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	<section begin="intro" />This page describes how to set up audio for Linux-based systems. Primarily, it covers how to setup Kodi when using either ALSA or PulseAudio.<section end="intro" />		<section begin="intro" />This page describes how to set up audio for Linux-based systems. Primarily, it covers how to setup Kodi when using either ALSA or PulseAudio.<section end="intro" />

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	== Intel GPU HD Audio ==		== Intel GPU HD Audio ==
	Ubuntu 14.04 and therefore Xbmcbuntu v13 support HD Audio with intel hardware (IVB, SNB, HSW) out of the box you don't have to do any modifications to your system configuration. If and only if you are running a very old distribution, e.g. Ubuntu 12.04 that is shipped with an old kernel ~~{{see\|Intel Linux Modifications for HD Audio}}~~, those changes will break and harm your audio on a recent distributions, don't change your config files.		Ubuntu 14.04 and therefore Xbmcbuntu v13 support HD Audio with intel hardware (IVB, SNB, HSW) out of the box you don't have to do any modifications to your system configuration. If and only if you are running a very old distribution, e.g. Ubuntu 12.04 that is shipped with an old kernel, those changes will break and harm your audio on a recent distributions, don't change your config files.

	== nVidia ION ==		== nVidia ION ==
	See [[HOW-TO:Remap HDMI audio on Gen 1 ION - Linux]] for help on remapping HDMI audio channels.		See HOW-TO:Remap HDMI audio on Gen 1 ION - Linux for help on remapping HDMI audio channels.

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	== Intel GPU HD Audio ==		== Intel GPU HD Audio ==
	Ubuntu 14.04 and therefore Xbmcbuntu v13 support HD Audio with intel hardware (IVB, SNB, HSW) out of the box you don't have to do any modifications to your system configuration. If and only if you are running a very old distribution, e.g. Ubuntu 12.04 that is shipped with an old kernel {{see\|Intel Linux Modifications for HD Audio}}, those changes will break and harm your audio on a recent distributions, don't change your config files.		Ubuntu 14.04 and therefore Xbmcbuntu v13 support HD Audio with intel hardware (IVB, SNB, HSW) out of the box you don't have to do any modifications to your system configuration. If and only if you are running a very old distribution, e.g. Ubuntu 12.04 that is shipped with an old kernel {{see\|Intel Linux Modifications for HD Audio}}, those changes will break and harm your audio on a recent distributions, don't change your config files.

			== nVidia ION ==
			See [[HOW-TO:Remap HDMI audio on Gen 1 ION - Linux]] for help on remapping HDMI audio channels.

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	<section begin="intro" />This page describes how to set up audio for Linux-based systems. Primarily, it covers how to setup ~~XBMC~~ when using either ALSA or PulseAudio.<section end="intro" />		<section begin="intro" />This page describes how to set up audio for Linux-based systems. Primarily, it covers how to setup Kodi when using either ALSA or PulseAudio.<section end="intro" />

	=PulseAudio vs ALSA=		= PulseAudio vs ALSA =

	Linux has two different audio systems, these are '''[[w:PulseAudio\|PulseAudio]]''' and '''[[w:Advanced Linux Sound Architecture\|Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)]]'''.		Linux has two different audio systems, these are '''[[w:PulseAudio\|PulseAudio]]''' and '''[[w:Advanced Linux Sound Architecture\|Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)]]'''.

	If you have a PC that is exclusively used for ~~XBMC~~ then using ALSA maybe the best solution.		If you have a PC that is exclusively used for Kodi then using ALSA maybe the best solution.

	If you have a PC runs many applications other than ~~XBMC~~ then using PulseAudio maybe the the best solution.		If you have a PC runs many applications other than Kodi then using PulseAudio maybe the the best solution.
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	For AMD GPU's there are two sets of drivers available, the AMD supplied binary fglrx drivers or the newer Radeon OSS drivers.		For AMD GPU's there are two sets of drivers available, the AMD supplied binary fglrx drivers or the newer Radeon OSS drivers.

