I've read all of hte dock threads, but can't find anyone that may have the same issue as I do.
Here's the history. I was running Calk/Clem, and could watch movies on my TV via the dock's HDMI connection. Everything looked brilliant, nice and crisp.
I decided to try out a HC rom, and went with Gtabcomb. I docked it and tried to watch a video, but the quality was pretty poor. it was pixelated extremely bad. The image on the tablet, though, was beautiful, comparitively.
Figuring that it might have something to do with the rom, and lack of acceleration, I decided to go back to a Froyo rom again. This time, I chose BC, which I had been on before, but didn't have the dock at the time. I, once again, docked it, and attempted to watch a movie, but it too was pixelated.
I flashed Clem's Kernel, thinking that it may have something to do with Pershoots Kernels (which are run on both BC and Gtabcomb) No go, still pixelated.
Wiped dalvik, wiped cache, wipe data/factory reset, reset permissions, repartitioned, flashed Calk/clem again, thinking it will be all right now, but nope, my videos still look perfectly fine on the gtablet, but are pixelated on the TV. They looked absolutely beautiful before, but not anymore. Even the home screens are pixelated, now.
I've tried Rockplayer (the original player when all was fine, software encoding, I get no sound when using hardware encoding) Moboplayer, stock movie player, "video player" that was in the Calk/Clem removed apps folder. Not one of them will play the videos properly on the TV, yet they look wonderful on the tablet itself.
Anyone have any ideas why my dock has started to transfer in a lower resolution than it had previously? I've changed no settings on my TV, and everything else plays fine through it (PC, WII, DVDs, Fios)
A few questions come to mind! Are you sure it's not the movies? Are you using anything different to encode the movies? At what resolution are you encoding the them?
I thought of that too. I don't actually encode any of them. I just ehem, <find> them online. Most are AVI movies. I still had one that I watched prior to the resolution messing up. It looked fine before, and doesn't now. Additionally, it's not just the videos, it's the home screen, the lock screen...everything is pixelated.
I was planning on editing the OP as well. I tried starting simple, and switched out the HDMI cable...It's not that, both cables lead to same results.
Could something have gone wacky with the dock itself, perhaps?
Does the TV detect the input (output from the dock) as 1080p? Have you tried manualy checking/switching display modes on the TV to see if any make a difference or maybe connecting to another TV.
Also. it is the Tegra2 that does the hardware upconvert from the native 1024x600 resolution to the 1080p (1920x1080) output. There are a couple of entries in build.prop that shouldn't change but you can take a look just to make sure...they are persist.tegra.dpy5.mode.width=1920 & persist.tegra.dpy5.mode.height=1080.
This happens to me using the HDMI cable for the gTablet. The homescreen is pixelated, movies are also but they are stil watchable. I've tried 2 tvs and same results on both.
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Does the TV detect the input (output from the dock) as 1080p? Have you tried manualy checking/switching display modes on the TV to see if any make a difference or maybe connecting to another TV.
Also. it is the Tegra2 that does the hardware upconvert from the native 1024x600 resolution to the 1080p (1920x1080) output. There are a couple of entries in build.prop that shouldn't change but you can take a look just to make sure...they are persist.tegra.dpy5.mode.width=1920 & persist.tegra.dpy5.mode.height=1080.
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just checked build.prop, and both of those lines exist...
edit: oh yeah, and I'm poor...only 1 TV available...I have tried changing TV settings with the same results, pixellation...I'm so confused. I wouldn't be surprised if it had been happening all along, but this is a new development, it's weird.
Try this, TJ:
Edit /system/lib/egl/egl.cfg to have these lines:
Code:
0 0 android
0 1 tegra
rajeevvp said:
Try this, TJ:
Edit /system/lib/egl/egl.cfg to have these lines:
Code:
0 0 android
0 1 tegra
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they already exist...hmmm
TJEvans said:
they already exist...hmmm
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Use Android's software renderer then:
Code:
0 1 android
0 0 tegra
Then, try switching between the Tegra renderer and Android rendered for display 1 (display 0, I believe, is the tablet screen--display 1 might be the HDMI output):
Code:
1 0 android
1 1 tegra
and
Code:
1 1 android
1 0 tegra
Code:
0 1 android
0 0 tegra
didn't change anything
Code:
1 0 android
1 1 tegra
Lost visual at 3rd splash screen when rebooting...had to reflash rom to get it back
Code:
1 1 android
1 0 tegra
didn't attempt becuase of what happened above, lol
edit: Is there a chance that something is wrong within the dock itself? Just curious, as it seems that the tablet is functioning properly,as is the TV, and the HDMI cable...the only variable not questioned so far has been the dock itself...
