No music after quitting pixel back to ES launched from startx

[Guy 0]

Hi,

Pi Model: 3B rev 1.2
Power Supply used: Official
RetroPie Version: 4.7.1
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
Error messages received: lvl10: VolumeControl ::init() failed to find mixer elements
How to replicate the problem:

• Install Retropie 4.7.1 from retropie web

• Install pixel desktop from setup script

• Install Naprosnia's BGM Player 2.0

• Restart the system, the default music will start playing. If at this point you go into BGM player settings you will get 3 times the "lvl10: VolumeControl ::init() failed to find mixer elements".

• Run Pixel from ES (.sh file containing just startx)

• Music keeps on playing in Pixel, Shutdown > exit to command line, music stops and never resumes unless you restart the system. Plus, I get the "lvl10: VolumeControl ::init() failed to find mixer elements" error message before swapping back to ES.

• Any other emulator makes the music to pause and it resumes after you quit the game and go back to ES.

I connect my Pi through HDMI, AudioCard is default, AudioDevice is Master.

Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks!

[Guy 0]

Ok, I got rid of the lvl error messages by editing the bgm_system.sh file in the bgm player dir by changing:

readonly CHANNEL="Master"

But the main issue still persists: exiting pixel desktop seems to kill audacious completely.

It can be revived with

sudo audacious

then

bash $HOME/RetroPie-BGM-Player/bgm_system.sh -i

to initiate the BGM playlist. But quitting Pixel still means no music in ES...

[Guy 0]

Nobody has faced this issue before? download and install retropie 471 fom official website, configure wifi, install pixel, then bgm player... Literally nothing else, not even an extra emulator.

[Chishiya]

I think I faced exactly the same thing as you yesterday. I got an error message where it said something about the audio, sorry don't remember the error message. I tried a few things and gave up and just installed everything (Raspbian and Retropie) again. It should be another way though..... Its absurd you have to reinstall an OS because of this....