Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

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Update v1.0.1 - Now with 100% less dock icon

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Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap (Update v1.0.1)

elroy 03 Nov 2008 00:28

Audiee: EeePC audio verb injector menu item

As a result of the awesome development work being done in these very forums, we've got a temporary fix for breaking EeePC's silence… Unfortunately not all of us here are all that fond of the using the terminal or, lets be honest, are just too lazy to bother with all that typing and, worse, having to remember stuff!

Audieee remembers your last setting (Headphones or Speakers) and reinstates that setting after sleep or when the app is relaunched after reboot.

What do I need?

First off you're probably best to have attempted to use some of the methods described in the 'quick and dirty' thread. But here's all you should really need:

• AzaliaAudio.pkg.zip
• Audieee 1.0.1
• Apple Devloper Tools (found on your purchased Leopard DVD)

What do I do?

• Remove AppleHDA.kext from your Extensions folder (System drive > System > Library > Extensions).
• Install the AzaliaAudio.pkg
• Reboot
• Install Apple Developer Tools (this is needed for ioreg and reggie_se - if there are other methods for installing these elements, feel free to comment below).
• Launch Audieee.
• Listen to things.

Troubleshooting

• Make sure you're running the stock (vanilla) kernel
• Make sure that audio is enabled in your eeepc's bios

If Audieee still doesn't work 'as advertised' then use the Q&D Thread for troubleshooting BEFORE posting problems in this thread. If you can't turn sound back on via the commands shown in that thread, then Audieee isn't going to work for you until you can. Audieee is just a front end for those same commands.

UPDATE version 1.0.1

• Audieee now runs without a dock icon
• Various 'About Dialogue' bug fixes

Anything else?

You can add Audieee to your Login items to save having to launch it manually after reboot.

Please report back your results as it will help others work out any problems that they may run into.

Audieee was created by Jamie Curmi using parts of QuinnStorm's script (with permission). All i did was slap together the app icon… not bad for a guy with two stitched up eyes… at least as far as I can tell.

PS: This is the only place that Audieee has been released. Feel free to tell others about it, but in an effort to help gather the EeePC/OSX community together please link directly to this thread and not to the file itself. Thanks.

Last edited on 04 Nov 2008 07:47 by elroy Show more

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

nhirt 03 Nov 2008 08:08

Thanks a lot,
Works like a charm and is way nicer than to launch scripts from the desktop ;-)

Nik

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

mitro 03 Nov 2008 08:31

Thanks!

Works perfectly here. Very convenient way to switch quickly between speakers and headphones.

Edit: Very nice artwork by the way! :)

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Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

yin 03 Nov 2008 09:48

I followed the steps as written above but it doesn't work on my 1000H. Also when starting AudioEEE i had to enter my password multiple times (for reggie_se). Later then i just opened the Terminal… (sudo su)… and then executed "output.sh 1" manually.

But still no Sound.

I do get an Audio Device listed as sound output device and VLC doesn't report any errors in the console… i just don't get any sound.

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

elroy 03 Nov 2008 10:24

yin, have you had sound working before? If not try looking through THIS THREAD. If you can get it working using the information in that thread then you shouldn't have any problem using Audieee - however, your problem could be something larger than just this app (Wrong Kernel or something, for instance).

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

Diamondsw 03 Nov 2008 14:14

Perhaps you could have Audieee check the kernel version (either by uname -a or by a checksum) and warn the user if it's not a supported kernel? Might cut down on some of the confusion and troubleshooting.

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

yin 03 Nov 2008 20:33

You were right. I'm using the vanilla kernel now and everything works great! Thanks alot!

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gopowergoh 04 Nov 2008 05:38

can anyone tell me how to access the plist to hide the icon? thanks

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

nhirt 04 Nov 2008 07:50

1) Right Click on the Audieee application
2) Select Show Package Contents
3) Open Info.plist (either with TextEdit or if installed with PrefSetter)
4a) With TextEdit add the following lines

<key>NSUIElement</key>
<string>1</string>

4b) With PrefSetter, select Actions/New Key and input NSUIElement for the name and 1 for the value.

Good luck,

Nik

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

elroy 04 Nov 2008 07:53

Or just download the new version…

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap (Update v1.0.1)

Skitals 04 Nov 2008 22:11

Thanks to all who made Audieee possible! Got it working first try.

Does anyone notice a slight audio lag while watching videos? The audio is a couple frames behind the video when watching TV on hulu. I wasn't sure if it was this audio implementation, or something else.

