No sound retroflag gpi case with pi zero w 2 (Solved)
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@mitu We get:-
aplay: device_list:272: no soundcards found...Pi 5 4GB
Retroflag GPI with raspberry pi zero 2 w/ wifi
Retroachievements:- lovelessrapture
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I spent a good amount of time now on trying to figure out what is the problem. I don't think it's the overlays, since when you use a video splash screen, it gives out sound. It's probable that the
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@philcomm said in No sound retroflag gpi case with pi zero w 2:
It's probable that the splashscreen package uses pulseaudio while everything RetroArch related doesn't.
No, it's not the splashscreen. The errors come from ES, which is not related to the splashscreen at all.
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@retropieuser555 said in No sound retroflag gpi case with pi zero w 2:
aplay: device_list:272: no soundcards found...
Do you have an
$HOME/.asoundrcor/etc/asound.confgfile ? -
@philcomm okay that's interesting, I didn't notice that. I just tested a splashscreen with audio and it did play the sound for me too, no errors.
I tested out the beta of the recalbox image they have and it played audio as well, so it does seem workable somehow, there config file is quite different though, I always thought the config.txt is universal to the raspberry pi itself, rather than the OS etc?
Pi 5 4GB
Retroflag GPI with raspberry pi zero 2 w/ wifi
Retroachievements:- lovelessrapture
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@mitu the files aren't there. I guess need to install something?
pi@retropie:~ $ cd .. pi@retropie:/home $ ls pi pi@retropie:/home $ cd /etc pi@retropie:/etc $ ls adduser.conf group modprobe.d rpc alternatives group- modules rpi-issue apparmor.d gshadow modules.bak rsyslog.conf apt gshadow- modules-load.d rsyslog.d avahi gss motd samba bash.bashrc host.conf mtab securetty bash_completion hostname nanorc security bash_completion.d hosts netconfig selinux bindresvport.blacklist hosts.allow network sensors3.conf binfmt.d hosts.deny networks sensors.d bluetooth idmapd.conf nsswitch.conf services ca-certificates ifplugd openal shadow ca-certificates.conf init opt shadow- calendar init.d os-release shells cifs-utils initramfs-tools pam.conf skel console-setup inputrc pam.d splashscreen.list cowpoke.conf insserv passwd ssh cron.d insserv.conf passwd- ssl cron.daily insserv.conf.d paxctld.conf subgid cron.hourly iproute2 perl subuid cron.monthly issue pmount.allow subversion crontab issue.net polkit-1 sudoers cron.weekly kernel ppp sudoers.d dbus-1 ldap profile sysctl.conf debconf.conf ld.so.cache profile.d sysctl.d debian_version ld.so.conf protocols systemd default ld.so.conf.d pulse terminfo deluser.conf ld.so.preload python timezone devscripts.conf libaudit.conf python2.7 tmpfiles.d dhcp libnl-3 python3 triggerhappy dhcpcd.conf locale.alias python3.7 ucf.conf dkms locale.gen rc0.d udev dphys-swapfile localtime rc1.d ufw dpkg logcheck rc2.d update-motd.d emacs login.defs rc3.d usb_modeswitch.conf emulationstation logrotate.conf rc4.d usb_modeswitch.d environment logrotate.d rc5.d usbmount fake-hwclock.data machine-id rc6.d vdpau_wrapper.cfg fb.modes magic rc.local vim fonts magic.mime rcS.d vulkan fstab mailcap request-key.conf wgetrc fuse.conf mailcap.order request-key.d wpa_supplicant gai.conf manpath.config resolv.conf X11 gdb mc resolv.conf.bak xattr.conf glvnd mime.types resolvconf.conf xdg groff mke2fs.conf rmt -
@retropieuser555 Is this before adding the RetroFlag's drivers/scripts or after ?
Normally, on a clean install, none of the files are present. Sinceaplaydoesn't list any sound cards, the error you get in ES is normal, but I'm wondering if the GPIO connection on the RetroFlag case don't need additional configuration.The splashscreen uses
omxplayerto play sound, which bypasses any ALSA configuration, but EmulationStation (and most of the emulators) need a working ALSA config.I always thought the
config.txtis universal to the raspberry pi itself, rather than the OS etc?No, it's specific to the RPI bootloader, but there are other boot methods (U-Boot perhaps) that don't use the file.
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@mitu This is after adding the config.txt and overlays that the retroflag gpi. I can test it with the stock config.txt and original dpi24 overlay if that helps?
