ED Team c0ff Posted April 6, 2020 ED Team Share Posted April 6, 2020 2020-04-03 02:13:55.193 INFO SOUND: Opening default audio device. 2020-04-03 02:13:55.198 INFO SOUND: Using 0 channels at 48000 Hz 2020-04-03 02:13:55.198 INFO SOUND: Channel layout: 2020-04-03 02:13:55.198 ERROR SOUND: Failed to Initialize IAudioClient: 0x80070057 Looks like a bug in the driver. It reports 0 audio channels are available. I won't be surprised if this is either a Realtek device or Logitech headset. I'll take a look if it is feasible to add a workaround in the code. Dmitry S. Baikov @ Eagle Dynamics LockOn FC2 Soundtrack Remastered out NOW everywhere - https://band.link/LockOnFC2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team c0ff Posted April 6, 2020 ED Team Share Posted April 6, 2020 In the meantime you can work this around by forcing DCS to output Stereo: Saved Games/DCS.openbeta/Config/autoexec.cfg: sound.channel_mask = 3 Dmitry S. Baikov @ Eagle Dynamics LockOn FC2 Soundtrack Remastered out NOW everywhere - https://band.link/LockOnFC2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango4 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 FYI on my part, I once again reverted to stable, and I can confirm I have no audio issue at wall, it's working perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team c0ff Posted April 6, 2020 ED Team Share Posted April 6, 2020 FYI on my part, I once again reverted to stable, and I can confirm I have no audio issue at wall, it's working perfectly. We changed the sound API used by DCS. From XAudio2 to WASAPI (Core Windows API). This is a driver bug, which is most probably worked around in XAudio2 runtime. Dmitry S. Baikov @ Eagle Dynamics LockOn FC2 Soundtrack Remastered out NOW everywhere - https://band.link/LockOnFC2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango4 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 So is there anything I can do about it ? Beacause I am OK with running stable for the moment (this is the idea of Open Beta, after all, it is normal to encounter issues). What scares me is that in the future I will lose all audio ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team c0ff Posted April 6, 2020 ED Team Share Posted April 6, 2020 So is there anything I can do about it ? Have you tried the workaround I posted? Anyway, I added it to the code, so the next openbeta will try it automagically. Dmitry S. Baikov @ Eagle Dynamics LockOn FC2 Soundtrack Remastered out NOW everywhere - https://band.link/LockOnFC2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango4 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 My apologies, I did not try it as I thought it was also an answer to wildwally. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I redownload openbeta, will try and report. Thanks a lot for trying to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango4 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Just to be clear this is the workaround you are talking about ? sound.channel_mask = 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team c0ff Posted April 6, 2020 ED Team Share Posted April 6, 2020 Just to be clear this is the workaround you are talking about ? sound.channel_mask = 3 yes. Dmitry S. Baikov @ Eagle Dynamics LockOn FC2 Soundtrack Remastered out NOW everywhere - https://band.link/LockOnFC2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango4 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Unfortunately it is not working. As usual, I made some switching within the game to switch audio from default to other things, and forcing it to my main audio output (each time after I make a change, I quit DCS and start again). Exactly as before, a couple of times, I had audio. But if I quit DCS and restart it without making ANY change, it's gone. It's like once out of 50 it decides it is OK to initialize. The other times, no sound output at all. A complete mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team c0ff Posted April 7, 2020 ED Team Share Posted April 7, 2020 Unfortunately it is not working. As usual, I made some switching within the game to switch audio from default to other things, and forcing it to my main audio output (each time after I make a change, I quit DCS and start again). Exactly as before, a couple of times, I had audio. But if I quit DCS and restart it without making ANY change, it's gone. It's like once out of 50 it decides it is OK to initialize. The other times, no sound output at all. A complete mystery. Sorry, only logs can tell the real story. Dmitry S. Baikov @ Eagle Dynamics LockOn FC2 Soundtrack Remastered out NOW everywhere - https://band.link/LockOnFC2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango4 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 FYI, right now, I am trying something else just to make sure. Up until now, I started from the release version. I made the switch to openbeta using the cmd line dcs_updater.exe update @openbeta. And @release for the other way round. I just fully uninstalled what I had and deleted my DCS savegame folder, rebooted the PC. I am in the process of re installing directly the openbeta from scratch. I deleting Xplane 11 from my PC to save some space. If I can I will install stable alongside so that I have bioth versions installed. Anyway, when I am up and running again with open beta, I will again try this : sound.channel_mask = 3 And I will report back with logs. It might take me some hours because of the time needed to re download everything. Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team c0ff Posted April 7, 2020 ED Team Share Posted April 7, 2020 And I will report back with logs. It might take me some hours because of the time needed to re download everything. That's ok. Thank you for your efforts! We'll nail it ;) Dmitry S. Baikov @ Eagle Dynamics LockOn FC2 Soundtrack Remastered out NOW everywhere - https://band.link/LockOnFC2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango4 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I just finished intalling openbeta. Everything is default, I did not touch any setting (I did not even downloaded my owned modules yet). I started the app. No sound. I appied the autoexec fix, still no sound. Here is a link to my latest log just after the second run: https://www.dropbox.com/s/l450b23yefs3947/dcs.log?dl=0 Sorry, this is a link to my dropbox because for some reason the forum rejects my upload as in invalid file. I will now proceed to download my modules and if I can the stable release alongside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team c0ff Posted April 7, 2020 ED Team Share Posted April 7, 2020 No sound. A couple of questions on your log: 1) SOUND: 0: ID: "{0.0.0.00000000}.