On 16 August, 2014 - John wrote: > > > ----- 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. Then I suggest that you configure XBMC to use pulseaudio as audio output device. The pulseaudio support in XBMC was a bit shaky for a while but nowadays everything runs smoothly and thats the best way if you would like to have pulseaudio running. //Anton -- Anton Lundin +46702-161604
