HDHomeRun and Windows 7 - no Audio in Client

[pgrillo]

I upgraded to Windows 7. I am running version 6.6.2.218

Most all works, except audio issues with HDHomeRun.

HDHomeRun streams video and audio just fine using VLC or HDHomeRun viewer.
When watching it live using SageTV Client (not media extender), no audio.
SageTV will record from HDHomerun, SageTV Client provides no audio.

However, the HD200 Media Extender has no such problems. Audio is fine watching live and it can play back recorded videos.

I have installed several codecs on Windows 7, to no avail. The fact that media players VLC and Microsoft Media players can play back recorded SageTV feeds from HDHomerun and VLC can play Live stuff from HDHomeRun indicates to me my codes are fine.

Has anybody yet configured SageTV/Windows 7/HDHomeRUn and used the client to watch live tv or view recorded successfully?

[jerryt]

Try ac3filter_1_63b

[pgrillo]

Originally Posted by jerryt

Try ac3filter_1_63b

That's the one i'm using. In fact, HDHomerun wouldn't work without it. I'm guessing that SageTV Client will not/is not using it?

I have tried editing the sagetvclient properties:

videoframe/ac3_audio_decoder_filter=AC3Filter
videoframe/additional_audio_filters=AC3Filter

to no avail. Looks like all other components on windows 7 work, but sagetv.

[koan00]

I am currently running the combination just fine using the default sage audio decoders.

Are you also using the default rendering devices for audio?

Have you verified other (non-HDHR) recordings playback fine?

If so, do any of these working files also use AC3 audio?

[pgrillo]

Originally Posted by koan00

I am currently running the combination just fine using the default sage audio decoders.

Are you also using the default rendering devices for audio?

Have you verified other (non-HDHR) recordings playback fine?

If so, do any of these working files also use AC3 audio?

Good question, upon further inspection there is also avi files that will not play audio in SageTV Client, but will play everywhere else. One is MPEG and the other is AC3. Super shows the audio streams for two movies that SageTV will not play audio for, below:

So, i suippose it is not just an AC3 issue, but some other audio issue ... In fact, i believe that i can't get the SageTV client to play any audio...
Perhaps there is a setting AudioPlayback=false? somewhere. quite strange ...


=============
AVI File Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 42mn 13s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 129 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 38.9 MiB (11%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame)
Writing library : LAME3.96r
Encoding settings : -m j -V 4 -q 3 -lowpass 17.5 --abr 128

=================
Recorded HDHomeRun Audio

ID : 129 (0x81)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 2h 0mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Video delay : -529ms
Stream size : 332 MiB (2%)

[koan00]

Hmm well I did just run into a "no audio" situation yesterday oddly enough. Some how the sage client audio volume level had been turned down and I only get output when its near its max.

So just to double check the obvious:

Windows has proper default audio device?
Windows volume up all the way?
Sage volume up all the way?
Return sage audio devices/filters/codecs to default values?

If all those check out, I would begin to think it's an issue with AC3 filter. Have you tried uninstalling it?

Edit: oh and when you say you upgraded to 7, did you perform an upgrade install or a clean install?

[pgrillo]

Originally Posted by koan00

Hmm well I did just run into a "no audio" situation yesterday oddly enough. Some how the sage client audio volume level had been turned down and I only get output when its near its max.

So just to double check the obvious:

Windows has proper default audio device?
Windows volume up all the way?
Sage volume up all the way?
Return sage audio devices/filters/codecs to default values?

If all those check out, I would begin to think it's an issue with AC3 filter. Have you tried uninstalling it?

Edit: oh and when you say you upgraded to 7, did you perform an upgrade install or a clean install?

Okay, so it sounds like i had two issues. I changed the h.264 and mpeg4 playback to defaults.
Now, my non AC3 "avi" files play the audio fine.

So, i am still left with the AC3 feed from the HDHomeRun, along with any recordings from that feed.

I have totally uninstalled all AC3 codecs, and was not able to hear anything from any players, including HDHomeRun. Then i re-installed "ac3filter_1_63b" AC3Filter, and audio returned using HDHomeRun player along with VLC.

So, at this point, SageTV does not seem to play back AC3/5.1 audio.
I assume the SageTV player volume is up, since now i can play audio from my AVI/Mpeg Audio.

I will attempt to turn on debug and see if i can figure out whether sagetv is even using the ACFilter.