wwwillem
2009-05-21, 07:30
I downloaded the XBMC Live CD iso image (9.04 IIRC), burnt it to CD and then boot from it on my Fujitsu P7010D laptop. It boots fine, even gets to the GUI (this notebook is Intel chipset based), but along the way the audio really starts screaming. And when I say screaming, I mean such that you fear that your speakers won't survive.
Weird thing is that I could bring the volume down (discovered this by accident, scrambling for anything that would fit any 3.5 inch plug) by plugging a headphone into the Mic (!!) input of my laptop. After that the high pitched sound wasn't gone, but it was at least bearable.
After reading many blogs/posts/whatevers, I understand that the lack of volume controls in XBMC is a feature and not a bug. :-) :-( Not very helpful in this case because it makes that you quickly have to press the power button of the laptop, not to get deaf.
Reading the various forums, I have the impression I'm not the only one with this problem, but I didn't find any further tips or solutions.
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Weird thing is that I could bring the volume down (discovered this by accident, scrambling for anything that would fit any 3.5 inch plug) by plugging a headphone into the Mic (!!) input of my laptop. After that the high pitched sound wasn't gone, but it was at least bearable.
After reading many blogs/posts/whatevers, I understand that the lack of volume controls in XBMC is a feature and not a bug. :-) :-( Not very helpful in this case because it makes that you quickly have to press the power button of the laptop, not to get deaf.
Reading the various forums, I have the impression I'm not the only one with this problem, but I didn't find any further tips or solutions.
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