Config sound asrock ion330

For 5.1 Eden
How to get the ASRock ION 330 working with HDMI sound (including menu sounds)

The solution for this problem is very simple


 * In Settings - System - Audio, make the following configuration:

Audio output = HDMI Speaker configuration = 5.1

Audio output device = HDMI Custom audio device =

Passthrough output device = HDMI Custom passthrough device =


 * Reboot the ASRock ION 330

For 7.1: Frodo
Some early Nvidia ION based motherboards have their HDMI audio channels mapped incorrectly. There is a relatively simple method to remap HDMI audio on Nvidia ION-based systems.

ALSA Configuration
Add a asound.conf with the following content in the /storage/.config directory or in the configfils samba share: pcm.!default { type plug slave { pcm both } }

pcm.both { type route slave { pcm hdmi }      ttable.0.0 1 ttable.1.1 1 ttable.2.4 1 ttable.3.5 1 ttable.4.2 1 ttable.5.3 1 ttable.6.6 1 ttable.7.7 1 }

speaker-test -D hdmi -c 6
 * To test our new configuration, we can run:

XBMC Configuration
Within Settings -> System -> Audio Output, set the following values:


 * Audio Output : HDMI
 * Speaker Configuration : 7.1 (note, if you don't have 7.1 set Speaker Configuration to what you do have)
 * Boost volume level on downmix : No
 * Dolby Digital (AC3) capable receiver : Yes
 * DTS capable receiver : Yes
 * AAC capable receiver : Yes (note, AAC appears to reach my receiver as 5.1 LPCM, regardless of this setting)
 * MultiChannel LPCM capable receiver : Yes
 * Audio output device : Default (HDA NVidia HDMI 0)
 * Passthrough output device : HDA NVidia, HDMI (note, this setting doesn't matter, as Frodo use the "Audio output device" setting for both passthrough and non-passthrough mode when "Audio Output" is set to "HDMI")

After a reboot, sound should be working as expected.

Original XBMC ION_Gen1 WiKi page: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Remap_HDMI_audio_on_Gen_1_ION_-_Linux