Not sure how many PulseAudio developers are interested, but here's my post in the Xbmc developer's forum. OK, I've been burnin the midnight oil so I'm ready for others to test the results. Download/build/install in order. git://git.collabora.co.uk/git/user/arun/pulseaudio.git git://github.com/cbxbiker61/audiofilter.git git://github.com/cbxbiker61/xbmc.git Configure xbmc with appropriate devices selected in System Settings/Audio, pulse audio devices show up with (pulse) extension.