The volume is not saved in emulationstation audio settings

sinother

The emulation works perfectly for me but in "sound settings" in the "emulationstation" menu the volume is not saved (it goes back to 0) and therefore you cannot hear it, I have tried starting without a remote control and then plugging it in (even several controls) and nothing. Any solution please?

Pi Model or other hardware: rpi4 (armv7l) - Raspbian 10
Power Supply used: Xiaomi 2A
RetroPie Version Used (4.8.7):

commit eaa8a13885dd311471c884880fc3837a184d4217 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD)
Merge: fe5bf111 01ca2520
Author: Jools Wills <buzz@exotica.org.uk>
Date:   Fri Apr 26 01:44:41 2024 +0100

Built From: PINN (updated and upgrade trought retropie-setup 4.8.7)
USB Devices connected: mouse usb, hyperx sound cloud 1 adapter audio, pendrive, controller/s
Controller used: myflash firestic f300 (usb), xbox one controller (usb)
Error messages received:

brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio for chip BCM4345/9
brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio for chip BCM4345/9
brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware: BCM4345/9 wl0: May 14 2020 17:26:08 version 7.84.17.1 (r871554) FWID 01-3d9e1d87
brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_set_power_mgmt: power save enabled

Verbose log (if relevant): https://pastebin.com/GKtnp31w
#Guide used: (Mention if you followed a guide)
#File: (File with issue - with FULL path)
Emulator: emulationstation
Attachment of config files:

8bitdo_hack = "0"                                             
es_swap_a_b = "0"                                                    
disable = "1"                                                      
mupen64plus_audio = "0"                                               
mupen64plus_compatibility_check = "0"                            
mupen64plus_hotkeys = "1"                                           
mupen64plus_texture_packs = "1"

Thanks a lot.

abj

@sinother
Please add more info as suggested:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

sinother

@abj I hope this is the right way

mitu

Is the hyperx sound cloud an USB sound card/adapter or just a pair of headphones ? If the 'adapter' is connected via headphones, did you choose the Audio output in the Audio settings in RetroPie ?

sinother

@mitu SOLVED!

Find your desired card with:

cat /proc/asound/cards
and then create /etc/asound.conf with the following entries:

defaults.pcm.card 1
defaults.ctl.card 1

After read this post:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/11256/failed-to-find-mixer-elements/11

mitu

@sinother said in The volume is not saved in emulationstation audio settings:

Find your desired card with:

This is similar to the audio settings menu's configuration, but using a custom file and not the system one.

sinother

@mitu With the retropie menu it was impossible for me, believe me, I selected it and it didn't take it.

mitu

@sinother said in The volume is not saved in emulationstation audio settings:

believe me, I selected it and it didn't take it.

Not sure what didn't take means, I assume it hasn't worked after you selected Headphones as output ? Or maybe you got an error after the selection ? Can you post the contents of the file/etc/alsa/conf.d/99-retropie.conf, where RetroPie saves the audio settings ?

sinother

@mitu my dir /etc/alsa/conf.d/ is empty :|

mitu

Are you really sure that you've used the Audio setup in RetroPie and not the one from raspi-config ?
Did you install over RaspiOS Lite or some other image ? We don't explicitely support PINN, but I'm guessing it installs the Raspbian/RaspiOS version from the Raspberry Pi servers.

sinother

@mitu Yes, I used it, finally in the last attempt before getting it, it was there where I configured it, but previously saving the configuration did not work for me, it always set the default HDMI or that's what I think

mitu

I didn't quite get the gist of it - did it work or not ?

sinother

@mitu yes finally works! thanks so much for your determination and interest in helping