{03434be1-80c2-400f-9124-43cf3567a817}", Name: "Audio numérique (SPDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)" ... SOUND: Opening default audio device Isn't SPDIF your default audio device by any chance? 2) ERROR SOUND: source_add(host:WorldFX, proto:SonicBoom, alt_proto:): can't find proto Do you happen to have Sounds/ folder along with Sounds.edc/ one? Dmitry S. Baikov @ Eagle Dynamics LockOn FC2 Soundtrack Remastered out NOW everywhere - https://band.link/LockOnFC2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team c0ff Posted April 7, 2020 ED Team Share Posted April 7, 2020 Your log is missing the line SOUND: Added sound path: Sounds Right after the audio device list. Something is wrong with your install. Dmitry S. Baikov @ Eagle Dynamics LockOn FC2 Soundtrack Remastered out NOW everywhere - https://band.link/LockOnFC2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango4 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Sorry for my delayed answer, I was having lunch. I tried to convince my wife that debugging DCS was more important but she did not really agree...:music_whistling: 1)Currently my default audio device is not SPDIF, it is a USB Plantronic in which I have speakers plugged in instead of the headset. 2)Within my main DCS World folder there is a Sounds.edc folder but no Sounds folder. Presently I am downloading the "content" of my modules. If there is something wrong with my install, I do not know what I am doing wrong as I am installing again from scratch. If anything comes to your mind I could be doing wrong let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango4 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 But just to clarify, after intalling the "core" dcs world without any modules, I am supposed to have sound immediately in the interface. If I understand correctly, the base install includes Caucasus and a couple of free modules (TF51...) so it should be "self sufficient" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 But just to clarify, after intalling the "core" dcs world without any modules, I am supposed to have sound immediately in the interface. If I understand correctly, the base install includes Caucasus and a couple of free modules (TF51...) so it should be "self sufficient" ? Yep, but your settings might be saved so some sound may be turned off. You can turn the music slider up and that would be a good first indication if something went wrong if you dont hear anything. ___________________________________________________________________________ SIMPLE SCENERY SAVING * SIMPLE GROUP SAVING * SIMPLE STATIC SAVING * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango4 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Actually, I deleted the DCS folder from the Saved games folder so my settings have been reset to default (which was confirmed by the fact that the main window opened in windowed mode an small size (I guess 1080p as I am on a 4K screen). All my tests consist of just starting DCS World, get to the main menu and listen if there is music or not. I am almost certain I did check that music potentiometer was at 100%. I am still downloading content right now so I have to wait completion to make another test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango4 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 And just another clarification regarding the autoexec fix: I had NO autoexec.cfg file in my config folder so I created one with a text editor with just the line you gave me. I then saved it and edited the file extension as .cfg (I can confirm it is recognised by windows as a config file). I think I did OK, I just wanted to be sure that is exactly what I was supposed to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team c0ff Posted April 7, 2020 ED Team Share Posted April 7, 2020 But just to clarify, after intalling the "core" dcs world without any modules, I am supposed to have sound immediately in the interface. If I understand correctly, the base install includes Caucasus and a couple of free modules (TF51...) so it should be "self sufficient" ? Sure! Dmitry S. Baikov @ Eagle Dynamics LockOn FC2 Soundtrack Remastered out NOW everywhere - https://band.link/LockOnFC2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team c0ff Posted April 7, 2020 ED Team Share Posted April 7, 2020 I think I did OK, I just wanted to be sure that is exactly what I was supposed to do. Yes looks correct. You are supposed to create the file if it does not exist. Dmitry S. Baikov @ Eagle Dynamics LockOn FC2 Soundtrack Remastered out NOW everywhere - https://band.link/LockOnFC2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team c0ff Posted April 7, 2020 ED Team Share Posted April 7, 2020 Still, this is a dcs.log from my openbeta install: INFO SOUND: 0: ID: "{0.0.0.00000000}.{26b17728-2f99-4d1f-a95f-c797ec7fcfc2}", Name: "DELL U2415 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)" INFO SOUND: 1: ID: "{0.0.0.00000000}.{a3908766-7b5e-48e5-bc83-a348b916e89b}", Name: "Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)" INFO SOUND: Added sound path: Sounds INFO SOUNDER: Loaded 207 packed sounders. Note the last 2 lines. They are missing from your log, meaning that main sounds are not loaded by the engine. Now the question is why...? Dmitry S. Baikov @ Eagle Dynamics LockOn FC2 Soundtrack Remastered out NOW everywhere - https://band.link/LockOnFC2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango4 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Okay, I just finished downloading all my content. I started again, with the autoexec fix in place. NO SOUND. I made sure all volume sliders in the audio menu were up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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