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Lost visual at 3rd splash screen when rebooting...had to reflash rom to get it back
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Yeah, that was my screw-up. I was in a hurry yesterday and I didn't check. Try these settings:
Code:
0 0 android
0 1 tegra
1 0 android
1 1 tegra
It enables the tegra HW renderer (which is the only one available going by the libs in /system/lib/egl) for both the LCD and the dock.
And, you don't need to reflash the ROM, just create a file with "0 0 tegra" in it (the GtabComb default egl.cfg file) and adb push the file into /system/lib/egl/egl.cfg. That will stop the boot loop.
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And, you don't need to reflash the ROM, just create a file with "0 0 tegra" in it (the GtabComb default egl.cfg file) and adb push the file into /system/lib/egl/egl.cfg. That will stop the boot loop.
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yeah, I've never done the ADB thing before, and I've honestly NEVER had any experience with anything Linux...so, trust me, reflashing was probably the easiest thing that I could do, lol
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so, in your previous post, should all 4 lines be in the file?
TJEvans said:
Edit:
so, in your previous post, should all 4 lines be in the file?
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Yeah, give it a try. And, if that doesn't work, I give up and you'll have to seek a higher power.
rajeevvp said:
Yeah, give it a try. And, if that doesn't work, I give up and you'll have to seek a higher power.
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I am an Elder at my church, you'd think that would give me some "pull," right?
edit: nope, it's a no go, and the big guy wasn't any help either....
thanks for trying, man. one of these days, I'l probably just end up seeing it work...
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I've read all of hte dock threads, but can't find anyone that may have the same issue as I do.
Here's the history. I was running Calk/Clem, and could watch movies on my TV via the dock's HDMI connection. Everything looked brilliant, nice and crisp.
I decided to try out a HC rom, and went with Gtabcomb. I docked it and tried to watch a video, but the quality was pretty poor. it was pixelated extremely bad. The image on the tablet, though, was beautiful, comparitively.
Figuring that it might have something to do with the rom, and lack of acceleration, I decided to go back to a Froyo rom again. This time, I chose BC, which I had been on before, but didn't have the dock at the time. I, once again, docked it, and attempted to watch a movie, but it too was pixelated.
I flashed Clem's Kernel, thinking that it may have something to do with Pershoots Kernels (which are run on both BC and Gtabcomb) No go, still pixelated.
Wiped dalvik, wiped cache, wipe data/factory reset, reset permissions, repartitioned, flashed Calk/clem again, thinking it will be all right now, but nope, my videos still look perfectly fine on the gtablet, but are pixelated on the TV. They looked absolutely beautiful before, but not anymore. Even the home screens are pixelated, now.
I've tried Rockplayer (the original player when all was fine, software encoding, I get no sound when using hardware encoding) Moboplayer, stock movie player, "video player" that was in the Calk/Clem removed apps folder. Not one of them will play the videos properly on the TV, yet they look wonderful on the tablet itself.
Anyone have any ideas why my dock has started to transfer in a lower resolution than it had previously? I've changed no settings on my TV, and everything else plays fine through it (PC, WII, DVDs, Fios)
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Also running Calk+Celmv6. Just got my dock in today. I believe that is just the way it is. Home screen & all non hardware accelerated video are very grainy. Viewed mine on a 42". May look better on a smaller TV but probably not a whole lot better. Colors are very overdriven compared to what shows on the gTab.
Watching Netflix was kind of like watching an old VHS that you had recorded from the TV.
Played a converted DVD through Rockplayer in both soft decode & hardware decode. Soft decode was grainy as well. Hardware decode looks MUCH better.
No problem with sound.
Didn't try Moboplayer since on my gTab doesn't play well with it...automatically reduces the volume to 50% and won't go any higher (even though it says it at 100%). I can verify this by exiting Moboplayer & turning up the volume which is at the 50% levelo
Al
I get the same thing with mobo player and sound. With rockplayer, if I choose hardware decoding, I get no sound whatsoever, not just through the dock, but when run undocked, I don't get any sound at all.
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I get the same thing with mobo player and sound. With rockplayer, if I choose hardware decoding, I get no sound whatsoever, not just through the dock, but when run undocked, I don't get any sound at all.
