Hi Andrew,

do you think it is worth to try the Philips SmartTV and should their DNLA standard 'Simplyshare' be compatible with Dianemo.
http://www.philips.co.uk/c/televisions/33092/cat/#!/smart-tv

Thanks

Heinz

Hi paolopost,

Since I'm running Kubuntu 8.10, I don't know the reason for. Anyway, next weeks I intend to upgrade my system and come back with my findings.
 
Heinz

Sorry for belated reply.
Please check this post http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=10906.0 for HDMI sound issue which is solved for me.

Heinz

After testing various configurations without success, I got the issue solved and the sound over HDMI working. The Shuttle XS35GT is not PnP in LMCE like other Ion2 based systems, too (see http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=10058.0). Basically we need to add the right modules for the sound-cards which are a Nvidia GT21x and an Intel HDA based one.

The output of  lspci shows the audio device name

Code:

# lspci | grep -i audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

and aplay -l shows

Code:

root@moon103:/proc/asound# aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: NVIDIA HDMI [NVIDIA HDMI]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Accordingly, card0 is the analog sound card and card1 the NVIDIA, so I updated the
1./etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf
and the
2./etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
with

Code:

options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=0 probe_mask=1,2

Then it was needed to create the personalized configuration for the sound card with file .asoundrc in the home directory because /etc/asound.conf will be overwritten/updated by LMCE.

Code:

nano ~/.asoundrc
pcm.!default hdmi:NVidia
pcm:iec958 hdmi:NVidia
pcm.!hdmi-remap {
  type asym
  playback.pcm {
    type plug
    slave.pcm "remap-surround71"
  }
}
pcm.!remap-surround71 {
  type route
  slave.pcm "hw:1,3"
  ttable {
    0.0= 1
    1.1= 1
    2.4= 1
    3.5= 1
    4.2= 1
    5.3= 1
    6.6= 1
    7.7= 1
  }
}

Now change to "/usr/share/alsa/cards" and replace the default HDA-Intel.conf with the one at pastebin by following this post
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1624449&highlight=hdmi+sound+shuttle+ion2

Backup the current file HDA-Inel.conf before replacing with http://pastebin.com/f2e38265 if you need to switch back.

After these steps I'm able to listen AC3 and DTS surround sound over HDMI.

Heinz

Let me respond day after tomorrow, I guess having found the background of this issue.

Heinz

No, there are no PCM outputs available in alsamixer. Can you give me the output of your core and MD in Lmce-admin 'Advanced' - 'Software' - 'Software versions' please?

Heinz

when I check in lmce-admin 'Advanced' - 'Software' - 'Software versions', I get for the core and MD the following

alsa-base = 1.0.19.dfsg-3
alsa-modules-2.6.27-17-generic = 1.0.23+dfsg-0ubuntu1+2.6.27-17.46
alsa-utils = 1.0.18-1ubuntu11~dia1

and I never did an upgrade?!
I have sound via HDMI in MythTv and KDE but still non when I try to play DVD or Audio in LMCE.

Heinz

Hi,
if you ran cat /proc/asound/version on your MD, you get the version installed which should be 1.0.23, since the kernel 2.6.27-17-generic comes already with the newer ALSA version. Can you please check whether you have sound in KDE via system settings.
However, we might  move this part to the other topic "sound issues".

Heinz

Hm,
I will update the WIKI with the procedure used to get the XS35GT working as MD. However, I'm not aware whether this is the right time to state it on the WIKI since I haven't got the audio running yet! After reinstalling the whole system due to broken core, there's no sound from the XS35GT even via MythTv.
Heinz

Hi,
that's what I have mentioned in with PM, my XS35GT did it 3 times the same way you've described which took about 20 minutes and then the AV-Wizard starts.
Heinz

no TV card in this MD installed only in my core.
I get a lot info with dmesg. how to limit the output for audio only?

thanks,
Heinz

No sound during AV-wizard and i selected the correct output. That's why i can have sound when starting MythTv inside lmce.

Heinz

Hi,
Volumes up and unmuted, accordingly MythTv is with sound and I can control volumes.
If I try playing media in lmce, now a small window appears with "audio output is busy or not available".
I guess it is based on audio controller of this pc which isn't recognized by lmce, but again MythTv can handle it.

Heinz

Hi Bongowongo,

Thanks for fast reply.
No, audio isn't working at all, even at lmce setup i cannot hear any  sound under different configurations. When playing DVD or video under lmce or KDE, no sound appears. Only in MythTv sound is available either watching TV or playing video.

Heinz 

Hi,

I'm running 810 and try to manage the Shuttle XS35GT as MD which is a very nice Nvidia ION based fanless barebone. After following the wiki http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ShuttleX50V2  for unrecognized NIC, it is working fine with the exception of Audio/DVD under LinuxMCE and in KDE.
It is curious to me (a linux newbie) that I 'm able to watch MythTV with sound (Myth frontend setup as Alsa:plughw 1,7) but not under LinuxMCE. I've tried several configurations of Sound cards and Audio settings under LMCE setup whithout success. So it seems to me that MythTV is bypassing or not using the LMCE configuration files in terms of sound.

XS35GT comes with:
Integrated Audio
IDT92HD81 Audio Codec with Azalia support
Two analog audio connectors (3.5mm):
1) Line out (head phone)
2) microphone input
Digital Audio via HDMI port

were i'm using HDMI with Denon AVR-2307.

Any suggestion is much appreciated.

Heinz