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    No sound in games using sound card

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator
      last edited by mitu

      The previous .asoundrc looks more elaborate than what I posted, you can re-use it by changing the index of the default card to 0 :

      pcm.!default {
      type asym
      playback.pcm {
      type plug
      slave.pcm "output"
      }
      capture.pcm {
      type plug
      slave.pcm "input"
      }
      }
      pcm.output {
      type hw
      card 0
      }
      ctl.!default {
      type hw
      card 0
      }
      

      It may behave better. As for the error appearing in ES, my guess is that the mixer's name (Audio Device) is wrong. Run

      amixer scontents
      

      and look at the names of the controls. You can also run alsamixer and see what's the name of the mixer that's shown in the upper left corner.
      Make sure that you set Audio Device in EmulationStation to the same value. If you option list for Audio Device doesn't have it, then you can edit $HOME/.emulationstation/es_settings.cfg and add it manually - it should be used by EmulationStation and should get rid of the warnings in the log.

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      • hhcaseyH
        hhcasey
        last edited by

        I'm not sure how to add the name manually.
        The name from alsamixer is IQaudIODAC.

        Here's the es_settings.cfg file I have.

        <bool name="VideoAudio" value="true" />
        <bool name="VideoOmxPlayer" value="true" />
        <int name="MaxVRAM" value="600" />
        <int name="ScraperResizeHeight" value="0" />
        <int name="ScraperResizeWidth" value="400" />
        <int name="ScreenSaverSwapImageTimeout" value="10000" />
        <int name="ScreenSaverSwapVideoTimeout" value="30000" />
        <int name="ScreenSaverTime" value="900000" />
        <int name="SubtitleSize" value="55" />
        <int name="SystemSleepTime" value="0" />
        <string name="AudioCard" value="default" />
        <string name="AudioDevice" value="Digital" />
        <string name="CollectionSystemsAuto" value="favorites" />
        <string name="CollectionSystemsCustom" value="2 Player,Rotary Joystick Games,Spinner Games,Superheroes,Trackball Games" />
        <string name="GamelistViewStyle" value="automatic" />
        <string name="OMXAudioDev" value="alsa:hw:0,0" />
        <string name="PowerSaverMode" value="disabled" />
        <string name="SaveGamelistsMode" value="on exit" />
        <string name="Scraper" value="TheGamesDB" />
        <string name="ScreenSaverBehavior" value="slideshow" />
        <string name="ScreenSaverGameInfo" value="never" />
        <string name="SlideshowScreenSaverBackgroundAudioFile" value="/home/pi/.emulationstation/slideshow/audio/slideshow_bg.wav" />
        <string name="SlideshowScreenSaverImageDir" value="/home/pi/.emulationstation/slideshow/image" />
        <string name="SlideshowScreenSaverImageFilter" value=".png,.jpg" />
        <string name="StartupSystem" value="" />
        <string name="SubtitleAlignment" value="left" />
        <string name="SubtitleFont" value="/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSans.ttf" />
        <string name="SubtitleItalicFont" value="/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSansOblique.ttf" />
        <string name="ThemeSet" value="carbon" />
        <string name="TransitionStyle" value="fade" />
        <string name="UIMode" value="Full" />
        <string name="UIMode_passkey" value="uuddlrlrba" />

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator
          last edited by mitu

          @hhcasey said in No sound in games using sound card:

          I'm not sure how to add the name manually.

          If you're at the command line, you can use the nano text editor to edit the file. Just type

          nano $HOME/.emulationstation/es_settings.cfg
          

          and modify the line where AudioDevice is set. Make sure EmulationStation is stopped. You can also edit the file by opening it over file shares from the network, it should be accessible at \\retropie\configs\all\emulationstation.

          The name from alsamixer is IQaudIODAC.

          Are you sure this isn't the name of the card ? For instance, the alsamixer output below show the card name is bcm2835 ALSA and the mixer name is PCM.

          1a6aa49a-bfbe-48ce-8a87-7b088d8fa9f2-image.png

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          • hhcaseyH
            hhcasey
            last edited by

            Getting closer...

            You're right about the the mixer name. It's "DSP Program".
            I changed it in the cfg file and in EmulationStation sound settings.
            I have sound in games but not in the snaps now.

