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<blockquote data-quote="Sebastian Doan" data-source="post: 1076170" data-attributes="member: 147351"><p>Firstly like to send out a HUGE thanks to Gibman for starting this HDMI HTPC AVR audio issues thread and then secondly to Xisque for suggesting 'AVR Audio Guard' which ultimately fixed the issues for me.</p><p></p><p>Although I'm not a MediaPortal user I've been aimlessly trying to resolve HDMI audio issues since adding a ONKYO TX-NR515AE receiver to my HTPC setup. A search on Google led me to this discussion, hence I'm sharing my experience in-case it benefits others.</p><p></p><p>I'm currently running the latest version of Windows 8.1 and have an ATI Radean HD 6450. Since adding the AVR I've had audio cutout issues. My setup is HTPC > Onkyo AVR > Samsung 65" LCD. The problem I had was that sound would intermittently cut out when passed through the AVR. Upon HTPC boot sound would work fine though HDMI, working well with XBMC and WMC (my main media setup). My sound would however cut out when using either IE or Chrome and playing back anything on Youtube or Flash video. I could get sound going again by either rebooting or going into XBMC and switching over to WASAPI audio then back. Whilst doing this and so long as the Youtube video was still playing back in the background sound would work again.... until the next youtube clip started, which forced me to do the whole XBMC WASAPI thing again. Clearly this was tremendously annoying and the WAF factor nearly led me to give up using the ONKYO AVR altogether. Luckily I discovered that turning the TV on and off did the same trick, which bought me a little more time with the wife.</p><p></p><p>Following Xisque's recommendation to try "AVR Audio Guard" this has fixed things for me. I've since learnt that my issue is known as the "HDMI Silence Bug" which is caused when the ATI Radeon gets confused over what audio signal to send to the TV via the AVR. This HDMI audio confusion occurs immediately after an audio signal starts following a period of silence forcing the video card to decide if it should send a 7.1, 5.1 or 2.0 channel sound. What the program effectively does is keeps a silent audio signal going in the background as a workaround to avoid having the HTPC trying to decide what signal it should send after the period of silence.</p><p></p><p>Although issues described by others on this thread are related to HDMI audio issues after power cycling of either the TV or the AVR, I think the "HDMI silence bug" is worthy of a mention too since it compliments Gibman's aim of helping people to resolve their HTPC>AVR>TV audio setup issues. I might send this thread to ATI and Microsoft also, because the "HDMI silence bug" is something clearly fixable through software. Thanks again Gibman & Xisque... It has certainly saved me giving up my ONKYO to appease the wife <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sebastian Doan, post: 1076170, member: 147351"] Firstly like to send out a HUGE thanks to Gibman for starting this HDMI HTPC AVR audio issues thread and then secondly to Xisque for suggesting 'AVR Audio Guard' which ultimately fixed the issues for me. Although I'm not a MediaPortal user I've been aimlessly trying to resolve HDMI audio issues since adding a ONKYO TX-NR515AE receiver to my HTPC setup. A search on Google led me to this discussion, hence I'm sharing my experience in-case it benefits others. I'm currently running the latest version of Windows 8.1 and have an ATI Radean HD 6450. Since adding the AVR I've had audio cutout issues. My setup is HTPC > Onkyo AVR > Samsung 65" LCD. The problem I had was that sound would intermittently cut out when passed through the AVR. Upon HTPC boot sound would work fine though HDMI, working well with XBMC and WMC (my main media setup). My sound would however cut out when using either IE or Chrome and playing back anything on Youtube or Flash video. I could get sound going again by either rebooting or going into XBMC and switching over to WASAPI audio then back. Whilst doing this and so long as the Youtube video was still playing back in the background sound would work again.... until the next youtube clip started, which forced me to do the whole XBMC WASAPI thing again. Clearly this was tremendously annoying and the WAF factor nearly led me to give up using the ONKYO AVR altogether. Luckily I discovered that turning the TV on and off did the same trick, which bought me a little more time with the wife. Following Xisque's recommendation to try "AVR Audio Guard" this has fixed things for me. I've since learnt that my issue is known as the "HDMI Silence Bug" which is caused when the ATI Radeon gets confused over what audio signal to send to the TV via the AVR. This HDMI audio confusion occurs immediately after an audio signal starts following a period of silence forcing the video card to decide if it should send a 7.1, 5.1 or 2.0 channel sound. What the program effectively does is keeps a silent audio signal going in the background as a workaround to avoid having the HTPC trying to decide what signal it should send after the period of silence. Although issues described by others on this thread are related to HDMI audio issues after power cycling of either the TV or the AVR, I think the "HDMI silence bug" is worthy of a mention too since it compliments Gibman's aim of helping people to resolve their HTPC>AVR>TV audio setup issues. I might send this thread to ATI and Microsoft also, because the "HDMI silence bug" is something clearly fixable through software. Thanks again Gibman & Xisque... It has certainly saved me giving up my ONKYO to appease the wife :D [/QUOTE]
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