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap (Update v1.0.1)

yin 17 Nov 2008 07:27

I have just installed a BCM4321 based airport wireless card, works perfect out of the box (I'm using XxX 10.5.5 now). After installing Developer Tools, Azalia & Audieee sound is working very nice, but Airport seems not to be recognized anymore. Really strange.

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap (Update v1.0.1)

solnyshok 18 Nov 2008 21:50

many thanks for this work and for chud. my install disk is nearby, but external cd is not. I would have failed without that mediafire link.

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

andif62 03 Nov 2008 14:53

Thanks a lot, elroy! It´s working perfectly on my 1000h with MSIWindOSX86 :)

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

mattrb 03 Nov 2008 15:46

I could get it working, but once I went to sleep, it stopped working. Even after restart.

Even though it stopped working, it was great while it lasted because now I can use Youtube and Logic Pro on my EEE. Please help with fixing the problem. Thanks!

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talachem 03 Nov 2008 18:29

The quick and dirty guide turned sound on, but just once, as it was supposed to. But this handy little app doesn't bring sound back on.

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

elroy 03 Nov 2008 19:39

@mattrb, talachem,

Were you able to turn sound back on by using the commands posted in the Q&D thread?

If you can't turn sound back on after sleep or reboot, then you need to follow the other thread a bit closer. Once you can use the commands to turn sound back on Audieee should work perfectly.

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

mattrb 03 Nov 2008 20:26

I really like this program but If you could insert the commands to get the sound to work after sleep into this program then that would be grand. Make the option be…. "Sleep/Restart Sound Fix"

If your going to make a program to simplify the process you might as well go the whole 9 yards and make this option available. With that in mind, you helped me a lot but I already bought a second netbook because this sound problem became so unbearable. Gotta Sell That Wind Now (Shiety trackpad). Thank You Thank you Thank You, please anoint us this last favor, sir.

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talachem 03 Nov 2008 20:33

I tried the two terminal scripts, but got only errors.

reggie_se 4.5.0
Memory Address - 0x00000000f7eb8068 (local)
ERROR: write failed to F7EB8068

This is what I got.

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

Toonces 03 Nov 2008 21:06

mattrib, the commands used in switching outputs are the same ones used when waking from sleep so selecting the other, unselected option then back to the one you want should get sound back on after sleep. I don't know what elroy has in his app but a better suggestion might be to add sleepwatcher into the install and have it run the modified QuinnStorm script on wakeup. Her script is what Audieee is at least partially based on and it kicks butt when used with SleepWatcher :)

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

elroy 03 Nov 2008 21:24

The app should restore sound back to the source that you last had it set prior to sleep without your need for intervention.

Hence the line in the initial post: "Audieee remembers your last setting (Headphones or Speakers) and reinstates that setting after sleep or when the app is relaunched after reboot."

I have no idea why this isn't working for you guys.

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Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

Toonces 03 Nov 2008 21:35

elroy, I am using QuinnStorm's script so I haven't tried Audieee yet but how does the app know to handle the wake from sleep event? I use sleepwatcher myself and will probably uninstall it all so I can try to duplicate what mattrb is seeing but I thought I'd ask out of curiosity.

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elroy 03 Nov 2008 21:59

I have no idea Toonces, I just made the icon and annoyed Jamie until he made the app. So I can't tell you how it does it… just that it does it perfectly for me on my eeepc.

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Toonces 03 Nov 2008 22:10

Actually, I just had a chance to test this and it's working perfectly for me as well. I uninstalled my test AppleHDA.kext & HDAEnabler.kext. Commented out QuinnStorm's excellent script from rc.common and rc.wakeup and rebooted. Then I verified I had no sound and followed your instructions above for installing AppleAzaliaAudio.pkg & Audieee. Then I went into System Preferences and clicked on Accounts and selected Login Items. I added Audiee to Login Items and checked the Hide checkbox so it will start but not show the Audiee menu after logging in. I restarted a couple of times. Shut down and slept the computer through lid closing and the sleep item from the Apple menu and had sound every time I was back at the desktop. So however it does it, it does it well :) The key is probably to have it as a login item so it's always running. Do you know if there's a way to have it start up but not be in the dock while it's running all the time?

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snickersmd 03 Nov 2008 22:14

In the plist for the program, add the key NSUIElement with value 1. This will start the program without appearing on the dock.

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

elroy 03 Nov 2008 22:17

Wait wait wait! I don't think you guys understand the impact that making that mod will have….

