HDMI Audio issue: "Always keep audio device active" no more working correctly

Killom · February 12, 2023 at 11:09 PM

Today I've upgraded from LE 10 to LE 11 Beta 1. Im using RPi 4B.

I'm using an HDMI Audio extractor for feeding my 5.1 system with analogue audio.

When the Audio device isn't held active, the Audio Extractor will feed popping sound (exactly) every 2 seconds.

With LE10 this was the case while booting (from POST to Matrix Boot Logo) then "keep audio device active" kicks in, stopping the popping sound.

With LE11 the "keep audio device active" doesn't seem to work anymore correctly. Tried with Official release and with current nightly:

With current Official Beta 1, initially "keep audio device active" is working. But after media stops, popping issue is back - keep audio device active no more working until restart.

With current nightly, keep audio device active isn't working at all anymore. Popping sound continues until there is some media played.

Is there anything technical I could supply you with? Logs etc?

Edit:

Just noticed: Only the "Always" option doesn't seem to work right anymore. When I select "x Minutes" instead, audio device will be held active correctly. Maybe this narrows down the issue a bit. But this isn't a workaround for me - because it only lasts 10 minutes at max.

**chewitt** · February 13, 2023 at 2:27 AM

popcornmix ^

**popcornmix** · February 13, 2023 at 11:11 AM

I think this was fixed here

Killom · February 17, 2023 at 8:53 AM

Thanks for your responses!

Are these mentioned fixes already present in the current nightly builds? (I've updated to LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-11.0-nightly-20230216-60007e8.img.gz) If yes, then they didn't fix the issue. If no, how long does it take for such things to show up in nightly builds - when should I try to update next time?

**popcornmix** · February 17, 2023 at 11:49 AM

It's not in the 20.0-Nexus tag (it was the first commit after that tag...) which I believe current LE nightlies are using.

You need to wait for the next kodi bump from LE.

Killom · February 18, 2023 at 5:53 PM

Thanks for clarifying! How can I tell that this has happened? I'm quite not familiar with Github

**Da Flex** · February 18, 2023 at 6:42 PM

Quote from Killom

Thanks for clarifying! How can I tell that this has happened? I'm quite not familiar with Github

Keep an eye on our News and Announcements.

We always mention the used Kodi version. If it's newer than Kodi 20.0, go and get it.

We also have an RSS feed, just in case you want automatic notifications.

Killom · February 18, 2023 at 9:35 PM

Oh, wait. So the issue was in Kodi, not LibreELEC? Didn't realize this. Ok, thanks again for clarifying