	===fglrx Drivers===		=== fglrx Drivers ===

	The AMD fglrx drivers on Linux support TrueHD, LPCM 7.1 and DTS-HD starting with kernel 3.13.		The AMD fglrx drivers on Linux support TrueHD, LPCM 7.1 and DTS-HD starting with kernel 3.13.
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	The AMD developers responsible for the fglrx drivers have failed to provide any updates or improvements to the XvBA hardware acceleration API which is for example used in the infamous xvba-va-driver. We suggest you disable hw decoding support and choose multithreaded Software Decoding in the Video -> Acceleration settings.		The AMD developers responsible for the fglrx drivers have failed to provide any updates or improvements to the XvBA hardware acceleration API which is for example used in the infamous xvba-va-driver. We suggest you disable hw decoding support and choose multithreaded Software Decoding in the Video -> Acceleration settings.

	===Radeon OSS Drivers===		=== Radeon OSS Drivers ===

	As a consequence of the lack of XvBA updates, XBMC's developers got in contact with the AMD OSS developers to see what could be done to improve AMD graphics in Linux, the result was the Radeon OSS drivers which have been developed to use the open source VDPAU API.		As a consequence of the lack of XvBA updates, XBMC's developers got in contact with the AMD OSS developers to see what could be done to improve AMD graphics in Linux, the result was the Radeon OSS drivers which have been developed to use the open source VDPAU API.

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Intel GPU HD Audio

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	== Intel GPU HD Audio ==		== Intel GPU HD Audio ==
	HD Audio ~~on Intel SandyBridge & IvyBridge systems require a patch from Intel to be included within the kernel~~, ~~Linux 3.7 and higher include this patch as standard.~~		Ubuntu 14.04 and therefore Xbmcbuntu v13 support HD Audio with intel hardware (IVB, SNB, HSW) out of the box you don't have to do any modifications to your system configuration. If and only if you are running a very old distribution, e.g. Ubuntu 12.04 that is shipped with an old kernel {{see\|Intel Linux Modifications for HD Audio}}, those changes will break and harm your audio on a recent distributions, don't change your config files.
	~~On very old Linux Distributions (Ubuntu 12.04~~) you ~~might need~~ to ~~alter~~ your system configuration. ~~This is not needed for Xbmcbuntu v13 nor is it needed for~~ Ubuntu 14.04 ~~LTS, don't touch those config files.~~

	~~For more detail on the required Linux modifications for~~ old ~~distributions:~~

	{{~~See~~\|Intel Linux Modifications for HD Audio}}

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Intel GPU HD Audio

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	== Intel GPU HD Audio ==		== Intel GPU HD Audio ==
	HD Audio on Intel SandyBridge & IvyBridge systems require a patch from Intel to be included within the kernel, Linux 3.7 and higher include this patch as standard. ~~In addition modification~~ to system files ~~maybe required in order to get the HDMI audio working~~.		HD Audio on Intel SandyBridge & IvyBridge systems require a patch from Intel to be included within the kernel, Linux 3.7 and higher include this patch as standard.
			On very old Linux Distributions (Ubuntu 12.04) you might need to alter your system configuration. This is not needed for Xbmcbuntu v13 nor is it needed for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, don't touch those config files.

	For more detail on the required Linux modifications:		For more detail on the required Linux modifications for old distributions:

	{{See\|Intel Linux Modifications for HD Audio}}		{{See\|Intel Linux Modifications for HD Audio}}

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fglrx Drivers

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	===fglrx Drivers===		===fglrx Drivers===

	The AMD fglrx drivers on Linux ~~limit the number of real audio channels to 2.0~~, ~~this only provides enough bandwidth for~~ LPCM ~~2.0, DTS (5~~.1) and ~~AC3 (5.1) and so HD audio (~~DTS-HD~~, TrueHD) is '''NOT''' possible on Linux for AMD GPU's using the fglrx drivers, further to this the fglrx drivers limit HDMI audio to a 48Khz sample rate however 96KHz is possible on SPDIF~~.		The AMD fglrx drivers on Linux support TrueHD, LPCM 7.1 and DTS-HD starting with kernel 3.13.

