Problem with sound on Love2d

StefHost

Hi,

Since this is my first post, first let me introduce myself.
My name is Stefan and in my free time i run my business called "StefHost"
creating apps/websites and more recently games too.

I'm working on a puzzle game called "Ruzzel".
The game already works on Android, Gameboy, HTML and PC (with the Love2d framework)
And since i have created my own arcade cabinet -> see this image:
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I also want my game to work on this too.

The game is working perfectly fine, with joystick support etc.
But i'm having problems with playing sounds.
When i play a sound the game instantly crashes.

Other emulators (like Gameboy, SNES) are working fine and also have sound.

I've tryed both version 1.10 and 1.11 but it seems to make no difference..
So i hope somebody here can help me fixing the problem.

Thanks!

Greetings Stefan

mitu

Please add more info about your system, as requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

Regarding the crash - can you find and post the /dev/shm/runcommand.log file on pastebin.com ?

StefHost

Sorry about that. I totally forgot!

I'm using:

A Raspberry Pi Zero W
A samsung (phone) 5v power supply
RetroPie version 4.5.1
Built from the pre made SD Image
Connected a wireless USB keyboard, and 2 "DragonRise Inc" arcade joysticks

Here is the content of my runcommand.log

Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/ports/love/bin/love "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/love/Audiotest.love"
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1006:   703 Illegal instruction     /opt/retropie/ports/love/bin/love "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/love/Audiotest.love"

mitu

@StefHost From the log file, it seems the .love file tried to use the Jack audio server, but RetroPie doesn't include that. Do you have the source for the Audiotest.love (or a download link) to try it out ?

StefHost

Ok, thanks for the info!

Here is a downloadlink to the Audiotest.love:
http://www.stefhost.nl/hosting/Audiotest.love

Is it possible to install this audio server on RetroPie?

mitu

@StefHost said in Problem with sound on Love2d:

Is it possible to install this audio server on RetroPie?

You can, but if jackd takes over the sound, it might interfere with other programs that expect to use alsalib directly.

StefHost

@mitu ok. I understand
Can you help me with installing jack or jackd? :)

mitu

@StefHost I'm not convinced this will be a solution to your problem - I didn't test the sample you in your test.

mitu

I tested the sample you posted with the love package and it plays a sound without problems - no crashing. The version is 0.11:

pi@retropie:~/RetroPie/roms/love $  /opt/retropie/ports/love/bin/love --version
LOVE 11.3 (Mysterious Mysteries)

I'm also using the 4.5.1 version and I installed love from source using the RetroPie-Setup menu.

StefHost

@mitu That's great to hear!
And very weird too 😆

I'm going to try it again!
I will let you know if it's working..

StefHost

@mitu
I don't understand...

I've done a clean install of Retropie last night and installed Love from source as you said.
And i'm still getting the same error.

Can it be because i'm using a Raspberry Pi Zero?
Can i ask what Pi you are using?

Did you configure the sound in a different way?
And are you using HDMI output too?

I hope you can help me.

mitu

@StefHost said in Problem with sound on Love2d:

Can it be because i'm using a Raspberry Pi Zero?
Can i ask what Pi you are using?

I'm using a PI model 3.

Did you configure the sound in a different way?
And are you using HDMI output too?

No, the sound is configured as default - via HDMI.

StefHost

@mitu Thanks. I think i'm going to try buying a model 3 pie then 😅

StefHost

@mitu Hi!

I just wanted to let you know that i have fixed the problem.
I bought a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ and that seems to fixed the problem.

Thanks for testing and helping me out!

Greetings Stefan