            I've also picked up a new error message:

            VolumeControl::getVolume() - Failed to get volume range!
            AudioManager Error - Unable to open SDL audio: ALSA: Couldn't open audio device: Device or resource busy

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @hhcasey
              last edited by mitu

              @hhcasey Please run the command I mentioned earlier and post the output:

              amixer scontents
              
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              • hhcaseyH
                hhcasey
                last edited by mitu

                pi@retropie:~ $ amixer scontents

                Simple mixer control 'DSP Program',0
                  Capabilities: enum
                  Items: 'FIR interpolation with de-emphasis' 'Low latency IIR with de-emphasis'                 'High attenuation with de-emphasis' 'Fixed process flow' 'Ringing-less low late                ncy FIR'
                  Item0: 'FIR interpolation with de-emphasis'
                Simple mixer control 'Analogue',0
                  Capabilities: pvolume
                  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
                  Limits: Playback 0 - 1
                  Mono:
                  Front Left: Playback 1 [100%] [0.00dB]
                  Front Right: Playback 1 [100%] [0.00dB]
                Simple mixer control 'Analogue Playback Boost',0
                  Capabilities: volume
                  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
                  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
                  Limits: 0 - 1
                  Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
                  Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
                Simple mixer control 'Auto Mute',0
                  Capabilities: pswitch
                  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
                  Mono:
                  Front Left: Playback [on]
                  Front Right: Playback [on]
                Simple mixer control 'Auto Mute Mono',0
                  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
                  Playback channels: Mono
                  Mono: Playback [on]
                Simple mixer control 'Auto Mute Time Left',0
                  Capabilities: enum
                  Items: '21ms' '106ms' '213ms' '533ms' '1.07s' '2.13s' '5.33s' '10.66s'
                  Item0: '21ms'
                Simple mixer control 'Auto Mute Time Right',0
                  Capabilities: enum
                  Items: '21ms' '106ms' '213ms' '533ms' '1.07s' '2.13s' '5.33s' '10.66s'
                  Item0: '21ms'
                Simple mixer control 'Clock Missing Period',0
                  Capabilities: enum
                  Items: '1s' '2s' '3s' '4s' '5s' '6s' '7s' '8s'
                  Item0: '1s'
                Simple mixer control 'Deemphasis',0
                  Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
                  Playback channels: Mono
                  Mono: Playback [on]
                Simple mixer control 'Digital',0
                  Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
                  Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
                  Limits: Playback 0 - 207
                  Mono:
                  Front Left: Playback 207 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
                  Front Right: Playback 207 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
                Simple mixer control 'Max Overclock DAC',0
                  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
                  Playback channels: Mono
                  Capture channels: Mono
                  Limits: 0 - 40
                  Mono: 0 [0%]
                Simple mixer control 'Max Overclock DSP',0
                  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
                  Playback channels: Mono
                  Capture channels: Mono
                  Limits: 0 - 40
                  Mono: 0 [0%]
                Simple mixer control 'Max Overclock PLL',0
                  Capabilities: volume volume-joined
                  Playback channels: Mono
                  Capture channels: Mono
                  Limits: 0 - 20
                  Mono: 0 [0%]
                Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Down Emergency Rate',0
                  Capabilities: enum
                  Items: '1 sample/update' '2 samples/update' '4 samples/update' 'Immediate'
                  Item0: '1 sample/update'
                Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Down Emergency Step',0
                  Capabilities: enum
                  Items: '4dB/step' '2dB/step' '1dB/step' '0.5dB/step'
                  Item0: '4dB/step'
                Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Down Rate',0
                  Capabilities: enum
                  Items: '1 sample/update' '2 samples/update' '4 samples/update' 'Immediate'
                  Item0: '1 sample/update'
                Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Down Step',0
                  Capabilities: enum
                  Items: '4dB/step' '2dB/step' '1dB/step' '0.5dB/step'
                  Item0: '1dB/step'
                Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Up Rate',0
                  Capabilities: enum
                  Items: '1 sample/update' '2 samples/update' '4 samples/update' 'Immediate'
                  Item0: '1 sample/update'
                Simple mixer control 'Volume Ramp Up Step',0
                  Capabilities: enum
                  Items: '4dB/step' '2dB/step' '1dB/step' '0.5dB/step'
                  Item0: '1dB/step'
                
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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Looking at what mixer controls are available, I'd say you need to use Analogue as the mixer name.
                  Exit EmulationStation and update es_settings.cfg and set AudioDevice:

                  ..
                  <string name="AudioDevice" value="Analogue" />
                  ..
                  

                  Then see if audio is working in EmulationStation.

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                  • hhcaseyH
                    hhcasey
                    last edited by

                    That did it. I have sound in the snaps and in the games.
                    I'm still getting this error:

                    AudioManager Error - Unable to open SDL audio: ALSA: Couldn't open audio device: Device or resource busy

                    If everything is working though, I guess I'll ignore it.

                    I still have laggy sound in Golden Tee 2K and a couple of others.
                    I assume it's the 3B+ struggling.
                    Would overclocking it a help with the lagging?

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator @hhcasey
                      last edited by

                      @hhcasey said in No sound in games using sound card:

                      Would overclocking it a help with the lagging?

                      Not for Golden Tee.. Glad you fixed your sound, write down the config files somewhere just in case you need to re-install.

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                      • hhcaseyH
                        hhcasey
                        last edited by

                        I'll backup the chip tomorrow and save the configuration to my desktop PC.

                        Thanks for the help.

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