@mitu I have. On the Pi, when I plug into the second HDMI port I don't get any display at all. And I've tried all three HDMI ports on the back of the TV as well.

ok, it's got to be the Pi. I just found a backup from 3 years ago. Did the same thing. Audio played fine for the first few clicks, then went out. I'm going to contact them to see if they concur, but since everything software-wise seems correct, that's got to be it.

There's an overview of the audio settings which should be used with the Pi's on-board sound in this sticky. It's probably related to incorrect settings - see 1., once you have the correct audio settings, the message should disappear. it might be related to 1. Is the audio played directly by your TV or is it routed to the home cinema ? Any messages logged in /dev/shm/runcommand.log ? Are you using Steamlink over WiFi or wired ? What's the resolution of your display ?

@MeltedPineapple is the sound not working in EmulationStation only or the games also are without sound ?

@pscotto1234 said in USB Audio broke after latest updates:

Any suggestion?

Wait for an update to EmulationStation to solve this part.

EDIT: or you can manually modify the config file to set the AudioDevice to 'HDMI'.

@t3stin I don't know, I use a stock config and this is not set on my system. If you just want to test the sound, there's a command line speaker-test command you can use. Or download an .mp3 and play it from the command line with cvlc.

@Clyde said in Sound in Games but no sound on menu screen:

u report back a

Will do!

It was easier than I expected! Forced from Audio menu in Retropie. Thanks guys!

@jamrom2 FWIW my vice is set to default 6581 (Fast SID) and BH2 and Dino Eggs both have sound for me. I'm also on 4.4.

There is no fps slider or setting, like in every system. You could control the fps with syncing to monitors refresh rate, that would be the way. If 60 Hz is not possible, it jumps down to 30 Hz, which leads to (hopefully stable) 30 fps. There should be a V-Sync option, which does exactly that, but I don't know more about it. And jumping from 60 Hz to 30 Hz and back is never smooth, so its should stay at 30 Hz / Fps. Maybe there is somewhere a setting for it.

Besides this, if you have some speed and sound issues, look here:
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Speed-Issues/
and
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Sound-Issues/

So, basically reduce resolution and some other settings. Maybe your pi is over heating and slowing down. And maybe you want overclocking, but only if you have a cooler. For audio, maybe change audio_driver=sdl (default is alsa). I had this issue too and I think this is what I did too to solve this.

You must understand that you've given us fairly little to work with. No specifics on hardware, no logs, no EmulationStation version, no real source for the error, etc. It's kind of why the warning before posting exists: the more info you provide, the more likely you are to get an attempt at an answer.

Let me try something: do you hear audio in everything? Are you using videos? When do you get that error - in an emulator? In EmulationStation?

Either way, in the sound menu from EmulationStation try to change the audio device one by one, restart and see if the error persists.

And yes, I suppose if nobody answered it's likely nobody has had that error.

Best of luck.

@mitu Weird, is there someplace to mute the audio inside emulationstation that isn't obvious? The audio tab on the emulator had the mute setting set as "off", the volume setting kept defaulting to zero and it reset to that value and wouldn't allow me to save a value. Obviously, I still have a ton to learn!

@dlesko250 said in Sound stopped working for just Arcade games in Arcade rom folder/all other rom types work.:

it's mixed rom set in the arcade folder. It's not separated into MAME or FBA.

So, you're launching multiple emulators from the arcade directory and they're all without sound? Narrowing down which you're using is still important. Keep in mind, there's something like nine versions of MAME to choose from when using it the way you are and three versions of FBA.

Thanks for the updates. I am glad it is recognized as an issue. Maybe the speedhacks will help the gameplay once all of this is resolved. I am always up for some improvement!