HP ProLiant MicroServer

here it is i followed the guide on openelec to get menu sounds etc working

The way I understand it, in XBMC's settings you will need to change your audio output device to custom and then name the device plughw:0,3 and then do the same for the passthrough output device...
 
here it is i followed the guide on openelec to get menu sounds etc working

I'd sacrIfice menu sounds to get the rest working, as I'm not that familiar with alsa.

What is your pass through device set to in xbmc?
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I'd sacrIfice menu sounds to get the rest working, as I'm not that familiar with alsa.

What is your pass through device set to in xbmc?
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my pass through device is set at hdmi (alsa) the problem comes as soon as i set my speaker configuration to 5.1 i get a error message and then no sound on anything
 
my pass through device is set at hdmi (alsa) the problem comes as soon as i set my speaker configuration to 5.1 i get a error message and then no sound on anything

Try setting it to plughw:0,3 and deleting asound.conf (reboot needed)
 
Try setting it to plughw:0,3 and deleting asound.conf (reboot needed)

got my 5.1 working just sounds crap as soon as i enable dts and acc it shows no error and no sound think there is a handshaking issue

edit : Set both my sound to plughw:0,3
 
Mine is suddenly working now using custom plughw0,7 for both and by deleting the config file.

In case anyone has similar issues as I did with audio, if you pass the audio through and switch on crossfading then it won't play certain music. Crossfading needs to be switched off...
 
Mine is suddenly working now using custom plughw0,7 for both and by deleting the config file.

this is quite strange dj...
it should work through hdmi out of the box if you set all sound output to hdmi. maybe you did the "custom plug" thingy wrong the first time

i've never needed to modify the asound.conf file to get sound (even though i don't get the irritating "bleep bleep" menu sounds, which I prefer) :D


btw, there is a page dedicated to getting your sound working in milkman's guide, using putty.
 
SAMBA FIX/NOTE: (Latest OpenELEC "Eden" Release)

For those of you who have upgraded to OpenELEC (Generic Build) 1.95.3 (Latest Eden Beta launched May 1st) and are suddenly having problems accessing your HTPC via SAMBA shares, or are otherwise unable to access it with earlier versions, do the following:

1) Switch on your HTPC. go to Settings > Add-ons
2) Open the "OpenELEC OS Settings" Add-on - it should be under "program add-ons"
3) Open the Second tab, titled "Network"
4) Change the "Network Interface" from "Eth0" to "Eth1"
5) Click OK to save.
6) Type in "\\openelec" in windows explorer to access your shares again, as usual. (old network mounts will now work again, also)
 
Oh wait never mind .... I thought this was the HP ProLiant MicroServer server thread, but I see it's the OpenELEC thread :D
 
this is quite strange dj...
it should work through hdmi out of the box if you set all sound output to hdmi. maybe you did the "custom plug" thingy wrong the first time

Definitely didn't work out of the box. The custom settings I repeated thirty odd times before it eventually started working last night...

i've never needed to modify the asound.conf file to get sound (even though i don't get the irritating "bleep bleep" menu sounds, which I prefer) :D

The only reason to modify the asounf.conf file is to enable menu sounds, as far as I know. Now if you are forced to use the custom plughw:0,7 settings, then creating the asound.conf file to enable menu sounds will probably disable your video and music audio. It is nonsense...

btw, there is a page dedicated to getting your sound working in milkman's guide, using putty.

That's where I started this ordeal...
 
Oh wait never mind .... I thought this was the HP ProLiant MicroServer server thread, but I see it's the OpenELEC thread :D

well there are a crapload of people using the HP with OpenELEC mind you.

I've upgraded to the latest OpenELEC, ReFocus & PseudoTV and everything is working 100%...... while my PC's XBMC cant even run the latest PseudoTV. go figure :erm:
My Skins on the other hand work on the PC and not OpenELEC...lol. I manually extracted the files via samba though and voila - works perfectly.

Bootup time is 39 seconds - not sure if its faster or not but loading my libraries and scrolling through them is now TWICE as snappy :love:
 
well there are a crapload of people using the HP with OpenELEC mind you.

I've upgraded to the latest OpenELEC, ReFocus & PseudoTV and everything is working 100%...... while my PC's XBMC cant even run the latest PseudoTV. go figure :erm:
My Skins on the other hand work on the PC and not OpenELEC...lol. I manually extracted the files via samba though and voila - works perfectly.

Bootup time is 39 seconds - not sure if its faster or not but loading my libraries and scrolling through them is now TWICE as snappy :love:

just a question about refocus
i cant seem to find the music menu - cant get it listed on the homepage
everything else shows fine and I can turn them on and off, video, programs etc
I just cant seem to get the music one to show up

it shows up fine in the stock theme
im using openelec beta 2 (must still upgrade to the latest beta)

any ideas??
its the only thing thats not working on refocus, that and supertv
 
Hey lads. A quick question : Both myself and my mate got the HP Proliant Server and installed XBMCbuntu on it. However whenever we boot up with our USB drives connected it goes past the bios screen and just before XBMC boots up it gives a black screen with a flashing dash. This doesn't occur when the drives are removed and the pc is started up all over again (We quickly connect them back up at the XBMC Eden splash screen. I'm thinking it's a GRUB setting perhaps, I have even set the USB boot priority to low in the BIOS to no avail. Please advise.
 
Hey lads. A quick question : Both myself and my mate got the HP Proliant Server and installed XBMCbuntu on it. However whenever we boot up with our USB drives connected it goes past the bios screen and just before XBMC boots up it gives a black screen with a flashing dash. This doesn't occur when the drives are removed and the pc is started up all over again (We quickly connect them back up at the XBMC Eden splash screen. I'm thinking it's a GRUB setting perhaps, I have even set the USB boot priority to low in the BIOS to no avail. Please advise.
had the same problem
went into the bios and disabled that external drive in the boot options, works perfectly now

ps still booting from usb flash
 
Bootup time is 39 seconds - not sure if its faster or not but loading my libraries and scrolling through them is now TWICE as snappy :love:

im assuming this is from as soon as you press the power button?
 
Is there a later version of ReFocus than 0.95? It looks awesome and I'm keen to try it out.

EDIT: nevermind. Added the repository...
 
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I've also switched to XBMCbuntu and found it an improvement.

Regarding the jitter/judder I experienced on panning scenes. Enabling "sync playback to display" and "adjust display refreshrate to match video" options under Video settings did not improve anything. I have however found a solution/workaround that works for me and result in smooth playback (same quality as PS3 output). I force output to the display (plasma) to 50Hz (i.e disable adjust refreshrate to match video), and then enable "sync playback to display". All 25fps movies then play as they should, and the 23.97 fps movies are speed up about 4% to match 25 fps (I believe this is what the studios do in any case when converting 24fps movies to 25fps). This gives exellent results, and most videos/movies is 24fps or 25fps in any case.

The only issue now is the odd 30fps videos that cannot play smooth under these settings. I have no idea of linux and adusting advanced settings. If someone can assit me in writing a script do select the above settings for 24/25fps videos (enable sync display, disable adjust display refresh), but for 30fps vidoes enable both "sync display" and "adjust display refresh (i.e. 60hz).

Anyone that can help me with the above: programming XBMCbuntu to check the framerate of the video. Then if it is 24fps or 25fps to disable "adjust display refreshrate to match video", and when it is 30fps to enable "adjust display refreshrate to match video".

Will appreciate. Dont understand this Linux....
 
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