Thread: XM / Sirius Worklog

Originally Posted by smeesseman

New update posted, see post #1 for details and download link.

Cool.. Does this supersede whatever David has bundled into the CF_144 update?

Originally Posted by midiwall

Cool.. Does this supersede whatever David has bundled into the CF_144 update?

Yep, it does...

Originally Posted by smeesseman

I assume you are running in un-buffered mode since this is the only case where cf mutes/unmutes the line. Does everything work ok in buffered mode? In buffered mode, audio is recorded from the line and written to the pcm device, in this case cf does not mute/unmute the line... Let me know if buffered mode works for you, and I'll look into this with David after I hear back from you...

Asside from that, I send the XM device the mute command when the line gets muted. Even if CF is unable to mute the line, the xm device should itself be muted. Can you post me your log file? See Post #1 for log file location...

Scott, thanks for the reply. I'm just going to focus on XP for troublshooting purposes right now b/c I had that working way back when. That being said, I get no XM audio regardless of whether I'm in buffered or un-buffered mode. Let me know your thoughts on that once you've talked to David. And again, I'm using a USB Creative Audigy 2NX, for your reference. Also, my PCR has the digital audio output (S/PDIF) mod on it. That shouldn't make a difference though, because again, old versions of CF with XM worked fine with this soundcard and PCR.

Ok, about my log... I went to get it for you this morning, and my "Documents and Settings" folder will not let me in!! It says access denied!! There is no reason this should be happening, I've never been locked out of it until today. Any ideas why that would be? I rebooted and tried again... no luck

Ok, I am going elsewhere on the forum and net to try and figure out why I'm locked out of my Docs and Settings folders, and once I can get to the log file, I'll post it for you. In the meantime, I'll also wait to hear back from you on your ideas for my sound problem.

Thanks,
Nola

load SatRadio and then minimize Centrafuse, load the mixer, and see if the sound input is properly selected in the Windows mixer...

if it is not, then try to select it manually and see if it works...

Also what is set in your SatRadio settings under the input source, Line-In, Mic, etc...?

david

David,

Just FYI, for my particular soundcard (Creative Audigy 2NX USB with S/PDIF input), it's not a matter of selecting a recording input in the Windows Mixer, but rather muting/unmuting a playback level in the Windows Mixer. Read on...

I am able to manually control the audio through the Windows Mixer and get audio... so if I do as you mentioned, I start the XM module, and when I get to the Windows Mixer, my input for my PCR is still muted. (as mentioned above, my PCR input mute/unmute is controlled through PLAYBACK setting of the mixer, not Recording.) If I manually unmute it by unticking the box, I can hear XM audio.

To answer your 2nd question, I have tried with the input source in CF Settings as both "None" and "Line". There is no choice there for the actual channel my PCR is plugged into on my soundcard though (S/PDIF In). Does CF only list the Recording channels of Window Mixer there? That could be the issue too. (EDIT: that's not the case either because I have a S/PDIF record level too, and that doesn't show up in CF Sat Radio settings).

All that aside, the strange thing is that I'm using the same soundcard and PCR from when I was using CF back in the days of 1.10, and I didn't have this problem then. CF always muted/unmuted my S/PDIF in level correctly. If I recall correctly, back then, I had my input source set to "None," for what it's worth

By the way, David, just so you know... my S/PDIF record line IS also selected in the Recording mixer as well. Still no audio unless I manually unmute the S/PDIF playback level.

does it work in buffer mode?

david

No. Same result with Buffer mode turned off or on.