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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 21 for Linux => Topic started by: cr_qc on March 14, 2016, 10:34:11 pm
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Hello,
I just bought an Intel NUC6i3SYH (Audio is Realtek ALC) and I installed Debian 8.3 on it. No issue. Then I installed MC 21.0.54 for Debian (Jessie). I also entered the key file to unlock the software.
Now the NUC has a small input jack for Audio. I start MC and plug my headphone and I have no sound. I am able to see on the audio path the input and output steaming format but I have no sound.
Any idea what can be wrong? I saw on forum some stuff about pulseaudio that can maybe interfere with the audio player. I have MC on Windows 10 and everything is fine.
Best Regards
Chris
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In Audio settings for MC, can you select a device?
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Look in the audio settings as Jim suggested. Select a front: device.
Check MC's mixer settings, try system and internal.
If you still can't get sound bring up the system mixer and check the mute switches and various volume controls.
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Hello,
Thank you for fast response.
In Audio Device, if I select "pulse(Alsa)", I can play a song but I have no sound. If I select "sysdefault: CARD=PCH(Alsa), I have the "Playback Problem, Something went wrong..."
I am new in Debian (Linux), not too sure what you mean by:
"If you still can't get sound bring up the system mixer and check the mute switches and various volume controls."
Where is this system mixer?
In the menu: All Setting / Sound,
I can see my headphone but even the "Test Speakers" do not work.
Is there any package that I should install? Where is this system mixer?
Still searching...
Best Regards
Chris
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Hello Again,
One last thing, my USB DAC works... but not the HDMI and the headphone output. I guess there is some bug in Linux... If you have some suggestion let me know.
Regards
Chris
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Okay, Last post for this one.
MC control the DAC. I can see the Sampling rate changing on the screen of my display base on the music. I though this was working but when I install my DAC on my System : NO SOUND!
There is a hidden mute button that I cannot find. I abandon, I will buy a Windows license. Sad because the Debian Environment is very nice.
Conclusion Dibian 8.3 is not fully functional with Intel NUC6i3SYH.
Best Regards
Chris
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You probably just need to choose the audio device in MC. They have odd names on Linux. There are other posts here about this.
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Open a Terminal and copy/paste the following command in...
'/usr/lib/jriver/Media Center 21/alsacap'
And post the output here. We'll then go from there. Also a screenshot of your audio devices in the dropdown menu in MC (Tools > Options > Audio) like this would help;
(http://i.imgur.com/TQje59x.png)
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Here is the result of the command:
*** Scanning for playback devices ***
Card 0, ID `PCH', name `HDA Intel PCH'
Device 0, ID `ALC283 Analog', name `ALC283 Analog', 1 subdevices (1 available)
2 channels, sampling rates 44100, 48000, 96000, 192000 Hz
Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE
Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
Device 3, ID `HDMI 0', name `HDMI 0', 1 subdevices (1 available)
2..8 channels, sampling rates 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000 Hz
Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE, IEC958_SUBFRAME_LE
Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
Card 1, ID `x20', name `xCORE USB Audio 2.0'
Device 0, ID `USB Audio', name `USB Audio', 1 subdevices (1 available)
2 channels, sampling rates 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000, 352800, 384000 Hz
Sample formats: S32_LE, SPECIAL
Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'
crqc@music:/usr/lib/jriver/Media Center 21$
Will try the picture...
Regards
Chris
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Previous post is when my DAC in ON. I guess I will not have that if it is off. Now here are the playback option:
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Try hw:CARD=x20,DEV=0 [ALSA] or front:CARD=x20,DEV=0 [ALSA] and see if either work.
If those fail, then try each one-by-one and see if any of them work. I'm pretty sure the x20 in the list is the DAC.
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As for the location of the sound mixer in Debian just click on Activities on the top left corner, click the show applications button (the 9 dots button on the bottom left) and find Settings. Open Settings then click Sound and there's the mixer. Make sure the USB DAC is the one selected/highlighted as the output. You can also click on Test Speakers to, well, test the speakers.
Here's a screenshot example of Debian running in a virtual machine (and thus only one output available).
(http://i.imgur.com/Sb0jU9M.png)
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Hello See what I have.
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Missing one picture...
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It's set on the digital S/PDIF output in the third picture. Is this correct? Have you tried switching to the second analog output?
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Hey Thank you for your help. Very appreciate.
Yes, I tried both output. I tried many Audio Device. Always no sounds. Something very strange...
There is a lot af package to install in Linux. Should I try Pulseaudio (Pavuccontrol)?
I am not too sure this package is on my machine...
Best Regards
Chris
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You can try it, but using Pulse means output is limited to 48 kHz.
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Hello,
This is definitively not what I want... This is what I had with my Squeezebox. This is really a funny bug because I can see my DAC following the bit rate of the song but everything is quiet. Headphine, DAC, HDMI...
I did some test with the Raspberry PI and I have been able to make it work with the USB. It even been able to drive my McIntosh C50 USB DAC with no issue. I drop this setup, because I found the setup too slow...
Actually, with this new setup, if I plug the USB DAC of my McIntosh C50, your software Freeze... With my Laptop under Windows 10, everything works very well...
I can buy a cheap Windows 7 License, I will see if this NUC box can work with this other OS. Thank you for your help.
Best Regards
Chris