Ubuntu-Kodi sound issue
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Well, first foray into Linux and I am having an issue.
Went for Ubuntu as a first go and I just want to run Kodi on it for now. Managed to get Kodi installed by the terminal (you can actually find it the Ubuntu "app-store" thing, but it fails to install). First problem; no sound via HDMI.
Sorted that with adding my user to some groups and updating some drivers (followed a guide for Nvidia cards with HDMI) and sound now works. However, in Kodi, every 5 minutes the sound drops for 2 seconds then comes back. Video continues perfectly. In Kodi I have tried between the Pulse Audio driver and the HDMI one, makes no difference. I turned upmixing off also. No difference.
It doesn't appear to have this issue with anything else. I can watch YT videos in Firefox without any audio issues so I think it is a Kodi or Kodi/Ubuntu interface problem?
Any ideas?
Should I just try a different distro?
Went for Ubuntu as a first go and I just want to run Kodi on it for now. Managed to get Kodi installed by the terminal (you can actually find it the Ubuntu "app-store" thing, but it fails to install). First problem; no sound via HDMI.
Sorted that with adding my user to some groups and updating some drivers (followed a guide for Nvidia cards with HDMI) and sound now works. However, in Kodi, every 5 minutes the sound drops for 2 seconds then comes back. Video continues perfectly. In Kodi I have tried between the Pulse Audio driver and the HDMI one, makes no difference. I turned upmixing off also. No difference.
It doesn't appear to have this issue with anything else. I can watch YT videos in Firefox without any audio issues so I think it is a Kodi or Kodi/Ubuntu interface problem?
Any ideas?
Should I just try a different distro?
Cheers all. It's an old computer circa 2009, so perhaps trying older builds might do it. Thanks for LibreElec suggestion also. I had wanted to use kodibuntu or whatever it is called but on their site the guide for installing it seems to just go round in a circle of links. So I gave up and just went for ubunutu.
Will give that a try!
Will give that a try!
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