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    Pi4 audio settings for HDMI

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    • W
      wild snail
      last edited by

      Funny, my HDMI-cable is 0,5 meter.

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      • ClydeC
        Clyde @wild snail
        last edited by

        @wild-snail It was just an idea to reduce the mess of wires. 😉

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        • GreenGriffonG
          GreenGriffon @mitu
          last edited by

          @mitu Okay. If someone burns a brand new out-of-the-box RetroPie image and updates it - as I imagine most people would do - they will find that their sound no longer works in ES.
          Unless that's intended behavior to break the audio, it doesn't seem unreasonable for people to expect this problem will get fixed. It's a pretty critical one.
          Hope that's a clear enough explanation.

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator
            last edited by mitu

            @mitu Okay. If someone burns a brand new out-of-the-box RetroPie image and updates it - as I imagine most people would do - they will find that their sound no longer works in ES.

            If you burn a 4.6 image, then you'll have the same sound configuration (in Raspbian and EmulationStation) as any of the previously released images. The 4.6 image does not have the updated kernel/firmware that changed the sound configuration.

            The issue appears when you update your OS and kernel/firmware packages on the 4.6 image and the sound configuration is changed because of it. We don't control how Raspbian/The Raspberry Pi Trading release updates.

            GIven that there is no single configuration that will work out-of-the-box for both updated and non-updated system, the best we can, right now, is to add the necessary configuration options to EmulationStation and make the users that updated aware of the change - hence the topic opened and pinned at the top of the Help category.
            We currently support RetroPie on both Raspbian Stretch (which is not affected by the change), this means any system installed using an image prior to 4.6, and Raspbian Buster, this means any system using the 4.6 image.

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            • AshpoolA
              Ashpool
              last edited by Ashpool

              Anyone mentioned setting hdmi_drive=2 within /boot/config.txt so far?

              GreenGriffon: see the lower comment in my postscriptum (for me the experience with the 4 was a vice versa here) ->

              P.S.: (I've also having this "one" older tv where, with each fresh install (since ???Retropie 4.x???) and regardless of Pi 3B, Pi3B+ I am always guessing anew how to enable the sound...
              1st steps always where: fresh image/setting hdmi audio via setup and forcing hdmi mode within config.txt, updating the whole system and then after a few hours of trial and error I got sound working on this tv (on the other ones it always was an OOBE experience/or just changed setting within the start menu) and always forgot to write the steps taken down).
              Now with my freshly bought Pi4B I was surprised that it simply had sound after updating the kernel packages of the 4.6 Image I haven't had to "quest it down" again (that was just within the last hour before posting here).

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              • W
                wild snail
                last edited by wild snail

                How do i update those packages without wifi ?
                I also have trouble installing dreamcast without wifi.

                Maybe i should try wifi and all my troubles are gone ?

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  You'll need a working internet connection for any updates/new installations. It doesn't matter if is via Wi-Fi or Ethernet.

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                  • W
                    wild snail
                    last edited by

                    Ok, i could try.

                    btw : my TV is a DGM.
                    What is your TV that dont works ashpool ?

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                    • AshpoolA
                      Ashpool @wild snail
                      last edited by

                      @wild-snail
                      In my case it is a Telefunken T22R910 from around 2010/2011.

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                        wild snail
                        last edited by

                        I wonder if any "good brand" TV of that time has also this problem ?

                        Telefunken used to be good, they sold the name, its not really telefunken anymore.
                        DGM is a total unknown brand.

                        I wonder if any LG TV has audio problems.

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