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Core> Miscellaneous> I/O> Input 2 > should not display if there is only one core, but Silence Detect certainly should be OFF.
Good pickup.
What type of core are you using?
I am using an HD core on my home system, plus streaming it to a closed IP so I can listen in my car, and it plays 24/7. there are also many, many radio stations streaming and/or broadcasting FM or AM 24/7/365, so I would think that the problem is localised to your system somehow. Please provide as much information as you can.Glad you got it sorted. Sometimes the registry just gets crossed up and a fresh install sorts out its issues.
It is not easy to provide latency figures because it depends on the CPU type, Speed, load from other applications. Then of course, if you are trying to listen “off-air”, you need to add the STL delay to the transmitter site and any propagation delays.
OK, let’s go right back to basics.
I assume that you are selecting Pipeline 1 because your playout software needs to be redirected through VAC? If so, that should be the input option. Do you have the right VAC setup? For instance, if your soundcard is 24 bit, you may have to change the default parameters to include 24 bit (I think it defaults to 16 bit). If you play music with Pipeline 1 selected, you should see the little bar graphs move in VAC.Now, at this stage, leave the sound bar out of the equation, and we’ll try to get everything working to your local speakers. This should be super easy, simply by selecting Pipeline 1 as input, Realtek as output. Use the wizard as this will make some intelligent guesses about buffer sizes. These can be tweaked later.
Once you have everything working and you can hear music through your laptop speakers, go back into the settings and select your soundbar instead. If the audio path is already working, any problems encountered will be related to the soundbar.If you have KS selected for output, the device may not show in the list. You may have to select Direct Sound or WAV for the device to appear. I send my laptop output to a Bluetooth capable amplifier, and need to select WAV for it to show.
In my last personal conversation with Leif, he indicated that he was out of (some of) the woods, and that he was in a much better position to start on some development. He may even be coding as we speak.
No promises, but, it looks promising.That’s the only down side of my solution – no control (other than Pause/Play), so you can’t ditch an unwanted track if you want to. Not a problem in my case, because I can VNC into the same PC, using a similar principal (port forwarding port 5900), so I can use the track select options of OtsAV via VNC.
You CAN display the playing Artist/Track information if your playout program provides the meta data as a string in a file, or a URL.
My program of choice (OtsAV TV) doesn’t produce a file, so I have written an AHK routine which extracts it from the built-in Remote Access Server and writes it to a file. You can then point the BA1 stream encoder to the file location and the details will display in VLC.
Thank you MrK for your valuable input.
@whay – Not sure what “Sound vibrates” means. Can you describe it further, or provide a sound grab?I am informed that the email went into spam (possibly because it’s hotmail), and that it has now been retrieved and acted upon.
Enjoy BA1!
Typically, licences are issued within 24 hours of receipt of the funds and the system summary information, so this is certainly well outside the usual parameters.
I note from your profile that you have only provided the minimum information. I also note that you have a hotmail email account which often gets filtered out by default. These things MAY have an effect on the outcome, but I have raised the issue with John directly and will let you know his response.
Great work, Mr K.
Perhaps some of the parameters stretch the envelope? For instance, what are the min/max options for “quality”? In the light of Leif’s comment about the quality comparison, perhaps he found it wasn’t possible to get the same from the FAAC model.It’s great that you got an output file, albeit empty. That suggests that it must be somewhere near the end of the process it is failing.
This is a direct quote from an email response to me on the subject from the great man himself – from the 23 March, 2022.
“It’s also possible that a command line (stdin/stdout) version of FAAC could work, but last I checked it didn’t produce nearly the same quality as Coding Technology’s encoder which is that codec pack.”
I agree, we need at least one other AAC alternative, preferably one that is actively being developed, so I would welcome any feedback if you are able to open some dialogue.