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I had some problems with the intial version of Rockplayer that was on v6, especially after I installed Remote Media Center (RMC). RMC said it only works with Mobo & Rock Lite so I downloaded Rockplayer Lite & it worked. The version of Lite was newer so I looked for newer version. Downloaded v1.7.2 and now no problems with rockplayer, even with RMC so uninstalled Lite.
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I currently have 'VEGAn-TAB ROM BETA 5.1 FINAL' installed as of yesterday and it's already crashed while I was watching a video. I know Gingerbread doesn't have video acceleration so I would like to avoid that if possible.
They're all pretty darn stable. And they're all listed at my site.
http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/rom.htm
vzq said:
I currently have 'VEGAn-TAB ROM BETA 5.1 FINAL' installed as of yesterday and it's already crashed while I was watching a video. I know Gingerbread doesn't have video acceleration so I would like to avoid that if possible.
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It may not be the rom that caused this...what video player was being used? what file format was the video in? when did you select if you were given the option of hard coding or soft coding? Where there are plethora of apps running in the background? What exactly was the "crash, forced reboot, lock up, video/audio distortion? Did the video file play properly on another device, ie your computer?
There are many players out there, some work well, some work kinda "eh." Some can't handle some video formats, some can play them, but not properly. Some vieo formats require decoding, hard or soft (I like hard when speaking of ice cream, but software decoding ususally works for my videos).
I'm using BC (the 1.2 version of VEGAn 5.1.1), and rockplayer to play video. I've been thinking of trying moboplayer, since it seems to have received rave reviews on this and other forums. I've been able to play .avi files with software decoding. MP4 files play fine, but the quality isn't as good..they're made for mobile devices with really tiny screens.
When I rip or download a movie, I almost ALWAYS make sure that it runs fine on my Acer netbook (same screen size) to get a general idea of what I can expect on the G-Tab.
in a nutshell, your issue may not be the rom at all...VEGAn 5.1.1 is probably one of, if not THEE most stable 1.1 based rom out there.
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They're all pretty darn stable. And they're all listed at my site.
http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/rom.htm
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Thanks! I looked at the site.It is a darn good site.
I installed CM7 an hour ago without any problems. The process was about 100 times easier than installing cm7 on my fascinate, which was surprising. I tinkered with it a bit, then tried to play a mkv video and got a black screen. I tried 4 different media players, all black screens. I then went to youtube, tried to load up a video, blackscreen. I downloaded Angry Birds, opened it, black screen. I installed straight from WebOS, didn't have the previous version of cm7 on the pad.
Could it have something to do with the fact I had a custom kernel installed before?
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I installed CM7 an hour ago without any problems. The process was about 100 times easier than installing cm7 on my fascinate, which was surprising. I tinkered with it a bit, then tried to play a mkv video and got a black screen. I tried 4 different media players, all black screens. I then went to youtube, tried to load up a video, blackscreen. I downloaded Angry Birds, opened it, black screen. I installed straight from WebOS, didn't have the previous version of cm7 on the pad.
Could it have something to do with the fact I had a custom kernel installed before?
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WebOS kernel is irrelevant, it's booting from a different partition.
It should work fine, copy the new 2.1 alpha to the SD card, boot into CWM and do a full datawipe & then reflash 2.1, see if that helps.
I am having a fairly similar issue. Angry Birds and other games will work just fine, but videos don't play. I can hear the audio, but where the video should be there is just black. The only two sources I've tried were Netflix and YouTube.
I was hoping to avoid reinstalling CM7, but it looks like I might have to. Is nobody else having this problem?
With YouTube, for me at least, I have to rotate it horizontally to see video. If you watch in high quality, though, it hardly works. The video doesn't buffer properly (constantly stops to buffer).
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I am having a fairly similar issue. Angry Birds and other games will work just fine, but videos don't play. I can hear the audio, but where the video should be there is just black. The only two sources I've tried were Netflix and YouTube.
I was hoping to avoid reinstalling CM7, but it looks like I might have to. Is nobody else having this problem?
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As far as Netflix this is a known issue. Make sure you are using down version and not the most recent update. I had same issue, rolled back using my titanium backup version to 1.4.1 and all is well with netflix.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1178425
As to some of the other video issues if you are trying to play local files, a lot of this may be due to a lack of video codecs. I know I can play full profile 720P mp4 on my SGS2 but I get nothing on touchpad...chalking it up to a codec issue that hopefully gets resolved down the road.
