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    Controls randomly locked for 1 or 2 secs

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      rott42 @toigo
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      @toigo I found it by an accident. After last big system update, I've noticed that my audio was off. It seemed that the update changed my audio to HDMI settings. As soon as I switched the audio settings back to the 3.5 jack, the issue with the controller started. I switched again to HDMI and the problem was solved. I guess some firmware update causes this issue, but I am not an expert. Glad it was solved, but it seems that the 3.5 jack on the pi is unusable for me now.

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        Niktus81 @rott42
        last edited by Niktus81

        I did not have the time to do some tests like you people did, but it is good to know what it seems the root cause for this problem.

        Amazing that a simple thing as an electric audio signal can have this kind of impact.
        As I´m using an old 19 LCD square monitor and a power amplifier for the sound, HDMI is not in my universe right now, so I´m stuck here.

        Really hope for some kind of firmware update to solve this issue.
        Thank you all for your replies!

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          Niktus81 @toigo
          last edited by

          Solution confirmed, found a way to extract audio signal from HDMI cable, never again a freeze with controllers ... hope that the problem with 3.5 is solved anyway at some point

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            kounabi22 @Niktus81
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            @niktus81

            well i buy from ebay a converter but i have no audio output....try some sound option but no luck.
            converter works with other hdmi like tv

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              kounabi22 @kounabi22
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              @kounabi22

              ok found a solution only in one hdmi(the one near the power plug) the audio work

              Currently running Retropie 4.7.19 on a Pi 4B 2GB
              Overclock Settings: CPU 2000, GPU 600.

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                Clyde
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                I also do have this problem with an up-to-date Retropie 4.7 on my Pi 4. Since I had a similar hdmi converter lying around, it became my provisional solution for now.

                Let's hope that future updates of Raspberry Pi OS will fix this issue someday.

                @kounabi22 said in Controls randomly locked for 1 or 2 secs:

                ok found a solution only in one hdmi(the one near the power plug) the audio work

                Strangely, on my system only the other hdmi port away from the power plug has video and sound. 😛

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                  kounabi22 @Clyde
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                  @clyde said in Controls randomly locked for 1 or 2 secs:

                  Strangely, on my system only the other hdmi port away from the power plug has video and sound. 😛

                  weird......

                  Currently running Retropie 4.7.19 on a Pi 4B 2GB
                  Overclock Settings: CPU 2000, GPU 600.

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                    pissedoffparent
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                    @rott42 said in Controls randomly locked for 1 or 2 secs:

                    my audio to HDMI setti

                    been going crazy trying to fix this issue. got another microsd card and imaged it to see if that fixed it. Nothing would work. Switched from a monitor to TV and changed to HDMI for audio and it fixed the issue.

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                      sirhenrythe5th @pissedoffparent
                      last edited by

                      Just to confirm i got it right:
                      as soon as you use the 3,5" jack for audio you run into these problems with USB-Controllers?
                      So the Pi2Scart Device is also useless as it uses the 3,5"-Jack to get the audio-signal?

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                        Clyde @sirhenrythe5th
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                        @sirhenrythe5th said in Controls randomly locked for 1 or 2 secs:

                        as soon as you use the 3,5" jack for audio you run into these problems with USB-Controllers?

                        In my case, yes.

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                          sirhenrythe5th @Clyde
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                          @clyde thanks clyde!
                          Gosh, the Pi4 is a great piece of hardware, no doubt!
                          But it is PITA for anyone trying to get the beast connected to a CRT compared to the Pi1 to 3 :/

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                            Clyde
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                            Just FYI, @mitu gave this tip in another thread:

                            @clyde This issue seems relevant - https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/4610. Try using audio_pwm_mode=1 in config.txt and see how it works.

                            I'll test it as soon as I have the time and leisure to work on my cabinet, but I don't know exactly when that will be.

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