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    My DAC doesn't make any sound.

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @cubacraft
      last edited by

      @cubacraft What does aplay -l list now ? Get the output and then play with the sound configuration in ES to match what the command says.

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      • cubacraftC
        cubacraft
        last edited by

        "aplay -l" return : "
        **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
        card 0: sndrpihifiberry [snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac], device 0: HifiBerry DAC HiFi pcm5102a-hifi-0 []
        Subdevices: 0/1
        Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
        "

        Before the sound configuration menu, the raspberry return me this:
        lv10: VolumeControl::init() - Failed to find mixer elements!
        lv10: AudioManager Error - Unable to open SDL audio: ALSA: Couldn't open audio device: Device or resource busy

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        • cubacraftC
          cubacraft
          last edited by

          And "this sound device does not have any control" in AlsaMixer.

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          • cubacraftC
            cubacraft
            last edited by

            I changed the name of the audio device in the file "es_settings.cfg" but nothing happen.

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @cubacraft
              last edited by

              @cubacraft From what I can see on the HifiBerry forums one problem might be that the mixer control is not properly detected - or rather is not the analog, but digital - by the Alsa lib and consequently by the SDL library which is used ES and most of the emulators.
              You could try using the dmix Alsa mixer , explained in https://support.hifiberry.com/hc/en-us/articles/207397665-Mixing-different-audio-sources .

              The name of the audio device can be set from the ES interface, you don't need to fiddle with the config file directly.

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              • cubacraftC
                cubacraft
                last edited by cubacraft

                This tutorial doesn't work for me. dmix didn't change anything. I've tried different things but it doesn't work. I have to admit I'm starting to despair. However, I'm sure there's a way that my python program sounds great. I continue to search and hopefully find a solution.

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                • cubacraftC
                  cubacraft
                  last edited by

                  Can this be a permission problem? I have to be a super user to run the command line sound tests otherwise it doesn't work.

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                  • pjftP
                    pjft
                    last edited by

                    I wouldn't change anything directly on es_settings.cfg but rather through the sound settings menu. Change the device and then restart EmulationStation and see if it works.

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                    • cubacraftC
                      cubacraft
                      last edited by

                      The sound settings don't change anything and when I use raspi_config settings to force to Auto, jack or HDMI, the raspberry answers me: "There was an error running option A4 Audio".

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                      • cubacraftC
                        cubacraft
                        last edited by

                        I'm going to post here the result of a few lines of commands, hoping that it will help to understand...

                        lsmod command return me this:
                        Module Size Used by
                        bnep 12051 2
                        hci_uart 20020 1
                        btbcm 7916 1 hci_uart
                        bluetooth 365780 22 hci_uart,bnep,btbcm
                        evdev 12423 2
                        joydev 9988 0
                        brcmfmac 292632 0
                        brcmutil 9863 1 brcmfmac
                        cfg80211 544609 1 brcmfmac
                        rfkill 20851 4 bluetooth,cfg80211
                        xpad 16908 0
                        ff_memless 5315 1 xpad
                        snd_soc_hifiberry_dac 3230 2
                        snd_soc_bcm2835_i2s 7480 2
                        bcm2835_gpiomem 3940 0
                        snd_soc_pcm5102a 2310 1
                        snd_soc_core 180471 3 snd_soc_bcm2835_i2s,snd_soc_hifiberry_dac,snd_soc_pcm5102a
                        snd_compress 10384 1 snd_soc_core
                        snd_pcm_dmaengine 5894 1 snd_soc_core
                        snd_pcm 98501 5 snd_pcm_dmaengine,snd_soc_bcm2835_i2s,snd_soc_core,snd_soc_hifib erry_dac
                        snd_timer 23968 2 snd_pcm
                        snd 70032 6 snd_compress,snd_timer,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm
                        uio_pdrv_genirq 3923 0
                        fixed 3285 0
                        uio 10204 1 uio_pdrv_genirq
                        uinput 9125 0
                        fuse 99603 1
                        ipv6 408900 34

                        amixer cset numid=3 0 return me amixer: Cannot find the given element from control default

                        cat /proc/asound/cards return me :
                        0 [sndrpihifiberry]: HifiberryDac - snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac
                        snd_rpi_hifiberry_dac

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