	The AMD developers responsible for the fglrx drivers have failed to provide any updates or improvements to the XvBA hardware acceleration API ~~that~~ the ~~drivers use for more than 2 years, meaning no AMD fglrx~~ driver ~~since 12~~.~~10 has been usable~~.		The AMD developers responsible for the fglrx drivers have failed to provide any updates or improvements to the XvBA hardware acceleration API which is for example used in the infamous xvba-va-driver. We suggest you disable hw decoding support and choose multithreaded Software Decoding in the Video -> Acceleration settings.

	===Radeon OSS Drivers===		===Radeon OSS Drivers===

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	<section begin="intro" />This page describes how to set up audio for Linux-based systems. Primarily, it covers how to setup ~~{{name}}~~ when using either ALSA or PulseAudio.<section end="intro" />		<section begin="intro" />This page describes how to set up audio for Linux-based systems. Primarily, it covers how to setup XBMC when using either ALSA or PulseAudio.<section end="intro" />

	=PulseAudio vs ALSA=		=PulseAudio vs ALSA=
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	Linux has two different audio systems, these are '''[[w:PulseAudio\|PulseAudio]]''' and '''[[w:Advanced Linux Sound Architecture\|Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)]]'''.		Linux has two different audio systems, these are '''[[w:PulseAudio\|PulseAudio]]''' and '''[[w:Advanced Linux Sound Architecture\|Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)]]'''.

	If you have a PC that is exclusively used for ~~{{name}}~~ then using ALSA maybe the best solution.		If you have a PC that is exclusively used for XBMC then using ALSA maybe the best solution.

	If you have a PC runs many applications other than ~~{{name}}~~ then using PulseAudio maybe the the best solution.		If you have a PC runs many applications other than XBMC then using PulseAudio maybe the the best solution.
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	<section begin="intro" />This page describes how to set up audio for Linux-based systems. Primarily, it covers how to setup ~~XBMC~~ when using either ALSA or PulseAudio.<section end="intro" />		<section begin="intro" />This page describes how to set up audio for Linux-based systems. Primarily, it covers how to setup {{name}} when using either ALSA or PulseAudio.<section end="intro" />

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	Linux has two different audio systems, these are '''[[w:PulseAudio\|PulseAudio]]''' and '''[[w:Advanced Linux Sound Architecture\|Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)]]'''.		Linux has two different audio systems, these are '''[[w:PulseAudio\|PulseAudio]]''' and '''[[w:Advanced Linux Sound Architecture\|Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)]]'''.

	If you have a PC that is exclusively used for ~~XBMC~~ then using ALSA maybe the best solution.		If you have a PC that is exclusively used for {{name}} then using ALSA maybe the best solution.

	If you have a PC runs many applications other than ~~XBMC~~ then using PulseAudio maybe the the best solution.		If you have a PC runs many applications other than {{name}} then using PulseAudio maybe the the best solution.
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			<section begin="intro" />This page describes how to set up audio for Linux-based systems. Primarily, it covers how to setup XBMC when using either ALSA or PulseAudio.<section end="intro" />

	=PulseAudio vs ALSA=		=PulseAudio vs ALSA=

	Linux has two different audio systems, these are PulseAudio and Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA).		Linux has two different audio systems, these are '''[[w:PulseAudio\|PulseAudio]]''' and '''[[w:Advanced Linux Sound Architecture\|Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)]]'''.

	If you have a PC that is exclusively used for XBMC then using ALSA maybe the best solution~~, for more background refer to '''<big>[http://en~~.~~wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture Advanced Linux Sound Architecture]</big>'''~~		If you have a PC that is exclusively used for XBMC then using ALSA maybe the best solution.

	If you have a PC runs many applications other than XBMC then using PulseAudio maybe the the best solution~~, for more background refer to '''<big>[http://en~~.~~wikipedia.org/wiki/PulseAudio PulseAudio]</big>'''~~		If you have a PC runs many applications other than XBMC then using PulseAudio maybe the the best solution.
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