[PROBLEM] Samsung CEC

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(2nd Oct, 2014 06:08 PM)zkiifreak Wrote:  By your explanation, it seems like the hdmi_ignore_cec_init is ignored by XBMC? If your explanation are correct, that setting is useless...??

config.txt settings are not relevant for XBMC itself directly. ignore_cec_init is telling to RPI fw that is should not turn CEC active mode on HDMI init (so CEC high level functionality within RPI firmware should stay passive/deactivated - libCEC is handling everything itself on CEC bus, it is not using the FWs own cec functions).

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I have never tested playing audio while wanting TV be off, but looking at XBMC CEC implementation - on XBMC OnPlay event XBMC is generating "active source" command what will turn TV ON - for this there is condition that CEC XBMC setting "Make XBMC active source on start" must be ON and RPI must be at the time of OnPlay event as Inactive Source (that means you switched from RPI to another source).

that means that if one want's XBMC be auto activated on start - only way how to keep XBMC away from sending AS (turning TV ON) is that it is still active source (you use TV for XBMC on RPI only).

((for your and mine use pattern I don't see why we could not patch that to distinguish between Music/Video and send AS only for video. but considering that 95% users doesn't have external Audio and thus need TV be ON to get sound, separate setting to regulate this will be needed)).