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    Audio issues after latest Raspbian updates (June 2020)

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    • kactius
      kactius @bcnr33hideaki last edited by kactius

      @bcnr33hideaki
      Hi in the lastest post I writed: By the moment only find a solution downgrade kernel from 5.4.68-v7+ to 5.4.51-v7+
      sudo apt update
      sudo apt install --reinstall libraspberrypi0 libraspberrypi-{bin,dev,doc} raspberrypi-bootloader raspberrypi-kernel

      Or you can try:
      [This post](link url)

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      • lazza79
        lazza79 last edited by lazza79

        Hi,

        I still have problems with HDMI audio on my RPI 4 (4GB Ram). I can't hear menu clicks and in-game audio. I downloaded a pre-made iso that has an audio intro (that I can hear fine) then Emulationstation and Retropie are loaded and I can't hear anything.
        I have Emulationstation 2.9.3RP and I updated Retropie and everything else to the latest version as the 21st of October 2020.
        I set the "sound settings" as Default - HDMI - ALSA but the volume is stuck at 0%.

        Could someone help me?

        Best regards,
        Lazza79

        other data:
        uname -r && aplay -l
        5.4.51-v7l+
        **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
        card 0: b1 [bcm2835 HDMI 1], device 0: bcm2835 HDMI 1 [bcm2835 HDMI 1]
        Subdevices: 4/4
        Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
        Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
        Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
        Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
        card 1: Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones], device 0: bcm2835 Headphones [bcm2835 Headphones]
        Subdevices: 4/4
        Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
        Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
        Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
        Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
        card 2: Controller [Wireless Controller], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
        Subdevices: 0/1
        Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

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        • mitu
          mitu Global Moderator @lazza79 last edited by

          @lazza79 said in Audio issues after latest Raspbian updates:

          I still have problems with HDMI audio on my RPI 4 (4GB Ram). I can't hear menu clicks and in-game audio. I downloaded a pre-made iso that has an audio intro (that I can hear fine) then Emulationstation and Retropie are loaded and I can't hear anything.

          We don't support 3rd party images, use the image from retropie.org.uk/download.

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          • lazza79
            lazza79 @mitu last edited by

            @mitu thank you for your quick reply, pardon my ignorance (I am still a linux noob) but once I update retropie and everything else in the system to the latest version present in the server, how a third party ISO differ from the official one?
            Thanks!
            Lazza79

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            • mitu
              mitu Global Moderator @lazza79 last edited by

              @lazza79 said in Audio issues after latest Raspbian updates:

              ... once I update retropie and everything else in the system to the latest version present in the server, how a third party ISO differ from the official one?

              It's configured differently ? Has ROMs ? Has additional installed applications ? We can't be sure how it was configured.

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              • lazza79
                lazza79 @mitu last edited by

                @mitu I see, I will try to contact the creator. Thank you!

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                • flash2
                  flash2 last edited by

                  I updated to 4.7.1 , After update no sound, is it not solved yet? Or won’t this be solved and will always have to be setup manually?

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                  • JNunes
                    JNunes @flash2 last edited by

                    Here is the steps I took to fix the issue (tested on Pi 1 and Pi 3) Hope this helps. Please provide feedback.

                    Documentation to Fix Audio Issues with Raspberry Pi and RetroPi (AUDIO JACK)

                    Revision 1.0

                    A recent change in Raspbian Buster's kernel/firmware is causing Audio/Sound issues for RPI users - users that installed the 4.6 image or installed RetroPie manually on-top of Raspbian Buster.
                    Symptoms include:
                    • Error messages showing when a game is launched (lvl0: VolumeControl::init() - Failed to find mixer elements).
                    • Sound missing in EmulationStation and/or games.
                    • System Volume slider stuck at 0% in EmulationStation's Sound settings.
                    The following document outlines the steps used to correct audio issues on a fresh build of Retro Pi.

                    Step 1

                    Configure EmulationStation to the following setting:
                    Hardware – Default
                    Audio – Headphones
                    Mixer to – Alsa
                    Exit and restart Emulation station
                    At the menu F4 to exit the GUI

                    Step 2

                    See which devices are available to use as a speaker. This is a sample listing.

                    Use the following command:

                    aplay –l <- lower case L

                    **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
                    card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 0: bcm2835 ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA]

                    card 0: ALSA [bcm2835 ALSA], device 1: bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI [bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI]

                    card 1: Microphone [USB Microphone], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]

                    Based on the above output we have three devices:
                    • The onboard 3.5mm plug listed as BCM2835 ALSA: Card 0, Device 0 (“hw:0,0”)

                    • The onboard HDMI connection listed as bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI: Card 0, Device 1 (“hw:0,1”)

                    • The USB microphone listed as USB Audio: : Card 1, Device 0 (“hw:1,0”)

                    In this example we want to use the 3.5mm audio jack, so we’ll use Card 0, Device 0 as the way to locate our speaker device.

                    Validate your device setting. This is key for all the next steps – the following documentation is based on my configuration which is card 1 and device 0.