Pi 5 4GB
Retroflag GPI with raspberry pi zero 2 w/ wifi
Retroachievements:- lovelessrapture
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After further testing, I can't get either
alsanorpulseto work as sound drivers.
alsadoesn't find any sound card, thus is not able to play.
pulsecan find the virtual sound card, but cannot output sound for some reason.@mitu you are right, sound plays just fine with
omxplayer.I don't think it's the GPi cases' fault, but rather the drivers not able to play over GPIOs?
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@retropieuser555 said in No sound retroflag gpi case with pi zero w 2:
I can test it with the stock config.txt and original dpi24 overlay if that helps?
You can do that, but - at best - you'll get sound only on the HDMI port, which is not what you want. But this configuration should get rid of the ALSA error and you'd have at least one card listed by
aplay. -
@mitu you think it's worth a shot trying to manually create the
asound.conffile? -
@retropieuser555 said in No sound retroflag gpi case with pi zero w 2:
@philcomm okay that's interesting, I didn't notice that. I just tested a splashscreen with audio and it did play the sound for me too, no errors.
I tested out the beta of the recalbox image they have and it played audio as well, so it does seem workable somehow, there config file is quite different though, I always thought the config.txt is universal to the raspberry pi itself, rather than the OS etc?
Do you still have that image? My download is super slow, it takes another two hours to finish (around 60kb/s)
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@philcomm the recalbox beta? Yeah I've got it here, should I post their config or something from it?
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@retropieuser555 I wonder if there is any difference in the
/boot/config.txtfile compared to RetroPie. Also, is the md5 hash of/boot/overlays/pwm-audio-pi-zero.dtbothe same? -
@philcomm Here's there config file:-
############################################################################ # Boot loader configuration # # Warning: do not edit this file as it will be overwritten when upgrading! # ############################################################################ # Using /etc/modules is deprecated and no longer supported on 4.4 kernel # So manually enable audio dtparam=audio=on # if you plug your tv at the same time as your rpi and that the rpi switches from the hdmi or # give a low resolution because tv had no enough time to initialize it boot_delay=3 # disable boot rainbow disable_splash=1 # default CEC name cec_osd_name=recalbox avoid_safe_mode=1 kernel=boot/linux initramfs boot/initrd.gz # force hdmi while the tv can take time before sending the signal on the hdmi output hdmi_force_hotplug=1 # total amount of GPU memory gpu_mem_256=128 gpu_mem_512=128 gpu_mem_1024=448 # your settings can be set in /boot/recalbox-user-config.txt include recalbox-user-config.txt # overclocking settings are automatically managed in this file # do not remove this line, nor edit the file include recalbox-oc-config.txt # Raise the first security limit up to 70° instead of 60° for pi3 and pi4 [pi3] temp_soft_limit=70 dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d include recalbox-crt-config.txt [pi4] temp_soft_limit=70 dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d include recalbox-crt-config.txt # disable 4k resolution hdmi_pixel_freq_limit:0=200000000 hdmi_pixel_freq_limit:1=200000000 [board-type=0x12] dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d # custom config [all]They don't seem to be using the pwm-audio-pi-zero.dtbo overlay in the config and it isn't in the overlay folders at all. Any ideas how they got this working? Guess can go onto their forum and ask them
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@retropieuser555 Does the
/etc/asound.conffile exists? If yes, what's the content? -
pcm.monocard{ slave.pcm "hw:0" slave.channels 2 type route ttable { # Copy both input channels to output channel 1 (Right). 0.1 1 1.1 1 # Copy both input channels to output channel 0 (Left). 0.0 1 1.0 1 } } pcm.!default monocardThing is though, I don't know a great deal about recalbox, but it's not built on raspbian? Think if I used this in the retropie build it'll work?
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@retropieuser555 said in No sound retroflag gpi case with pi zero w 2:
pcm.monocard{ slave.pcm "hw:0" slave.channels 2 type route ttable { # Copy both input channels to output channel 1 (Right). 0.1 1 1.1 1 # Copy both input channels to output channel 0 (Left). 0.0 1 1.0 1 } } pcm.!default monocardThing is though, I don't know a great deal about recalbox, but it's not built on raspbian? Think if I used this in the retropie build it'll work?
I will have to try later if that works
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Hi, I have been struggling with the same issue, and have managed to solve it.
The issue is that by default the latest version of Raspbian disables the audio if nothing is connected to HDMI.
Use this one line entry in config.txt to fix it:
dtoverlay=audremap,pins_18_19,enable_jack=onYou don't need the pwm-audio-pi-zero.dtbo file and you can remove all the custom audio entries from Retroflag's config.txt and use this one line instead. (leave all the entries for the LCD in obviously).
The custom asound.conf file in recalbox is used to downmix stereo audio to mono, as the built in speaker on the GPi only outputs the right channel.
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@slime1982 Hey that's great news can you post your config.txt file please? I think I'm deleting the wrong lines out
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