| 10:39 | Sashimi | hi all |
| 12:44 | Mynameisbiff | Hi guys |
| 12:45 | Mynameisbiff | Was hoping someone could offer some assistance for a troubleshoot I'm currently doing with my parents |
| 12:47 | Mynameisbiff | I gave them a cubox with Kodi (purchased from official site), and a hard drive loaded with media. I tested it with them on a TV and everything worked well: I simply connected the HDMI cable and all was hunky dorey |
| 12:47 | Mynameisbiff | THey then took it home with them (other side of Australia) and have plugged in to their home tv. They get picture but no sound |
| 12:48 | Mynameisbiff | Im troubleshooting over the phone with my 70 year old parents, so its a bit of a headache, but so far I've done the following: |
| 12:48 | Mynameisbiff | Made sure the TV produces sound on another input |
| 12:49 | Mynameisbiff | Used the keyboard volume keys to make sure the sound isnt muted, and volume is turned up |
| 12:49 | Mynameisbiff | tried multiple different media files |
| 12:49 | Mynameisbiff | Is it possible that particular TVs might not be compatible with the HDMI audio inout? |
| 12:49 | Mynameisbiff | input*? |
| 12:52 | Mynameisbiff | CAn anyone offer any suggestions? THanks in advance |
| 12:53 | dexter93 | Mynameisbiff, I'd check connections, and that the tv supports audio over hdmi.. early ones didn't like it |
| 13:09 | R0nd | could kodi default to spdif? might be worth checking |
| 13:10 | Mynameisbiff | r0nd, thanks for the input. Excuse my ignorance, but what do you mean by that> |
| 13:11 | dexter93 | the cubox supports audio output from spdif as well as hdmi |
| 13:13 | R0nd | and it's managed from kodi settings |
| 13:33 | mk01 | Mynameisbiff: resolution must be CEA |
| 13:34 | Mynameisbiff | sorry guys not sure what that is? can you elaborate |
| 13:34 | mk01 | hdmi audio is driven by pixelclock of video signal, but that must match some predefined intervals. |
| 13:37 | mk01 | Mynameisbiff: ok, basically the resolution must be one of - https://github.com/linux4kix/linux-linaro-stable-mx6/blob/linux-linaro-lsk-v3.14-mx6/drivers/video/mxc/mxc_edid.c#L41 |
| 13:38 | mk01 | screen must support those through EDID info, ,,, only then HDMI mode is choosen on boot with audio enabled |
| 13:38 | mk01 | otherwise DVI mode is choosen with audio = NO |
| 13:44 | Sashimi | hi all ! |
| 13:45 | Sashimi | thought i should ask : i've had the cubox i4pro for some time, it's collecting dust, so i'm trying to sell it. anyone in france on this channel and interested ? |
| 13:46 | mk01 | Mynameisbiff: but anytime use USB DAC or SPDIF |
| 13:46 | mk01 | sound there is not affected |
| 13:46 | mk01 | always cheaper than buying new TV |
| 13:47 | Sashimi | mk01 USB DAC support is flimsy |
| 13:48 | mk01 | Sashimi: with pulseaudio the output is in contrary quite good |
| 13:49 | Sashimi | mk01 kernel issues : clicks are heard |
| 13:50 | Sashimi | haven't been resolved in nearly a whole year |
| 13:54 | mk01 | Sashimi: if you say you had clicks I believe you, but I get pretty decent sound out of it (to my surprise because XBMC used to be bad with pulseaudio in general). but I get distortion only if resampling (or with audio) above 96khz with 24bits |
| 13:55 | Sashimi | mk01 it must depend on the USB DAC |
| 13:55 | mk01 | honestly, this I don't know |
| 13:56 | mk01 | I just have Denon 32ch mixer with USB and NativeIntrument box and both are well |
| 14:19 | Mynameisbiff | OK solution has been arrived at: |
| 14:19 | Mynameisbiff | after 3 restarts, we now have sound. |
| 14:19 | Mynameisbiff | After all that |
| 14:20 | Mynameisbiff | And now their logitech mouse isnt responding but the keyboard is (its an all in one) I think theres a fair bit of old people fuddery at play |
| 14:21 | Mynameisbiff | thanks for the input all |
| 17:44 | smairi | is it all sources of cubox are opensource ? |
| 17:46 | smairi | i mean is there any limit when i compile the kernel sources ? |
| 17:48 | smairi | like a linux kernel version or other limits |
| 17:51 | Catwich | there are binary-only pieces of software |
| 17:51 | Catwich | wireless firmware, media codecs, graphics libraries |
| 17:52 | Catwich | however bootloader and kernel are completely open-source |
| 17:52 | Catwich | support for the cubox-i is in mainline-linux, although with a few problems |
| 17:52 | Catwich | and there is a 3.14 kernel by solidrun which they make sure works best and fully supports the hardware, including those binary blobs mentioned before |
| 17:54 | smairi | can i run linux kernel from kernel.org ? |
| 17:54 | Catwich | yes |
| 17:55 | Catwich | thats mainline |
| 17:57 | smairi | i can run linux kernel 4.0 ? |
| 17:59 | Catwich | not sure if anybody tested if tehre is a blocking bug right now |
| 17:59 | Catwich | but otherwise, yes |