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    No Sound in RP4

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    raspberry pi 4audio outputno sound issues
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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator
      last edited by

      Did you overclock your PI ?

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        mat
        last edited by

        Not that I know of, does it come overclocked already?

        I bought it new from a UK shop in Aug 2019, it stayed in it's box until I tried LAKKA one day just to see how it was, didn't last long since I had the wifi bug freeze lakka all the time.

        So the pi4 sat again till this morning when I figured I would try it with a weekly build of Pie.

        I live in the U.S., my TV is from 2007, 720p, viewsonic. Never had issues with the old Pie3.

        So I am doing a fresh image as I type this, currently loading the roms.

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        • DarksaviorD
          Darksavior @mat
          last edited by Darksavior

          @mat Try another hdmi cable. I have mine on the microhdmi port next to the usb-c power port. “hdmi 0"

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            mat
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            @Darksavior Did that earlier, still nothing. Everytime I set it to HDM sound in ANY menu, I reboot and it does the bootup for a few seconds, then reboots again to a blank screen.

            So I don't think setting sound through HDMI setting is the way to go of any kind.

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator
              last edited by mitu

              You can force the sound on HDMI also from the command line:

              sudo amixer cset numid=3 2
              

              though I would also check the cable. No sound and video artifacts when enabling it sounds (!) a bit suspicious.

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                mat
                last edited by

                That worked @mitu, thank you.

                Now I tried to play all the installed systems and every game I play, there is about 1sec lag from my button presses to screen action, I.E. castlevania whipping, jumps.

                All systems, even mame.

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Do you have a 4k tv ? What's the output of running

                  tvservice -s
                  
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                    mat
                    last edited by

                    1080P

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                    • quicksilverQ
                      quicksilver @mat
                      last edited by

                      @mat see if your TV has a game mode setting.

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                        mat
                        last edited by

                        I have a "AV Mode" on the menu that lists game, never used it though, is that what I want?

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                          mat
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                          The game mode help. 4 tvs in my house and only 1 works with it.

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