Xbmc-standalone no sound [SOLVED]

Question

Hi All,
I have re-installed my media box and decided to go standalone this time instead of using a window manager.
Everything has installed fine except when stock standard xbmc plays music/video there is no sound.
Alsa libs is installed but alsaplayer also does not play anything .... what am I missing?
I have made sure that pulseaudio is not installed as I have heard issues with that ... how do I get ALSA to play?
Is there a way to check devices and if they are muted?
Thanks,
B.
EDIT: I found I had to unmute the IEC958 output (optical coax) by  the command "amixer set 'IEC958' 100 unmute"
Now at least I have system sounds ... i.e I get the clicking sounds while navigating the menu items, but still get no sound
when playing music/videos etc. XBMC complains about: "cannot initialize output device"
Last edited by bmentink (2012-11-22 01:03:11)

Answer 1

bmentink wrote:EDIT: I found I had to unmute the IEC958 output (optical coax) by  the command "amixer set 'IEC958' 100 unmute"
Now at least I have system sounds ... i.e I get the clicking sounds while navigating the menu items, but still get no sound
when playing music/videos etc. XBMC complains about: "cannot initialize output device"
What's the output of
aplay -L
Have you unmuted the everything relevant in alsamixer?
Have you set up the audio output in XBMC's settings? (System --> Settings --> System --> Audio Output)
Last edited by Antoine (2012-11-21 23:52:21)