LE8.2 no hdmi audio on Intel compute stick BOXSTCK1A8LFC

Ravenchilde · December 13, 2017 at 8:31 AM

Hi folks,

Using a BOXSTCK1A8LFC compute stick.

Intel® Compute Stick STCK1A8LFC Product Specifications

It’s a Z3735F based stick.

8.0.2 works fine, but when I install 8.2 I get no HDMI audio. Roll back to 8.0.2 and it just works.

QuixVenture · December 13, 2017 at 8:19 PM

I have the same device and I think that HDMI audio was fine in 8.2.1

I've repurposed that device since it was terribly unstable (crashes with 8.2.1 and even with a custom Arch install...) , but the HDMI audio worked...

Ravenchilde · December 15, 2017 at 4:02 AM

Ill try that. Weirdly, mine is rock solid.

I don’t use WiFi on it though.

And to stop some crashes you need to run a script that disables some of the CPU C states

QuixVenture · December 20, 2017 at 10:18 PM

Good point... I know I have the c-state command in Arch and I may have just missed it in OpenElec...

SO your 8.0.2 install is rock solid? I may give it another try... And I'll let you know how it goes =)

QuixVenture · December 21, 2017 at 1:41 PM

Installed 8.2.1 on my Compute Stick and added the Max C-State command to the syslinux.cfg file... Has run stable for the last 12 hours and I have both HDMI audio and Bluetooth audio (via USB dongle... Onboard is disabled) without issue.

I am just using HDMI into the TV, so it ay be missing certain Dolby streams, and i have not checked many files.. What was your experience?

kingsmotorsport · March 11, 2018 at 5:04 PM

Quote from QuixVenture

Installed 8.2.1 on my Compute Stick and added the Max C-State command to the syslinux.cfg file... Has run stable for the last 12 hours and I have both HDMI audio and Bluetooth audio (via USB dongle... Onboard is disabled) without issue.

I am just using HDMI into the TV, so it ay be missing certain Dolby streams, and i have not checked many files.. What was your experience?

Pleaseee provide a how-to for adding max C state command!

Ravenchilde · May 9, 2018 at 5:04 AM

Put the script from Dan0780 on This link in /storage/.config/autostart.sh

Ravenchilde · May 9, 2018 at 5:04 AM

still no audio in 8.2.5 ...

Ravenchilde · May 9, 2018 at 5:25 AM

Tried a nightly build of 9.0 and it has no audio as well. Something is broken for my computestick model since 8.2

**CvH** · May 9, 2018 at 9:53 AM Official Post

Quote from Ravenchilde

since 8.2

could you specify your last working version and the first not working one ?

It is likely that we dropped an patch that made it work for you.

Ravenchilde · May 9, 2018 at 4:19 PM

Quote from CvH

could you specify your last working version and the first not working one ?

It is likely that we dropped an patch that made it work for you.

hey! Thanks for responding.

8.0.2 works perfectly, I think the 7.x version that was the test for 8 worked as well, and I’m still running 8.0.2. Anything after 8.0.2 does not work. It’s something about that particular SoC. I used to use a patched version of Ubuntu to make HDMI audio work until I found LE 8 worked perfect.

I can keep running 8.0.2, but wouldn’t mind if the patch could be re-introduced. I also have to run an autostart.sh to disable certain CPU C-states, but I don’t expect that will get patched and the script works perfectly.

It’s a flawed Intel SOC.

**CvH** · May 16, 2018 at 2:34 PM Official Post

hmm I didn't found something obvious, maybe we should ask piotrasd afaik he made it work last time

Ravenchilde · August 2, 2018 at 5:11 AM

Quote from CvH

hmm I didn't found something obvious, maybe we should ask piotrasd afaik he made it work last time

Is there anything I can provide??

CvH

piotrasd

**CvH** · August 2, 2018 at 10:09 AM Official Post

Sry i am no help here, we have to ask piotrasd , but holidays and a lot work you know