----- Original Message ----- > From: Tanu Kaskinen <tanu.kaskinen at linux.intel.com> > To: John <da_audiophile at yahoo.com> > Cc: "pulseaudio-discuss at lists.freedesktop.org" <pulseaudio-discuss at lists.freedesktop.org> > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 11:55 AM > Subject: Re: [pulseaudio-discuss] Need a way to check when start-pulseaudio-x11 fully initialized > The XBMC logs talk about "enumerated alsa devices", which sounds very > much like XBMC is not using pulseaudio to enumerate the devices. Maybe > it doesn't use pulseaudio for streaming either. > > I suspect that what happens is that when pulseaudio starts, it opens the > HDMI and analog devices, keeps them open for 5 seconds, and then > suspends them. Without the extra delay, XBMC can't use the devices while > pulseaudio has them open, so only the digital output works for XBMC > (pulseaudio only ever uses either analog or spdif at any given time, not > both). With the extra delay, pulseaudio has released the devices by the > time XBMC tries to use them. > > Does XBMC work if you don't start pulseaudio at all? Yes, it can run using alsa, but I need pulseaudio on the system.