I mean… if you hide the icon… how will you see the icon… it's just so pretty… how can you even consider hiding it?????

/throws self on bed, crying (mumbles something about baby being put in a corner)

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Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

Toonces 03 Nov 2008 22:28

elroy, it IS a kick *ss icon. I just like to try to keep my dock clean. Especially on such a small one :) I still see it in my Applications folder if that's any consolation…..

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mattrb 04 Nov 2008 01:04

I reinstalled azalia and it worked.

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comatron 03 Nov 2008 18:38

"Install Apple Developer Tools (this is needed for ioreg and reggie_se - if there are other methods for installing these elements, feel free to comment below)."

that would be nice. i found iroeg without needs to install all the developing stuff. possible to get reggie the same way? or both in one package on mediafire would be nice :)

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dzsim 03 Nov 2008 18:58

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=16455a5307b4bffcd2db6fb9a8902bda
this is chud 4.6.1 from adc, thats enough for us.

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comatron 03 Nov 2008 20:11

thanx! perfect …

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toddgarvin 03 Nov 2008 19:40

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've been following all of these threads for weeks and have never been able to get the correct combination of kexts and terminal commands to get sound working. I was beginning to think that the sound solution for the Lenovo S10 was going to be completely different than the eeePC. I followed your short/simple directions and had sound working on the first try. What a relief. THANKS SO MUCH!!

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murcielagotr 03 Nov 2008 21:58

thx for this tiny but efective application!! its cool but im a mac newbie and every time i run audieee it asks me password several times, my pass is so long, is there a solution for password issue??

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Toonces 03 Nov 2008 22:34

murcielagotr, Add it to your Login Items so it runs on startup. I only had to type my password in 1 time when I added it and it hasn't asked me since. Plus it runs on startup and wakeup and keeps your sound on.

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murcielagotr 04 Nov 2008 15:59

thx, i was running from desktop so it was asking. i add it to my applications and later add to login items, now its perfect!!! thx for dont let us type long commands to terminal again and again :D

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(account deleted) 03 Nov 2008 23:13

I can't seem to get the sound device to be recognized using any of the methods in the various sound posts. I've tried using Vanilla kernel 9.5.0 and 9.4.0, I've made sure AppleHDA has been removed and rebooted when installing Azalia. I've reinstalled quicktime, booted into safe mode and cleared the kernel extensions and repaired permissions. Are there any other possibilities or kexts that could be messing things up. I'm running 10.5.5 updated from msi install. System profiler always says "no built-in audio".

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Toonces 03 Nov 2008 23:51

System Profiler will not show anything with AppleAzaliaAudio other than the Device ID. If it's not showing that, make sure Quick Boot is turned off and your built in audio is enabled in the BIOS. quicktime doesn't have anything to do with audio other than using it as a client. Things that will help to know is your machine (901, 1000, 1000H, 1000HA, 1000HD), BIOS version, status of built in devices in BIOS, Quick Boot (enabled/disabled), Kernel (Vanilla 9.5.0, Sleep 9.2.2, etc) and audio kexts installed in /System/Library/Extensions (AppleAzaliaAudio, HDAEnabler, ALCInject, AppleHDA).

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(account deleted) 04 Nov 2008 01:30

Sorry, nevermind, I'm just stupid. At one point I disabled audio in the bios, now it's working great. Audiee seems like a great solution for now. I have it start at login and use Spark to remap the volume keys. Perfect!

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

Toonces 04 Nov 2008 06:31

Actually atad66, the post makes for good reading for others who may have the same issue. Glad it was just a bios setting.

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

elroy 04 Nov 2008 07:46

Hey all, Jamie has updated Audieee to version 1.0.1

The biggest change is that it now runs without a dock icon. He also made some minor tweaks to the About dialogue.

Download: Audieee 1.0.1 228KB

Re: Audieee: The less ugly stop-gap

snickersmd 04 Nov 2008 08:41

Hi Elroy,

I haven't really chimed in on this thread yet. Would you believe I don't even have Azalia installed yet, so I haven't tried out this app. But I think it's a tremendously great job you and Jamie have put together, so thanks.

I've noticed that you are hosting the Audieee files on your own webserver. Just wanted to make sure that you knew that you have already been added to the members list here and should be able to upload files here too to ensure that there is a mirror up somewhere.

And sorry your icon work had to leave the dock, but I will definitely have a shortcut on my desktop with it up there. I agree that good work needs to be shown off. ;)

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