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As far as Netflix this is a known issue. Make sure you are using down version and not the most recent update. I had same issue, rolled back using my titanium backup version to 1.4.1 and all is well with netflix.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1178425
As to some of the other video issues if you are trying to play local files, a lot of this may be due to a lack of video codecs. I know I can play full profile 720P mp4 on my SGS2 but I get nothing on touchpad...chalking it up to a codec issue that hopefully gets resolved down the road.
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Just followed your recommendation and rolled back with titanium and Netflix works now. Thanks!
I'm pretty sure I am not breaking the cardinal sin of asking a stupid question with an answer right in front of me. If I am, I am truly sorry. I searched, and did not find any threads on this.
I recently modded my TP with CM7 (I'm very new to all this). Everything went fine, no issues here.
I plan to use it to play video's from time to time, pre-loaded in case there is no net at the location, etc. I use astro file manager on my phone, and since I love it, I grabbed it for the TP also. Problem is, it really seems like it cant see anything.
I am thinking the folder path mappings are off or something? I see that I can define where I want "external storage" to look, (default is... /mnt/sdcard)?
I even tried to take a screenshot and got... "Error: /mnt/sdcard/tempshot.bmp (Permission denied)" Screenshot saved to null
Anyone know what I'm missing? Thanks!
-- Ps, if I can get this sorted out, my main question was which video files are supported for playback with this CM7 rom through the TP.
These were answered before, but for the most part buried in threads. Your external SD is actually listed as EMMC and it's not in your primary directory, you actually have to go up one.
Android should play most formats it would normally, but as this is still alpha, there is no hardware video acceleration, so anything higher resolution then a internet video will most likely be choppy.
There are some video players that people have had luck with, and overclocking the processor also can help until we get hardware acceleration.
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Ah ok. I was somehow able to get the stock filebrowser to see my directories without a problem after I poked around a bit. I then ran into what you already answered for me . Video's do indeed seem choppy... I think I'll try to reduce the quality of an avi I have and see how that go's.
I'm not ballsy enough to OC anything. It took me a lot of guts to flash the damn thing anyway, thanks for the heads up though.
-- figured I'd post how it turned out.
I used Xilisoft HD Converter and converted using the android specific output setting, and 640x480, runs great using double twist.
Greetings XDA.
I have a slight problem with HDMI output that i am hopeing can be solved.
My TV Will not work at any resolution if it is running in 60Hz. Works for about 5 mins then degrades massivly untill i no longer can use the TV. Multi colourd lines flood the TV untill the tv is again flooded by a single colour static. (Think an old CRT TV with no arial attached) No idea what the problem is, or how to fix it. Same issue with games consoles and my PC. But i can get around that by outputing to 50Hz from my PC. All is well and works fine.
Tried my phone with HDMI output and it only seems to want to output at 720 60Hz. Which would be fine, but the TV as said above will not run in 60Hz for very long.
I cant replace the TV, as i have no money to buy a new or even second hand one.
I was hopeing that there was some way i could tell the phone to output at 50Hz. (Something like this app which i have tried but it didnt seem to detect my tv http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501414)
Preferebly without root, as its a contract phone and im unsure what the terms are.
Thanks in advance, hopefully i can get any answer. Cookies for all if i can get it to work!!
acess service menu
*#*#7378423#*#*
service tests>HDMI test>HDMI settings and change resolution/freq and set want you want
You sir are a legond! I cant see or seem to set a 50Hz option but these are the options i have:
1080P 60. This works to a point. i get the degrading the same as before. Which is odd as my tv is only 1080i.
1080p 30 Doesnt work, no picture output
1080p 24 Doesnt work, no picture output
720P 60 Works but this is the default i was having problems with.
SD Works flawlessly. It runs at 480p 60. TV seems very happy with it. Text seems a little blurry but the picture quality is still fantastic for me. Have ran 3 youtube videos and so far no degrading!
Only issue i see now is getting it to save that setting as the default. When i remove the HDMI , and plug it in again it resets back to 720P 60. I can go back into the service menu and change it to SD again. But i was now wondering is there a way i can make it default or shortcut the service menu/setting.
Anyhoo, you have fixed my problem! Where shall i send your cookies.
am no expert, but I'm learning, and not cost me anything to help.
on my xperia U i have the same option as you.
really is not worth having more options
is not worth getting default
excuse my bad English but im Portuguese
So now we have an XBMC .apk http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1772433
Has anyone else tried it? It works well for me. It works well with my TV via HDMI
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I'm running andowook with _motley's latest kernel.
