Hey guys,
I have a little problem. I did a lot of research in advance, read a lot of threads on ubuntuforums.org and stuff but I could not figure out how to solve my sound problem at all..
I would be glad if someone would be interested in helping me out, I would really appreciate it
my problem: I dont get any sound out of my ubuntu 12.10 installation in combination with xbmc11 Eden. I only have/use a hdmi cable to my tv
my hardware:
i3 3225 (HD 4000)
B75 Pro3-M
the soundchip is a Realtek ALC892 in combination with HDA intel PCH
here is my aplay -l output:
(sorry its in german, hope you understand it anyway...)
and my aplay -L output:Quote:
**** Liste der Hardware-Geräte (PLAYBACK) ****
Karte 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], Gerät 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
Sub-Geräte: 0/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], Gerät 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital]
Sub-Geräte: 1/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], Gerät 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Sub-Geräte: 1/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], Gerät 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Sub-Geräte: 1/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
Karte 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], Gerät 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Sub-Geräte: 1/1
Sub-Gerät #0: subdevice #0
lspci -v shows the following about my audio device:Quote:
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
PulseAudio Sound Server
default:CARD=PCH
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=PCH
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
Front speakers
surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Digital
IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1
HDMI Audio Output
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=2
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2
HDMI Audio Output
dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Digital
Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0
Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=7
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1
Direct sample mixing device
dmix:CARD=PCH,DEV=8
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2
Direct sample mixing device
dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Digital
Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0
Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=7
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1
Direct sample snooping device
dsnoop:CARD=PCH,DEV=8
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2
Direct sample snooping device
hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Digital
Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0
Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=7
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1
Direct hardware device without any conversions
hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=8
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2
Direct hardware device without any conversions
plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Analog
Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=1
HDA Intel PCH, ALC892 Digital
Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=3
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0
Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=7
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 1
Hardware device with all software conversions
plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=8
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 2
Hardware device with all software conversions
you can also see that xbmc is using the sound device:Quote:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 8892
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 49
Memory at f7d10000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
Also it is possible to play files via aplay. nevertheless I cant hear any sounds...Quote:
"lsof | grep snd"
272519 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsndfile.so.1.0.25
xbmc.bin 5009 5078 mediaserver 53r CHR 116,33 0t0 1493 /dev/snd/timer
xbmc.bin 5009 5078 mediaserver 54u CHR 116,7 0t0 9804 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
xbmc.bin 5009 5078 mediaserver 55u CHR 116,11 0t0 9808 /dev/snd/controlC0
xbmc.bin 5009 5079 mediaserver mem CHR 116,7 9804 /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p
xbmc.bin 5009 5079 mediaserver mem REG 8,1 401440
its also possible to run "speaker-test" without any errors..Quote:
:~$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
Wiedergabe: WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate: 48000 Hz, mono
this is what I already tried:
- I tried almost every combination of xbmc settings to get any kind of sound. I already set it to custom and used hw:0,3/7/8, hdmi:0,0/1/2 . same with plughw: and dmix:
- already uninstalled pulseaudio via apt-get purge pulseaudio, because a lot of people are describing errors with pulseaudio and xbmc (but its still showing up on aplay -L)
- also used alsamixer to unmute my sound device. alsamixer is also showing up the Intel PCH as audiodevice being in use.
Nevertheless I cant get any audio. the settings->audio preferences dont show any possible devices (I dont get that)
- did
- I installed the newest realtek audiopack via the ./install script in the package.Quote:
add-apt-repository ppa:team-iquik/alsa
add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
found on the xbmc wiki page
sorry for this spam, but i thought it would be good to deliver all the informations at once..
so does somebody feel like he could help me?
thanks in advance !
EDIT 22.11.2012:
k I did a reinstall of alsa-base/alsa-utils, pulseaudio and gstreamer + a kernel reinstall from kernel.ubuntu.com and now I can get at least sound over the 3,5mm jack. Still cant get sound over hdmi and no sound over the settings->audio tab. Aplay and even xbmc is working fine over 3,5mm.
Does somebody have a clue what could be wrong with my hdmi output?
its not the tv and it is not the hardware. Hdmi soundoutput is working on other distributions..
EDIT 22.11.2012
Job done. Dont know how, dont know why. I believe it was alsa. just uninstalled and removed every single file used by alsa/gstreamer/pulseaudio I could. Just reinstalled alsa again. after unmuting the alsamixer again and trying some settings in xbmc (hdmi - custom hw:0,8 - custom hw:0,8 is the working one) suddenly some sound came out of my tv.
