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    No audio from 3.5 jack

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      t3stin @mitu
      last edited by t3stin

      @mitu yes running 4.6 image. This is the output IMG_20200503_172004.jpg

      Current error:
      IMG_20200503_172627.jpg

      Thanks!

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by

        This looks correct.

        amixer cset numid=3 1
        

        should set the output to analog.

        Can you set in EmulationStation's sound settings:

        • Audio Card - Default
        • Audio Device - PCM

        and see if you still get the error message ?

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          t3stin @mitu
          last edited by

          @mitu it disappears generally on restart so yes but still no audio can be heard, really don't understand!

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator
            last edited by

            Make sure you haven't accidentally muted the audio output. Run

            amixer set PCM unmute
            sudo alsactl store
            

            and see if you get any sound.

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              t3stin @mitu
              last edited by

              @mitu sadly still nothing 😔 hoping you have more ideas? Thanks for trying so far.

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator
                last edited by

                When was the last time you checked that the audio worked with the jack - if ever ? Maybe it's a hardware issue.

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                  t3stin @mitu
                  last edited by

                  @mitu would of been years if I had... What would be the best way to test?

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @t3stin
                    last edited by mitu

                    @t3stin maybe a multi-meter ? Electronics is not my area of expertise, so I can't say how you'd check the hardware connections/output.

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                      t3stin @mitu
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                      @mitu that was my first thought. If all good there I take it you too are out of ideas? Strongly considering just getting some usb speakers and hoping they don't have issue!

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                        t3stin @mitu
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                        @mitu just noticed in my all/retroarch.cfg file - should there be a value in audio_device? IMG_20200504_143425.jpg

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @t3stin
                          last edited by

                          @t3stin I don't know, I use a stock config and this is not set on my system. If you just want to test the sound, there's a command line speaker-test command you can use. Or download an .mp3 and play it from the command line with cvlc.

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