@logan71f100 Thanks for sharing the workaround.

Thank you, setting it to SDL worked. I never would have thought to try that.

I think that they modified something in Advmame as it was working prior to one of the updates with 3.x then just nothing and still worked with 1.4 with Alsa.

Whoever could solve the problem with sound on SNES emulator PI3B, PI3B+
The solutions described "https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Sound-Issues/" do not work.
Very disappointed in Raspberry.
Sound sometimes slows down and collapses.

a few days later .... after reading a lot of unnecessary information
The problem was in throttling.

avoid_warnings=2 means don't show the warning squares and don't disable turbo mode on under-voltage condition. We still throttle on over-temperature.

@shirion have you tested multiple games? Are they all having this issue? Which region ROMs are you using?

Hi,
Somebody knows about JACKD and how to run it ?:)
i think it is a solution.

Thanks

So I flashed a new SD Card (8gb) with the zero image from retropie website. I made the relevant changes to config.txt to make the audio work.

I'm still dissapointed that GBA games don't work without sound lagg. Does anybody have GBA working perfectly on pi zero? If so what are your specs?

If you are used to an OS such as Winodws or Mac, then Linux is a pretty steep learning curve. It took me a few days of reading and getting it wrong and reinstalling Raspbian more than once to work out what was happening. I installed RetroPie from the manual install script a couple of times as well. You won't damage your PI but maybe get frustrated and banging your head against the table trying to work out what won't work and why

There is quite a bit of manual installation even after getting RetroPie up and running. Linux is a good OS but needs a fair bit of user assistance to get it running how YOU want it to run, especially in allowing access to various parts that you normally wouldn't be able to access to give you more control over it

Once it is running, RetroPie is a breeze to use and very simple to add to as and when YOU want to including adding or removing ROMs or emulator systems, unlike Windows that constantly badgers you for yet another security/software update (especially Windows 10 that has taken ALL the control away from the user when updates are needs .... or that Microsoft believe is needed)

Did you read this guide, it helps a LOT

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/First-Installation

@michael40475 said in Audio not working? How to fix problem??:

can I please get very detailed advice on how to fix this issue? Thanks so much in advance.

Not unless you provide very detailed descriptions of your entire setup. That only makes sense, right?

@ruckage that would explain it! Thanks ruckage. The theme is SNES mini.

It was a power issue. I replaced my USB cable and now all MK games are running at full speed. Oddly enough, I started getting random crashes on Kodi after that.

I had the same problems using a USB sound card.

It worked everywhere except in advmame

I fixed this on two different retropi images using this process:

edit the advmame.rc

delete these lines:

device_alsa_device default
device_alsa_mixer channel
device_sound alsa

After that it magically started working :)

I think it would be useful to note that the menu plays noises perfectly and the video goes extremely smooth.

@alphafox the image uses Emulation Station but you can always Attract Mode and configure it with your hyperspin artwork. The point is that it will be based on a known, working starting point.

@r3d007 said in Volume control init():

Volume control init: Failed to find mixer elements

try changing the audio device in Sound Settings from the emulationstation menu, you may need to reboot between changes. refer to this guide in the wiki for further troubleshooting steps: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-setup/wiki/Sound-Issues

i would also test a different HDMI cable as well

@dudleydes hdmi_ignore_edid=0xa5000080 works for me.

I've commented out hdmi_drive=2 and also hdmi_force_edid_audio=1 from my file.

thanks, setting sound to 3.5mm jack and restarting worked

@hurricanefan @herb_fargus i updated retropie setup and coolcv and the audio is fine. @HurricaneFan can you press start in emulationstation and go into sound settings and verify the volume is at 100% and not 77% ? Some coleco games arent very loud in the first place.