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RE: USB Audio support - Killerbee - 9th Nov, 2014 07:55 PM
I just tried OE 5 beta 1 with kernel 3.17.1.
Flies like an eagle and perfect USB audio (using squeezelite)!
@mk01 or @anaconda
Any plans for a 3.16 or 3.17 kernel for Xbian?
RE: USB Audio support - menakite - 10th Nov, 2014 03:12 AM
Up to mk to build 3.16, we're missing a couple third party patches for 3.17 as of now (also, Wolfson cards don't work).
RE: USB Audio support - mk01 - 16th Nov, 2014 12:36 PM
3.16 is available at staging (UNTESTED).
RE: USB Audio support - Darth.Severus - 26th Nov, 2014 07:46 AM
1) Anyone tested the new Kernel with Hifiberry (not USB, but similar problem)?
2) Will there be an Xbian version with ALSA as standard instead of Pulseaudio, soon?
Here http://kodi.wiki/view/Linux_audio they write it's not recommended to have both, so there may never be a XBMC version with ALSA, at least not soon. So, is Xbian only following the Kodi-Standard, or is it a distro of it's own, with own decissions?
3) If not, is there any other XBMC distro with ALSA preinstalled available? With Rasbmc it seems to work better. I've been warned, tried Xbian nevertheless, now I'm not getting it working.
I'd really like to watch some shows and movies, soon. I've to go to some internet cafe to download huge files like images, so I need to make a decission to try Xbian testing or not.
RE: USB Audio support - Holger_P - 26th Nov, 2014 07:52 AM
(26th Nov, 2014 07:46 AM)Darth.Severus Wrote: 3) If not, is there any other XBMC distro with ALSA preinstalled available? With Rasbmc it seems to work better. I've been warned, tried Xbian nevertheless, now I'm not getting it working.
If you want only use XBMC or the newer Kodi, you can test Openelec. The last beta has new Kodi, new Kernel (i think 3.17) and USB DACs runs without any problem. But OpenELEC is no complete Raspbian and you cant install other software like mpd. So for me OpenELEC is no solution, because i want to use mpd and XBMC or newer Kodi.
RE: USB Audio support - Darth.Severus - 26th Nov, 2014 08:47 PM
Thanks, I'm still thinking of switching to OpenELEC or Rasbmc. It's a pity that there's no program like dvdplayer for Raspian and that omxplayer doesn't support digital sound.
However, I choose Xbian cause I read something positive about it, if a Testing version may work better I still would give it a try.
RE: USB Audio support - menakite - 27th Nov, 2014 12:00 AM
Try installing xbian-package-xbmc-alsa, it'll replace xbian-package-xbmc (it's a separate package because @mk01 has noticed texture issues - if I recall correctly - but it seems that that part of the code is now merged upstream, so as of now even the "regular" package should have presented the same issues).
RE: USB Audio support - Darth.Severus - 27th Nov, 2014 12:15 AM
Thanks, I've still read about that package. But I'm using RC3, not sure if my kernel (15.8) supports Hifiberry. I think I'll need a newer version like 16 or 17.
So I would need:
- Testing or Unstable version of xbian
- xbian-package-xbmc-alsa
- other alsa stuff?
and cause I have no Internet with my xbian, I would have to download this in a Internet café and then compile it. Not sure how to do that: Just download the github repo and compile? Not sure if I'm able to do that, not sure if the needed amount of time is acceptable, not sure if it really helps.
RE: USB Audio support - menakite - 27th Nov, 2014 01:47 AM
Download the very latest packaged version from: http://ivka57.dyndns-ip.com/pool/stable/main/x/xbian-package-xbmc-alsa/xbian-package-xbmc-alsa_13.2-1416247325_armhf.deb
It'll work in current stable release.
I'm not using it, but these *should* be its dependencies, that you need to install before it:
http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/a/alsa-base/alsa-base_1.0.25+3~deb7u1_all.deb
http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/a/alsa-utils/alsa-utils_1.0.25-4_armhf.deb
http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/pool/main/a/alsa-lib/libasound2_1.0.25-4_armhf.deb
Hifiberry's are supported in 3.15.8.
3.16 adds support for the following ones:
* HiFiBerry DAC+
* HiFiBerry Amp
If you have one of these boards, kernel 3.16 is available at http://ivka57.dyndns-ip.com/pool/staging/main/x/xbian-package-kernel/xbian-package-kernel_3.16.5-ck2%2b-1416075882_armhf.deb
RE: USB Audio support - Darth.Severus - 27th Nov, 2014 02:45 AM
Oh, thanks! This may help me and others. Gonna try and write about the results here, but this will take some time.
RE: USB Audio support - Darth.Severus - 8th Dec, 2014 05:35 AM
Hello again,
I tried but failed. I got a conflict error, I need another version of this file:
not xbian-package-xbmc-alsa_13.2-1416247325_armhf.deb
but xbian-package-xbmc-alsa_13.2-1416075882_armhf.deb
It conflicts with my xbmc, and I can't update.
EDIT: Found it.
RE: USB Audio support - Darth.Severus - 9th Dec, 2014 05:40 AM
I have to correct myself again, I didn't have the right package.
Will I need this one?
http://ivka57.dyndns-ip.com/pool/staging/rpi-staging/x/xbian-package-xbmc/xbian-package-xbmc_3.1.0-2_armhf.deb
Or is somewhere a older version of this alsa-package?
RE: USB Audio support - Darth.Severus - 10th Dec, 2014 09:08 PM
(27th Nov, 2014 01:47 AM)menakite Wrote: Download the very latest packaged version from: http://ivka57.dyndns-ip.com/pool/stable/main/x/xbian-package-xbmc-alsa/xbian-package-xbmc-alsa_13.2-1416247325_armhf.debI have RC3, why doesn't it work with that?
It'll work in current stable release.
How can I get a current version when I can't update.
RE: USB Audio support - CurlyMo - 10th Dec, 2014 09:15 PM
By updating your repository as described in the main page FAQ.
RE: USB Audio support - Darth.Severus - 10th Dec, 2014 11:26 PM
(10th Dec, 2014 09:15 PM)CurlyMo Wrote: By updating your repository as described in the main page FAQ.I have no internet connected to my xbian, cause 3g-modems are not supported. I need something I can download in an internet café. This is why I need to know what I need to download. The newest version of xbmc, and else?