                    Step 3

                    Use the following command:

                    sudo nano /boot/cmdline.txt

                    Enter the following entrie:
                    snd_bcm2835.enable_compat_alsa=1

                    Step 4

                    Edit EmulationStation settings

                    Use the following command:

                    Sudo nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_settings.cfg
                    <string name="AudioCard" value="default" />
                    <string name="AudioDevice" value="Headphone" /> --- NOTE Headphone <- The H is capital
                    <string name="CollectionSystemsAuto" value="" />
                    <string name="CollectionSystemsCustom" value="" />
                    <string name="GamelistViewStyle" value="automatic" />
                    <string name="OMXAudioDev" value="alsa" />

                    Step 5

                    Need to run Raspi-Config and set audio to Headphones
                    From the command prompt type:

                    Sudo raspi-config

                    From the menu select:

                    • System Options
                    • Audio
                    • Headphones
                    • Finish to exit to command prompt

                    Step 6

                    Use the following command:

                    sudo nano /boot/config.txt
                    The following two entries are useful if you want to use the 3.5mm audio output jack instead of via the HDMI cable.
                    hdmi_ignore_edid_audio=1
                    audio_pwm_mode=2
                    Line 1: Force the audio to use the stereo audio jack output.
                    Line 2: Improves the sound quality and reduces annoying hissing.
                    Confirm that the following entry exists and it’s set to this configuration
                    dtparam=audio=on

                    Step 7 a:
                    Add the audio output from the command line.
                    To do this, you will need to create a new file called .asoundrc in your home directory /home/pi/.asound (No extension)
                    ALSA looks for this file to determine which audio device it should use by default.
                    If the file does not exist, ALSA uses “card 0” – which is HDMI – as the output device.
                    If you want to set the headphone jack as the default output, create the .asoundrc file with the following contents:
                    Use the following command:
                    sudo nano /home/pi/.asound
                    Add these parameters
                    defaults.pcm.card 1
                    defaults.ctl.card 1
                    This tells ALSA that “card 1” – the headphone jack – is the default device. To switch back to the HDMI output, either change the ‘1’s in the file to ‘0’s, or just delete the file.

                    Step 7 b:
                    Use the following command:
                    sudo nano /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf
                    Edit the file to match your card it may be defaulted to 0
                    defaults.pcm.card 1
                    defaults.ctl.card 1

                    Step 8
                    Reboot

                    Step 9
                    Validate and Configure EmulationStation from the GUI interface (Audio) – confirm that audio is not set to zero
                    Within emulationstation – confirm that Headphones is selected.

                    Step 10
                    PLAY YOUR GAME

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                    • mitu
                      mitu Global Moderator @JNunes last edited by

                      @jnunes said in Audio issues after latest Raspbian updates:

                      Please provide feedback.

                      There's no need to edit any files - the steps outlined in the topic starter will take care of any configuration file. Your instructions seem to switch back to the previous audio driver configuration, in which case there the issue would not present, so there there's no need for any re-configuration.
                      I don't recommend changing the /boot/cmdline.txt file to switch to the previous audio driver configuration - the new audio settings enable audio on both the audio jack and HDMI port(s) independently, which was not possible before these changes.

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                      • JNunes
                        JNunes @mitu last edited by

                        @mitu

                        Thank you for your feedback.

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                        • huey
                          huey last edited by

                          For those who are experiencing similar issues after the Dec 2020 Raspberry Pi OS update (where ALSA support is dropped in favor of PulseAudio), the following setup works for me in Sound Settings:

                          AUDIO CARD: HW
                          AUDIO DEVICE HDMI
                          OMX PLAYER AUDIO DEVICE: HDMI

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                          • luckyluca
                            luckyluca last edited by luckyluca

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                            • luckyluca
                              luckyluca @huey last edited by luckyluca

                              Having the same error, however sound works both in emulators and in the interface.
                              It's just that very same error text appearing everywhere every time, in-between game loads and upon exit.
                              This is on a pi400 with Retropie sound settings set to hdmi1, but it happens with Auto and default too.

                              I followed the guide on post #1 (thank you for posting it Mitu), but the line text error remains. Is this normal?

                              I've also tried setting sound settings as
                              AUDIO CARD: HW
                              AUDIO DEVICE HDMI
                              OMX PLAYER AUDIO DEVICE: HDMI
                              but the error remains.

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                              • mitu
                                mitu Global Moderator @luckyluca last edited by

                                @luckyluca what version of RetroPie are you using ? Did you install the desktop on your system ? Please post some details about your setup, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first, and the output of the aplay -L command.

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                                • luckyluca
                                  luckyluca @mitu last edited by

                                  @mitu

                                  Sorry, you're right. I'm using Retropie 4.7.1, with all installed main core packages updated to the latest versions as per last week. I'm not using a desktop OS, just Retropie. I'm testing this on both the vanilla retropieOS as well as a ready made third party image, with the same results.