I get very low volume, even if I go into sound and bump it up.
35 minutes into the movie, the app stopped for no reason.
docking and undocking seem to close the app
I haven't got green flickers yet, but I get the green flickers in openelec all the time, so thats not android specific.
For me it the audio on it is crap and sometimes the whole app flickers rapidly.
Maybe I need to reboot...
Subintro said:
For me it the audio on it is crap and sometimes the whole app flickers rapidly.
Maybe I need to reboot...
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Exact same here.
Can we move this to the Themes and Apps section btw?
gdap said:
Exact same here.
Can we move this to the Themes and Apps section btw?
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I have tried it, mainly streaming video from my Serviio server and it works like a charm. What an amazing app. And it can only get better,
Definitely reboot. About the 3rd time I fired it up after installing some add ons it began running like a charm. The first time you use it there may be a very long start and turn off period. That's ok.
The XBMC interface is running smoothly on my TP.
When i try to stream (WiFI) a X264 movie with DTS over SMB it stutters like mad.
I hope this is because of network speed. I'll try to play the same movie over USB, i hope this works better.
But overall, it's its nice to see XBMC on my Prime
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Oh yeah, isn't it software decoding only? For now anyway
kingcrash said:
The XBMC interface is running smoothly on my TP.
When i try to stream (WiFI) a X264 movie with DTS over SMB it stutters like mad.
I hope this is because of network speed. I'll try to play the same movie over USB, i hope this works better.
But overall, it's its nice to see XBMC on my Prime
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x264 skips like crazy with local files too.
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Oh yeah, isn't it software decoding only? For now anyway
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As far as I can tell, software only.
Installed the icefilms repo and watched full episode of Eureka. it took a restart of xbmc b4 it worked though. I am ging to try t compile this for my google tv. If it compiles i'm throwing my appletv through a window.
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It is software only. I have always used it as a content streamer though, not much as a local player.
I wonder if this can and will support HDMI CEC.
I gave it ago on my Prime running the stock rom, i was quite impressed with how well it worked.
I could map my SMB network shares on my Windows Home Server perfectly and XBMC would stream anything SD fine, 720p MKV played some what ok with random frame drops / jerkiness every couple of seconds, 1080p video was very jerky and not really any watchable.
Plugins such as the BBC iPlayer worked (sometimes buggy), YouTube and Ted Talks also worked very well.
Video overview of my experience here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmttML0LNm4
Very impressed so far, a big well done and thanks to the XBMC team :good:
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For me it the audio on it is crap and sometimes the whole app flickers rapidly.
Maybe I need to reboot...
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It does the flicker part on my TFP only if I go to the "Settings" option. Other thatn that it works.
I tested MP4, AVI and MKV formats yersterday. It lags with the MKV playback.
I am also getting alot of background flicker in xbmc. Then sometimes the screen goes black. Going to try a reboot to see if it goes away.
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with stock ROM 720p mkv is not watchable on my prime. Maybe final apk from xbmc.org will solve this
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with stock ROM 720p mkv is not watchable on my prime. Maybe final apk from xbmc.org will solve this
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I may be wrong but I believe that these versions of XBMC don't support hardware acceleration just yet. I haven't been on top of the development of this app but that tidbit was enough for me to wait for the final release.
github is here: https://github.com/xbmc/android/commits/android-rebase-8/
There are two builds AFAIK
zefie's: http://files.persona.cc/zefie/files/cell/androidapk/xbmc-unofficial/?C=M&O=D&S=&P=
and the one on miniland: https://www.miniand.com/forums/forums/1/topics/136
and no hardware acceleration.
gdap said:
Exact same here.
Can we move this to the Themes and Apps section btw?
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I had the same issue... It's because somehow it doesn't work when your volume isn't at anything but 100%. If it's set to the loudest it can be, the sound works fine.
It's not dead yet. Plenty of ROM development going on in the dev section.
Sent on the mobile device (there might be more mistakes).
XBMC 12 Frodo
Has anyone tried XBMC 12 Frodo RC3 on ATP? I have a TF201. I'm a long time user of XMBC since the original Xbox, and the app looks great. I'm very happy to see this. But unfortunately, with this version, the videos lag quite a bit and I get absolutely no audio. I've tried changing the audio out options and playing music/video with no luck. I did not yet try pushing the video/music out through HDMI yet, but not really much point yet.
Anyone else trying have experience with this?