARD=Intel,DEV=1 HDA Intel, ALC887 Digital Direct sample mixing device dsnoop:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC887 Analog Direct sample snooping device dsnoop:CARD=Intel,DEV=1 HDA Intel, ALC887 Digital Direct sample snooping device hw:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC887 Analog Direct hardware device without any conversions hw:CARD=Intel,DEV=1 HDA Intel, ALC887 Digital Direct hardware device without any conversions plughw:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC887 Analog Hardware device with all software conversions plughw:CARD=Intel,DEV=1 HDA Intel, ALC887 Digital Hardware device with all software conversions hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=0 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 HDMI Audio Output hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=1 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 HDMI Audio Output hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=2 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 HDMI Audio Output hdmi:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 HDMI Audio Output dmix:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Direct sample mixing device dmix:CARD=NVidia,DEV=7 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Direct sample mixing device dmix:CARD=NVidia,DEV=8 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Direct sample mixing device dmix:CARD=NVidia,DEV=9 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Direct sample mixing device dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Direct sample snooping device dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=7 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Direct sample snooping device dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=8 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Direct sample snooping device dsnoop:CARD=NVidia,DEV=9 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Direct sample snooping device hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Direct hardware device without any conversions hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=7 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Direct hardware device without any conversions hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=8 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Direct hardware device without any conversions hw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=9 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Direct hardware device without any conversions plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=3 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Hardware device with all software conversions plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=7 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Hardware device with all software conversions plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=8 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Hardware device with all software conversions plughw:CARD=NVidia,DEV=9 HDA NVidia, HDMI 0 Hardware device with all software conversions

Re: XBMC had no HDMI sound

This is how I do it on my laptop with an Nvidia card:

I set directly the output to the alsa driver on XBMC:

Code:

System -> Settings: Audio Output HDMI Speaker Configuration 2 * Boost volume on downmix Enabled. - Dolby Digital (AC3) capable receiver Disable. - DTS capable receiver Disable. Audio output device Custom Custom audio device hw:1,9 Passthrough output device Custom Custom passthrough device hw:1,9

(* because my Nvidia card only supports stereo).

From your aplay output I see that you have several Nvidia HDMI output devices. I would try them all:

Code:

hw:1,3 hw:1,7 hw:1,8 hw:1,9

I hope that helps, and tell us how it goes.
Regards.

Re: XBMC had no HDMI sound

Hi papibe,

I´m grateful for your assistance. XBMC sounds laud and clear.:popcorn:

Code:

hw:1,7

This was the winning combination!

Seen the power of the collaborative effort that come from the community make me feel humble.

Thanks

Re: XBMC had no HDMI sound

Wanted to say thank you too. The hw:1,7 worked for me as well. You prevented me from pulling more hair out!

Re: XBMC had no HDMI sound

I know it's very late to this thread, but found this when searching for a fix for my own sound issues and it worked a treat.

Just wanted to post a thank you :)

Re: XBMC had no HDMI sound

Many thanks.

Tried all issues and don't have a very complicated setup or needs.

The final solution after trying most was to disable the navigation sounds!

Simple solution if you don't mind not having the menu sounds turned on:

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1897593