                                  Pi Model or other hardware: Pi 400
                                  Power Supply used: Official white PSU
                                  RetroPie Version Used: 4.7.1
                                  Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website, booting from a samsung sdcard.
                                  USB Devices connected: 1x logitech k400 keyboard/mouse dongle plugged to usb2.0
                                  Controller used: 8bitdo sn30pro,sn30pro,sn30pro+
                                  Error messages received:
                                  volumecontrol::init() - failed to find mixer elements!

                                  Please note audio appears to work just fine everywhere, it's just the error message shows up multiple times, when launching emulators, closing emulationStation etc.

                                  The result of aplay -L:

                                  default
                                      Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server
                                  null
                                      Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
                                  jack
                                      JACK Audio Connection Kit
                                  pulse
                                      PulseAudio Sound Server
                                  sysdefault:CARD=ALSA
                                      bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
                                      Default Audio Device
                                  dmix:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
                                      bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
                                      Direct sample mixing device
                                  dmix:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
                                      bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
                                      Direct sample mixing device
                                  dmix:CARD=ALSA,DEV=2
                                      bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI1
                                      Direct sample mixing device
                                  dsnoop:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
                                      bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
                                      Direct sample snooping device
                                  dsnoop:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
                                      bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
                                      Direct sample snooping device
                                  dsnoop:CARD=ALSA,DEV=2
                                      bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI1
                                      Direct sample snooping device
                                  hw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
                                      bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
                                      Direct hardware device without any conversions
                                  hw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
                                      bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
                                      Direct hardware device without any conversions
                                  hw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=2
                                      bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI1
                                      Direct hardware device without any conversions
                                  plughw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=0
                                      bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 ALSA
                                      Hardware device with all software conversions
                                  plughw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=1
                                      bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI
                                      Hardware device with all software conversions
                                  plughw:CARD=ALSA,DEV=2
                                      bcm2835 ALSA, bcm2835 IEC958/HDMI1
                                      Hardware device with all software conversions
                                  usbstream:CARD=ALSA
                                      bcm2835 ALSA
                                      USB Stream Output
                                  sysdefault:CARD=b1
                                      bcm2835 HDMI 1, bcm2835 HDMI 1
                                      Default Audio Device
                                  dmix:CARD=b1,DEV=0
                                      bcm2835 HDMI 1, bcm2835 HDMI 1
                                      Direct sample mixing device
                                  dsnoop:CARD=b1,DEV=0
                                      bcm2835 HDMI 1, bcm2835 HDMI 1
                                      Direct sample snooping device
                                  hw:CARD=b1,DEV=0
                                      bcm2835 HDMI 1, bcm2835 HDMI 1
                                      Direct hardware device without any conversions
                                  plughw:CARD=b1,DEV=0
                                      bcm2835 HDMI 1, bcm2835 HDMI 1
                                      Hardware device with all software conversions
                                  usbstream:CARD=b1
                                      bcm2835 HDMI 1
                                      USB Stream Output
                                  
                                  
                                  
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                                  • mitu
                                    mitu Global Moderator @luckyluca last edited by

                                    Although similar, your issue is not same. You updated your system and you installed Pulse Audio (included in the Raspberry Pi OS Dec. updates), which took over as the default ALSA sound device:

                                    default
                                        Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server
                                    ....
                                    

                                    This doesn't happen on a stock RetroPie image, which uses Raspberry Pi OS Lite, unless you install the desktop.

                                    To get rid of the message, you can simply choose Master as the default Audio device in EmulationStation or disable Pulse Audio by running

                                    systemctl --user mask pulseaudio.socket
                                    
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                                    • cnoto
                                      cnoto @mitu last edited by cnoto

                                      @mitu could this issue be impacting splash videos? I currently lost splash videos and images trying to adjust the oxm player sound setting?

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                                      • mitu
                                        mitu Global Moderator @cnoto last edited by

                                        @cnoto The issue in the current topic appeared after the May 2020 updates in Raspberry Pi OS and it affects EmulationStation. I don't have reason to believe this could affect the splash videos audio, which are using omxplayer and don't rely on ALSA for audio.

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                                        • cnoto
                                          cnoto @mitu last edited by cnoto

                                          @mitu Thanks for the quick response. I added the video to the retropie default splash video folder and it now works.

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                                          • huey
                                            huey last edited by

                                            @huey said in Audio issues after latest Raspbian updates:

                                            For those who are experiencing similar issues after the Dec 2020 Raspberry Pi OS update (where ALSA support is dropped in favor of PulseAudio), the following setup works for me in Sound Settings:

                                            AUDIO CARD: HW
                                            AUDIO DEVICE HDMI
                                            OMX PLAYER AUDIO DEVICE: HDMI

                                            Unfortunately, I am here to report after updating every package to the latest, the in-game sound seems to have been lost in my case. This affects all emulators (not just Retroarch, because even Drastic isn't outputting any sound). Still, the sound in Emulationstation works just fine using the setting above.

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