[mythtv-users] Digital audio Capability grayed out

Sat Aug 13 13:53:47 UTC 2022

On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 9:09 AM Klaas de Waal <klaas.de.waal at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Sat, 13 Aug 2022 at 13:55, James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 6:45 AM Klaas de Waal <klaas.de.waal at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> On Sat, 13 Aug 2022 at 12:27, James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Found it. The problem started with
>>>> commit: cd109ec6c08f578e1b0965e4726e6046d75af8e8 from Apr 9 22:57:38
>>>>
>>>> Here's the detailed lab report I did to document my testing. Things
>>>> were getting blurred until I did this. The testing problem was that if you
>>>> have a working 5.1 setup and change to a commit where it fails, you may not
>>>> know it until you change your audio device.
>>>> ------------------
>>>> All this testing was on a Asrock NUC 1165G7 Core i7 1165G7. Connected
>>>> to Denon AVR via HDMI and AVR connected to Samsung UHD 4K TV. The PC is
>>>> running EndeavourOS which is really Archlinux but easier to install. So
>>>> Mythtv combo FE/BE was built from source originally via AUR. However, when
>>>> this testing started I followed the normal Build from source wiki page:
>>>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Build_from_Source.
>>>>
>>>> The NUC was not rebooted during this testing. So the backend should not
>>>> have restarted. So in theory only the frontend should have changed. I
>>>> checked the Status page each test and it did agree with the commit I was on.
>>>> -----------------
>>>>
>>>> Went back to fixes/32 latest and built it for sanity and 5.1 fails and
>>>> Digital Audio Capabilities is grayed out.
>>>>
>>>> Now going back to Jun 30 ced41a5f8f5a53c685755cde67fbe16206c9aa55
>>>> 5.1 does not work, the same as the latest.
>>>>
>>>> Going back to 1eacadd5f413197746cb61ea036c522c65f95936
>>>> again from Apr 9th. 22:49:25
>>>> Dolby Digital 5.1 is working again.
>>>>
>>>> Now going to ced41a5f8f5a53c685755cde67fbe16206c9aa55
>>>> from Jun 30
>>>> At first it's working but if you change the audio device to something
>>>> else like alsa and uncheck the Digital Audio Capabilities, they go gray and
>>>> then when you change to the right HDMI, there are no Digital Capabilities.
>>>> Definitely some memory kept somewhere.
>>>>
>>>> Going to try 1eacadd5f413197746cb61ea036c522c65f95936 again from April
>>>> 9th  22:49:25
>>>> As soon as you start mythfrontend, go to settings you see the right
>>>> audio device and you can set Digital Audio Capabilities.  You can set 5.1
>>>> and it works. You can also change to ALSA default that doesn't really work
>>>> and the Capabilities are not grayed out.
>>>>
>>>> Next ec4558f3e1bbc021d771276a288039924f181a8b from Apr 20th
>>>> at first it looks okay, but when you change to Alsa Default and uncheck
>>>> the 4 Digital Audio Capabilities, change to stereo and save you can not got
>>>> back to the correct HDMI device and all the Digital Audio Capabilities are
>>>> grayed out.
>>>>
>>>> Changed to cd109ec6c08f578e1b0965e4726e6046d75af8e8 from Apr 9 22:57:38
>>>> Does not work. Digital Audio Capabilities grayed out.
>>>>
>>>> Change back to 1eacadd5f413197746cb61ea036c522c65f95936 from Apr 9
>>>> 22:49:25
>>>> Everything working fine, related to Dolby Digital 5.1!
>>>>
>>>> Jim A.
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Thanks for doing the bisecting and identifying the commit. I will have a
>>> look at it. It could be that I ask you to test something once I have a
>>> potential fix. It could also be that it is beyond my paygrade but then I
>>> will make a  ticket.
>>>
>>> Klaas.
>>>
>>>
>> I have a workaround for this at least for me.  Most of my viewing is via
>> a FIreTV 4K Max with either Leanfront or Mythfrontend.
>>
>> My backend is on the latest fixes/32. So I built the mythfrontend android
>> for arm v32.0-18-g1eacadd5f4 and set up my Audio settings for Dolby
>> Digital 5.1 and created a Unique identifier for the frontend. Then I could
>> install v32.0-59gcf553e438c on the FireTV Max and put in the Unique
>> identifier as before and it brought back my settings. so now Dolby Digital
>> 5.1 works on mythfrontend with the latest commit.
>>
>> That tells me the audio section will work on the latest if the settings
>> are already there. So it's not so much an audio problem as a Setup -> Audio
>> menu problem that is mistakenly identifying that the HDMI is not 5.1
>>
>> Jim A
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>
>
> I have done an analysis of the source code and added my findings as a
> comment to commit cd109ec6c08f578e1b0965e4726e6046d75af8e8.
> The bottom line is that I think the commit should be reverted.
>
> Can you please try this by using the latest fixes/32 and reverting only
> this commit like this:
> git revert cd109ec6c08f578e1b0965e4726e6046d75af8e8
> and build and try again.
>
> Thanks,
> Klaas.
>

That worked. I did get some weird message about the revert failing, but  it
seemed to make changes related to  audiooutputbase.

At his point my version went from 59 to 60 and I have 5.1 on HDMI.  If I
change to another device list ALSA Default, the Digital Audio Capabilities
gets grayed out.  However, if I change back to my HDMI, it shows those
capabilities back and I can select all 4 Digital audio Capabilities and 5.1
or 7.1.

So the problem was solved.
Thanks for fixing this.

Jim A
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